Cream Of Celery Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups celery (cut into 1 inch pieces)
2 cups boiling water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons fat
2 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

Wash and scrape celery and cut into 1-inch pieces.
Add water and cook until very soft and tender.
Rub through sieve.
Heat milk in a double boiler and add milk to celery.
Melt fat and flour and seasoning and mix with soup.