Still Thinking's Potato Soup
4-5 lbs potatoes, peeled and cubed in ½” pieces
3 quarts milk
8 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
8 green onions
1 lb bacon, cut crosswise to ½” pieces
2 oz butter
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Boil potatoes in water 15 minutes. Drain and allow to steam. Mash ¾ of potatoes, add to milk, and warm over high heat. Brown bacon and remove from grease. Sauté green onions in the grease about 5 minutes, adding some of the butter if needed for moisture. Add crushed garlic and cook 15-30 seconds, then add onions, garlic, bacon and grease, butter, salt & pepper to milk mixture. Simmer till potatoes break down and thicken mixture (about 1 hour). Thicken with 1 TBSP cornstarch if necessary. Add rest of potatoes, simmer another 10-15 minutes, serve.
(With the garlic, has more of a French flavor. Leave out the garlic for more of a traditional American potato soup taste.)
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