10 quarts chopped lettuce 6 quarts stock or water 6 quarts hot milk 1 cup minced onion

3/4 cup potato flour 1 1/2 cups butter substitute 6 tablespoons salt 2 teaspoons pepper

The coarser outside leaves may be used for soup, reserving the hearts for salad. Chop fine or put through meat chopper. Add boiling water or stock and onion; boil twenty minutes. Stir flour and fat until smooth, add milk, and cook twenty minutes in double boiler. Combine mixtures, add seasonings, bring to boil, and serve at once.