Recipes for the Recession #3: Egg Drop Soup

This Recipes for the Recession comes courtesy of Clara, one ballin old lady who has become a YouTube star with her series of video-recipe clips. The recipes are from the Great Depression, so they're cheap as hell, (average cost under $.50 a serving!) plus they come flavored with great little anecdotes from Clara's youth.

Clara's recipe for Egg Drop Soup is different from the more familiar Chinese version because it uses potatoes. All the better, because they're a great way to thicken it up on the cheap. Think of it as Irish Egg Drop Soup.

What you'll need:
2 potatoes, an onion, and 3 eggs.

What you'll do:
1. Peel potato and cut into cubes. dice the onion.
2. Put potato and onion in a pot with 1 tbsp olive oil to brown, adding salt and pepper, and a bay leaf if you have it.
3. Once the mixture has browned, add 2-3 cups of water and let it simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are cooked. Taste and add more salt and pepper as needed.
2. Lightly beat 3 eggs in a small bowl and add to the water mixture, along with one whole egg for each person eating the soup.
3. Serve in a bowl over a piece of toasted bread. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese if you feel you really deserve such a luxury.

Total Cost: $2.20 (That's without the cheese. If you choose to go there, you're on your own. It's a recession for god's sake)