Recipe - Clam Chowder -- Maine Style

One fourth pound Salt Pork
1 One half cup Onions Diced
3 cup Potatoes Diced
1 qt Water
2 cup Clams
12 fl Evaporated Milk

Dice the onions and salt pork, then saute slowly in an iron frying pan.
Empty into a chowder pan. Add a quart (mor or less) of water and bring it
to a boil. Add the minced potatoes and bring back to a boil. Put the clams
through a meat grinder then add to the pot. Simmer until done. Add salt and
pepper. When done, add the evaporated milk. Turn off heat and let set. Heat
again just before serving. Serve with Crackers. (I made this one with
canned chopped clams and it ws good!)

From: Charlotte Grunwald's private collection of Authentic New England
Cooking

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by Bill Spalding
billspa@icanect.net on Jul 11, 1997