Old Fashioned Tomato Soup
Mother made this soup when I was a child, and it was always one of my favorites. After 75 years, it still is! Mother's cellar was filled with home-canned vegetables, so the basic ingredient of this soup was right at hand. It never took her long to make a kettle of this wonderful soup. —Wilma Miller, Port Angeles, Washington
Ingredients
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Salt to taste
- 1 quart milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Minced fresh parsley, optional
Reviews
Oh my gosh, I grew up with this tomato soup. I don't know of anyone else that I know has had this. I don't put garlic salt in mine, otherwise its the same. Some times I use half and half, but don't use too much. I use home grown heirloom tomato's so I skin them and then cook them until well done. Homegrown give you a much better flavor and slightly sweet. I made this soup several time this summer. I have several packages of frozen tomatoes that I will use this winter.
Nasty! Would have been better off with a tomato and a glass of milk. Now my toddler tells me all the time, "I don't want tomatoes in milk. It's yucky."
Great lunch for late workers.
A QUART of milk???? It was not creamy at all. Turned out like water. Somebody got this wrong. Maybe a cup of milk. Yuk.
I will never buy another can of tomato soup again! This recipe was beyond delicious--even my teenage daughter loved it, and she doesn't even like canned tomato soup! The flavor of the soup was fresh and wholesome--it didn't have any of the vinegary tartness that the canned soups have. I add fresh dill in season, or dried, as well as any other fresh herbs that my garden is producing in Summer. Enjoy!
This sounds like a great way to serve my garden tomatoes. Does anyone know if I can use them freshly diced (since there is boiling involved)? If so, would I need to add any additional ingredients to substitute from the canned tomatoes? Thank you for any advice! I can imagine serving this with homemade bread toasted with cheese! Yum!
This was just like the soup my elderly mother remembers her aunt making ninety years ago. She and I greatly enjoyed it. I did add a little sugar, as I always do with recipes that are strongly tomato.
I wanted a creamy tomato soup that wasn't made from a canned soup. This was perfect. It was fast and easy and was made with canned tomatoes which I had plenty on hand. It was very good and was perfect to drink from soup cups. I will definitely make this again.
I grew up on a farm where there was plenty of homegrown and canned tomatoes. This was the only way I knew tomatoe soup. No can for me.