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Tomato Soup

Ingredients

Full recipe (makes 14 to 16 quarts):

• 100-120 tomatoes
• 7 onions, quartered
• 12 stems celery, cut into pieces
• 21 whole cloves
• 14 sprigs parsley

Half recipe (makes 7 to 8 quarts):

• 50-60 tomatoes
• 3 1/2 onions, quartered
• 6 stems celery, cut into pieces
• 11 whole cloves
• 7 sprigs parsley

For the full recipe, add:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup flour
• 2 Tablespoons salt

For the half recipe, add:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 Tablespoon salt

Directions

1. Cook the tomatoes, onions, celery, cloves, and parsley, then strain through a food mill.
2. Stir in the sugar, black pepper, butter, and flour for the batch size you're making.
3. Let boil, then jar and seal.