"Extray" Good Potato Soup

Extra Good Potato Soup

Or, as Meme wrote it, "Extray Good Potato Soup"!

Marla's Recipe

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

3 potatoes, peeled

1 quart milk
3 slices onion

3 tbsp butter

2 tbsp all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp celery salt
1/8 tsp pepper
Cayenne pepper to taste

1 tsp parsley, chopped

Directions

1. Cook potatoes in salted water until soft.
2. Rub soft potatoes through a strainer (there should be around 2 1/2 cups).
3. Scald the milk with the onions.
4. Remove onions and slowly whisk the milk into the potatoes.
5. Melt half of the butter (1 1/2 tbsp).
6. Add to the butter: flour, salt, celery salt, pepper, and cayenne. Stir until well mixed.
7. Stir butter mixture into hot soup and boil for 1 minute.
8. Strain and add the remaining butter.
9. Sprinkle with parsley.

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