Potato Soup with Butter Dumplings

1/4 cup butter

1 medium onion -- chopped

4 cups water

3 lbs potato -- peeled and diced

1 stalk celery -- chopped

1 tablespoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 tablespoons fresh parsley -- chopped

Dumpling Batter (below) 1 8 oz carton sour cream

Dumpling Batter: 2 tablespoons butter -- softened

1/4 cup + 2 tab flour

2 eggs -- beaten

1/4 teaspoon salt

dash ground nutmeg

Melt butter in large soup pot; add onion and saute till tender. Add water; bring to a boil and add potatoes, celery, salt, pepper and parsley. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Drop dumpling batter into soup by teaspoons. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat and gradually stir in sour cream. Heat thoroughly, but do not boil. Yield 10 servings.

Dumpling Batter: Cream butter with flour; beat in eggs. Stir in