Tomato Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

14 qt. ripe tomatoes or 1/2 bushel
7 medium onions
1 small bunch celery, (4 stalks)
14 sprigs parsley
3 bay leaves
14 Tbsp flour
14 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp salt
8 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp pepper

Preparation

Wash and cut up tomatoes, onions, celery and put parsley in. Cook until celery
tender. Put through sieve. Add bay leaves. Take a little hot tomato juice out, melt butter in it and add to flour to make a paste.