Recipe#6515

Title: Irish Potato Soup

From:Mike Keri
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:47:31 -0600 
Grandmother (1872-1947) recipe.

   5      medium        potatoes -- peeled and sliced
   1      medium        onion -- sliced
                        roux
     1/2  can           Red Cross tomatoes
   1      teaspoon      salt
                        boiling water
                        parlsey
                        green onions
                        salt and pepper -- to taste
   1                    egg
Peel and slice potatos. Slice onion. Make a roux and fry the onions. Add
toamtoes, salt and potatoes. Let all smother togher until tomatoes are cr
eamy. Add sufficient water to make desired consistency. Add parsley, gree
n onions, salt and pepper as desired.
When potatoes are cooked, mash all through a strainer and return to heat.
 Bring to a boil. Bread egg and let it fall slowly into soup, stirring as
 it falls. Serve hot.