Spicy clear tomato soup

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       Title: SPICY CLEAR TOMATO SOUP
  Categories: Soups, Vegetables
       Yield: 5 servings
  
   2 1/2 lb Ripe Fresh Tomatoes; Abt 10
   1 1/2 c  Water
       8 ea Stalks Celery; Chopped
       2 ea Carrots; Sliced
       1 ea Onion; Md, Chopped
       1 ea Green Pepper; Md, Seed, Chop
       5 ea Whole Cloves
       1 x  Salt & Freshly Ground Pepper
       2 ts Sugar
       2 tb Fresh Lemon Juice
  
   Cut up the tomatoes and put them, with the water, into a soup-pot.
   Add the celery, carrots, onion, green pepper, and cloves.  Bring the
   soup to a boil, reduce the heat and add the salt & pepper to taste,
   and sugar. Simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes.  Remove from
   the heat and stir in the lemon juice.  Strain, (Note:  You can put
   the vegetables in the food processor and then sieve the juice out of
   the chopped veggies using the back of a wooden spoon).  Correct the
   seasonings and serve either hot or cold.
  
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