Title: Pure cream of tomato soup
 Categories: Main dish, Soups, Vegetables
      Yield: 7 Servings
 
      5 tb Butter
    1/2 c  Onion; Chopped
      4 tb Unbleached Flour
      4 c  Milk
    1/2 ea Bay Leaf
  1 1/2 ts Sugar
  1 1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Baking Soda
      3 c  Tomatoes; Chopped, Fresh,Can
 
  Melt the butter in a soup-pot.  Add the onion and cook over medium
  heat, stirring, until the onion is soft but not browned. Sprinkle the
  flour over the butter mixture and continue to cook for an additional
  2 minutes. Slowly add the milk, bay leaf, sugar, and salt and
  continue to cook and stir until slightly thickened. Stir the baking
  soda into the tomatoes. Add the tomatoes to the milk, and bring just
  to a simmer. Remove from the heat and put through a strainer. Taste
  and correct the seasoning. Reheat before serving.