Fresh Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• 4 quarts chopped tomatoes
• 1 (32 ounce) carton chicken broth
• 1 very large sweet onion
• 1 finely chopped green pepper
• 1 chopped carrot
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 dash celery salt or 1 stalk fresh celery
• 14 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
• black pepper, to taste
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 1 large bay leaf
• 3 -4 teaspoons sugar
• 4 whole cloves