Main Course Soup

My cousin CrystalB has a recipe posted for this here as well and I assumed it was the same one I had. I noticed today that it wasn't, so here's my version. (I haven't made this in a while, so I'm guessing at the prep time and yield.)

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Yields: 12 cups

Ingredients

• 1  lb ground beef
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped onion
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped celery
• 2 1⁄2 cups tomato juice
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  cup  cubed potato
• 1⁄2 cup  sliced carrot
• 2  cups water
• 4  tablespoons flour
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 3  cups milk

Directions

1. In soup pot, fry ground beef until browned. Add onion and celery and fry until soft.
2. Add tomato juice, potatoes, salt, carrots, and water and simmer for one hour.
3. Make a paste with flour and 1/2 cup milk. Stir into soup. Add remaining milk and heat through before serving.