Salt Codfish Chowder

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup salt pork fat
• 3 cups potato cut in cubes
• 2 onions cut in small pieces
• salt, pepper, cayenne
• 2 cups shredded codfish
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup cream
• 8 crackers buttered
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour

Method

1. 1

   Soak codfish in cold water one hour; drain.

2. 2

   Parboil potatoes ten minutes.

3. 3

   Cook onions in pork fat, add drained potatoes, fish, and one cup of boiling water; cook until potatoes are tender.

4. 4

   Melt butter; add flour, milk, cream and seasonings.

5. 5

   Combine mixtures, cook five minutes, and serve with crackers which have been previously soaked in milk.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Salt Codfish Chowder \ cup salt pork fat 3 cups potato cut in cubes 2 onions cut in small pieces salt, pepper, cayenne 2 cups shredded codfish 1 cup boiling water 1 cup cream 8 crackers buttered Jt tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour Soak codfish in cold water one hour ; drain. Parboil potatoes ten minutes. Cook onions in pork fat, add drained potatoes, fish, and one cup of boiling water; cook until potatoes are tender. Melt butter; add flour, milk, cream and seasonings. Combine mixtures, cook five minutes, and serve with crackers which have been previously soaked in milk, 54 lowney's cook book 2 cups clams 2 tablespoons onion bit of bay leaf 3 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour Clam Bisque 2 cups chicken stock 1 teaspoon salt pepper and cayenne 2 cups hot cream 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Chop clams, and cook in stock twenty minutes. Melt butter; add onions; cook five minutes; add flour, strained clam liquor; cook five minutes; add seasonings, cream, and serve. 6 crabs 2 tablespoons butter

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