4 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon chopped onion

4 tablespoons flour

1½ teaspoons salt

Few grains pepper

Cook kornlet in cold water twenty minutes; rub through a sieve, and add milk. Fry butter and onion three minutes; remove onion, add flour, salt, and pepper, and stir into boiling soup.

Potato Soup

3 potatoes

1 quart milk

2 slices onion