Tomato Soup without Meat.
12 large red tomatoes, peeled and sliced.
1 small onion, sliced.
2 tablespoonfuls nice dripping.
1 tablespoonful chopped parsley.
2 tablespoonfuls of butter rolled in flour.
Pepper and salt.
1 teaspoonful of sugar.
1 small cupful of hot boiled rice.
1 quart of boiling water.
Fry the onion in the soup-pot in the dripping. When they are of a reddish-brown, add the tomatoes and stir all up until very hot, when put in the boiling water and parsley. Stew half an hour, and strain, rubbing the tomato through a sieve into the hot liquid. Return to the pot, season, and when boiling again, stir in the floured butter, and a minute later the rice. Simmer ten minutes and pour out.