Tomato Soup
1 can tomatoes
1 pint water
12 peppercorns
Bit of bay leaf
4 cloves
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon soda
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 slice onion
Cook tomatoes, water, peppercorns, bay leaf, cloves, and sugar twenty minutes; strain, and add salt and soda; bind, and strain into tureen.