Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

1 quart tomatoes
1 pint water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 quart milk
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons cornstarch
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
1 tablespoon heavy cream per soup plate

Method:
1.Boil a quart of tomatoes in a pint of water for twenty minutes and strain.
2.Put in a small teaspoonful of baking soda, and a quart of milk when the tomato/water mixture foams.
3.Add a tablespoonful of butter and two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch mixed together, plenty of salt and a sprinkling of pepper.
4.Serve in soup bowls with roasted butter bread.
5.Put a tablespoonful of heavy cream in each bowl.