Cucumber Soup

Ingredients

• 4 cucumbers
• 4 stalks of celery
• 4 cups milk (960ml)
• 2 slices onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped pepper
• 4 tablespoons butter (56g)
• 4 tablespoons flour
• salt and pepper
• cayenne and celery salt
• 1 cup cream or rich milk (240ml)

Method

1. Chop cucumbers and celery; add onion and pepper; cook in milk in double boiler twenty minutes.
2. Add flour and butter cooked together, and seasonings.
3. Cook five minutes, strain, add cream, reheat and serve.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard