Put the celery pieces into three quarts of cleared stock.
Make the stock boil.
Skim the stock.
Let the celery simmer till tender.
Original Text
Celery Soup.
Cut celery heads two inches long then, some of the white part into small pieces; wash, blanch, and drain it, and put to it three quarts of cleared stock. Make it boil, skim it, and let the celery simmer till tender.