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Potato Soup (Version 4)

Name: Potato Soup (Version 4)
Ingredients: 3 potatoes; 4 cups milk; 1 onion; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 tablespoon flour; 2 stalks celery

A historic Canadian dish of potatoes, milk, onion, butter and flour. Adapted from Potato Soup (Version 4), from Canadian Farm Cook Book (1911).

Adapted from Potato Soup (Version 4), in Canadian Farm Cook Book (1911), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's The Canadian Kitchen collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/canadian-kitchen/recipes/potato-soup-version-4.md.

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Potato Soup (Version 4)

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Produce

3potatoes
1onion
2 stalkssceleryChecked by You

Dairy & Eggs

4 cupsmilkChecked by You
2 tbspbutter

Pantry / Durable

1 tbspflour

Spices & Seasoning

1 tspsalt
½ tsppepperChecked by You

Cooking Instructions

Cook potatoes in salted water with the onion
When done, mash smooth
Scald the milk with the celery
Remove the celery
Add the butter and flour, creamed together
Add the prepared potatoes to the milk
Season with salt and pepper
Let come to a boil and serve at once

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · Canadian Farm Cook Book (1911; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Internet Archive (opens in a new tab)