[recipe*] Hearty Potato Soup

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This is a yummy soup for a cool Autumn day.

 

Hearty Potato Soup

 

6 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced

2 medium carrots, diced

6 celery ribs, diced

2 quarts water

1 medium onion, chopped

6 Tbs butter

6 Tbs flour

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 cup milk

 

In a large soup kettle or dutch oven, cook potatoes,

carrots, and celery in water until tender;

about 20 minutes.

Drain, reserving liquid and setting vegetables aside.

In the same kettle, saute onion in butter until tender.

Stir in flour, salt, and pepper; gradually add milk,

stirring constantly until thickened.

Gently stir in cooked vegetables.

Add 1 cup or more of reserved liquid until soup is the

desired consistency.

Yield: 8-10 servings

 

~ PT ~

 

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the

deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree,

or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. 

~Henry David Thoreau