Mother Bs Food

MOTHER B'S POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Cut celery, and also cut the leaves off and chop them up fine.
• Chop onions and finely grate carrots.
• Add these three ingredients to a pot of with enough water to cover. Put over med. heat till it comes to a soft boil.
• Add potatoes.
• Add enough water to cover potatoes.
• Add the parsley, sweet basil, and salt.
• Cook over med. heat until potatoes are done.
• In a separate pot, melt the margarine.
• Slowly add the flour stirring constantly until it's thick.
• Slowly add milk, a little bit at a time. Keep stirring as it becomes very thick, like mashed potatoes. Add the salt and pepper.
• When it's so think it looks like mashed potatoes, it's ready. Add this mixture, gradually to the soup pot and cook until thick.
• Slice the smoked sausage at the end and add to the soup pot.
• This soup is even better when it's eaten the next day. It will be thicker, you may have to thin it a little then. You can also use crumbled bacon instead of the smoked sausage.
• You cannot freeze this.

MOTHER B'S SPINACH DIP

Steps:

• Thaw spinach. Squeeze out as much water as you can.
• Mix ingredients starting with the mayo and spinach.
• It's best if you refrigerate the dip overnight and put in the bread bowl just before serving.
• Carve out center of pumpernickel bread. Put dip inside. Make cubes out of the chunk of bread you took from the middle.
• Arrange on a platter with cubed pumpernickel surrounding the bread bowl or you can purchase a small loaf of cocktail pumpernickel.
• You can also use 1/2 lb of well drained, crumbled bacon instead of the bacon bits.