Jessie only does half a recipe at a time. She cooks the tomatoes until soft, then runs them through a Foley Food Mill to remove core, skins and seeds; that gives her a thicker juice because a lot of the pulp is forced through the mill.

I have not bought a can of tomato soup ever since I made this soup. I have a very large garden and put out about 100 tomato plants. The majority of the tomatoes get used for this soup.

I have been making this for years. It is outstanding. We will never buy the store stuff again.