Potato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 large potatoes
1 onion, chopped fine
4 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. butter or lard
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Dice the potatoes and cook with onion in salted water until soft.
Brown the flour and shortening in a heavy frying pan, stirring well until browned.
Bring the potatoes and water to a boil; then stir in the browned flour and boil until it thickens. Water can be drained from the potatoes and milk may be used instead.