Onion Soup, Cheap
INGREDI- ENTS for soup for 8 persons.-8 middlingsized onions, 3 oz. of butter, a tablespoonful of rice-flour, salt and pepper to taste, 1 teaspoonful of powdered sugar, thickening of butter and flour, 2 quarts of water. AVER- AGE COST, 8d.
Cut the onions small, put them into the stewpan with the butter and fry them well; mix the rice-flour smoothly with the water, add the onions, seasoning and sugar, and simmer till tender. Thicken with butter and flour, and serve.
TIME.-2 hours.
SEASONABLE in winter.