Potato Soup
Mash potatoes, pour on them one teacup cream, one large spoonful butter. Pour boiling water on them till you have the desired quantity. Boil until it thickens; season with salt, parsley, and pepper to your taste.--Mrs. R.E. Potato Soup.
Pour two quarts water on six or seven large peeled potatoes, adding two or three slices of middling; boil thoroughly done. Take them out, mash the potatoes well and return all to the same water, together with pepper, salt, one spoonful butter, and one quart milk, as for chicken soup.--Mrs. W.