Recipe: Cream Of Tomato Soup

Mom's Cream Of Tomato Soup
Recipe By : Naomi Lacy
Serves 4-6

1/4 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups tomato juice
pepper -- to taste

Melt butter then add onions. Saute gently till beginning to soften. Then add flour and cook for 1-2 minutes before adding tomato juice. Stir over medium heat till thick (beginning to boil). Add soda and stir down (this keeps the milk from curdling). When foam subsides, add milk and heat to serving temperature. Add salt and pepper. Do NOT boil as the soup will curdle.