I'll Skip the Sardines

Betty Crocker Good and Easy Cookbook, 1954.

Lunch with Cream of Tomato Soup

Cream of Tomato Soup
2 1/2 cups cooked tomatoes
1 small onion, sliced
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. celery salt
1/8 tsp. cloves
3 cups Thin Cream Sauce

Cook tomatoes, onion and seasoning 15 min. Press through sieve, if desired. Heat strainted tomatoes to boiling; add slowly to cream sauce. Serve at once without reheating.

Thin Cream Sauce
For creamed vegtables, scalloped potatoes, base for soup

1 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup milk

Melt butter in saucepan; blend in flour and salt and let bubble up together. Take off heat, add milk all at once; cook over low to medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened.