Instructions:

Ingredients:

1 quart fresh clams, shucked raw
2 ounces salt pork, coarse ground
2 cups onion, diced in small pieces
4 cups diced potatoes
1 cup water or enough to just show up through the potatoes
salt and pepper as you like
1 1/2 quarts milk
1 can evaporated milk
1 tbsp. piece of butter for each bowl
Common crackers or Pilot Crackers

Proceedure :

Using a kettle, fry the salt pork using a low heat to render. Remove the fried salt pork and cook diced onion slowly in fat, taking care not to burn it. Add the four cups diced potatoes and the water, better add a little salt and pepper right now.

Cover kettle, bring to steaming point, lower heat, cook until potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes.

Note: You can buy shucked and minced clams in most supermarket. It is a lot easier than shucking them fresh!

When potatoes are soft, stir in the cut clams, cover pan again, let cook for 3 minutes, no longer for it toughens the clams.

Add 1 1/2 quarts of milk and the evaporated milk (the secret ingredient). Taste for seasoning, add salt and pepper if necessary. Keep in mind that as the chowder ripens it may be salty enough. Add piece of butter or margarine.

Serve chowder with common crackers or pilot crackers.