Potatoe Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound potatoes, fine
• 2 quarts water
• 1 pound meat trimmings
• 1 cup rice
• sweet herbs
• 1 head celery
• white pepper
• salt
• thickening

Instructions

1. Grate the potatoes finely and place them in two quarts of water. Add the meat trimmings, rice, a few sweet herbs, and the head of celery. Stew well until the liquid is considerably reduced. Strain the soup through a sieve. If the strained soup is too thin and watery, add a little thickening. Season only with white pepper and salt.