Tomato Soup
Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.
Canned-tomato soup with cloves, bay, and celery seed
Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card
Ingredients
- 4 qts canned tomatoes
- 3 whole cloves
- 4 T parsley
- 4 T onion
- 2 T green pepper
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 t celery seed
- 4 T sugar
- 4 t salt
- the nine listed ingredients plus butter
Directions
- fry chopped parsley, onions, peppers in butter lightly - Add to stock ing. * boil 5 min. Strain. add sugar * salt. To can - reheat 20 min * seal in jars.
- add to stock ing. *
- boil 5 min. Strain. Add sugar *
- salt.
- To can - reheat 20 min * seal in jars
Timing: boil 5 min.; reheat 20 min
Temperature: fry lightly; boil; reheat
Equipment: frying vessel; stock pot; strainer; canning jars
Arwilda’s changes
- Changed “cook” to “reheat”
Fresh-tomato and celery soup thickened with flour
Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
Ingredients
- 1 pk. ripe tomatoes
- 1 bunch celery
- 6 medium onions
- 2 peppers
- 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup salt; 1/2 cup flour; 1/4 cup oil, beneath an Add instruction heading
Directions
- Cook & strain. Add sugar, salt, flour, and oil. Stir smooth; add to boiling soup, can hot.
Temperature: boiling soup; can hot
Equipment: cooking pot, strainer, stirring utensil, and canning equipment
Compare the cards
Base, seasoning, and thickener
- Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card
- Four quarts canned tomatoes with cloves, parsley, onion, green pepper, bay leaves, celery seed, sugar, salt, and unmeasured butter.
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
- One peck ripe tomatoes with celery, onions, peppers, sugar, salt, flour, and oil.
Cooking and preservation sequence
- Decorative Recipe Tin handwritten card
- Lightly fry chopped vegetables in butter, add to stock ingredients, boil five minutes, strain, season, then reheat twenty minutes and seal in jars.
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten card
- Cook and strain, add sugar, salt, flour, and oil, stir smooth, add to boiling soup, and can hot; no timing is stated.
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