[iamkeri1]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

A bologna sandwich and cream of tomato soup. Tonight will likely be the same.

Georgia, when I read your post about cream of tomato soup, I right away wanted some too. I don't much like (canned) tomato soup, but the idea of fresh tomatoes cooking in a creamy sauce sounded wonderful. I confess I had never heard of cream of tomato soup before.


I found a simple recipe on line and cooked it tonight. It wasn't as good as I believed it would be. I'm hoping you can help me figure out how to improve it. I sauteed 1 cup of onions, 1/2 cup of corn cut right off the cob and about !/4 c fresh mushrooms in butter till the onions started to brown a little. I added 2 Tb flour and two cups milk to make a roux, then I added 2 cups chopped fresh beefsteak tomatoes. and allowed it to simmer for about 20 minutes. I added very small amounts of the following spices: black pepper, ground ginger, a bay leaf, paprika (not smoky) and dried parsley. There is quite a bit left, so I'm hoping it will be better after the ingredients gel overnight. I mean, it wasn't horrible or anything, it just didn't "wow" me the way I thought it would. I didn't add the sugar the recipe called for because I didn't want it sweet, and I don't cook with salt, so I left that out as well.


Can you figure out what I can do to improve it? Thanks for your help.
Smooches.

Keri