POTATO LEEK SOUP

           3 MEDIUM POTATOES PEELED AND CUT INTO 1/2 CUBES
          4 1/2 CUPS OF WATER.MILK OR VEG.OR CHICKEN BROTH
           3 POUNDS LEEK GREEN WASHED  AND FINELY CHOPPED
             UNSALTED BUTTER OR PARSLEY,CHERVIL OR MINT
          COMBINE POTATOES,LEEKS, WATER INTO A 4 QUART POT
         BRING TO A SIMMER,COOK GENTLY UNTIL POTATOES ARE
                EASILY CRUSHED  COOKED APPROX. 20 MIN.
                            ADD SALT TO TASTE
     THIS SOUP CAN BE MADE CREAMY BY PUREE-ING ALL OR HALF THE 
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