Celery Soup (Australia)

Description: From Foods with a Foriegn Flavor textbook, posted for ZWT5... Contributed by LeNora Hudson of Suphur, Oklahoma.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups sliced celery
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 1 1/2 teaspoons celery salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 5 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 3 cups milk
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Steps:

1. Simmer celery and stock until celery is tender.
2. Add celery salt and nutmeg.
3. Make a paste of flour with 2 tablespoonfuls milk; add to celery, stirring carefully.
4. Add 3 cups milk and heat.
5. DO NOT BOIL.
6. Add cheese and serve hot.