Fish Chowder

Ingredients

• 4 lb. cod or haddock
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 6 c. potatoes cut in 1 inch slices
• ½ tsp. pepper
• 3 tbsp. butter
• 4 c. scalded milk
• 1 sliced onion
• 1 inch cube fat salt pork
• 8 common crackers

Method

1. 1

   Order fish skinned, cut off head and tail, and remove backbone.

2. 2

   Cut fish into pieces.

3. 3

   Boil head, tail, and backbone in water for 20 minutes.

4. 4

   Fry salt pork and onion, then strain into stewpan.

5. 5

   Parboil potatoes, add to fat, then add boiling water and cook.

6. 6

   Add fish, cover, and simmer.

7. 7

   Finally, add milk, salt, pepper, butter, and soaked crackers.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Food study (1917) by Mabel Thacher Wellman, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FISH CHOWDER. 4 Ib. cod or haddock 1 tbsp. salt 6 c. potatoes cut in j inch slices or £ tsp. pepper 4 c. potatoes cut in f inch cubes 3 tbsp. butter 1 sliced onion 4 c. scalded milk 1| inch cube fat salt pork 8 common crackers

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