Cheese Soup Recipe

2 oz. Butter or margarine
4 oz. Finely chopped onion
1 pint hot white stock or vegetable water or plain water
1/2 pint milk
2 tblsp flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp chopped parsley
4 oz. Grated stale cheese
crushed cream cracker crumbs

• Heat fat in soup pan, add the onion and fry until transparent but not brown.
• Add the hot stock or water and simmer 10 minutes, then add the milk.
• Mix the flour to a smooth paste with a little extra milk, add to the pan slowly stirring the time until boiling again.
• Add salt and pepper and parsley; cook and stir 5 minutes.
• Add the cheese, stir and boil up again.