Clam/Seafood Chowder

Ingredients

• 1 Quart clams - For seafood chowder, add mussels, fish, scallops and shrimp)
• 1/4 cup salt pork (or chopped bacon)
• 3/4 cup onion - sliced
• 2 cups cold water
• 1/2 cup cream
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 cups diced potatoes

Instructions

• Boil the potatoes
• Drain chopped clams, save the liquid
• Cook salt pork - almost crisp
• Add onions and simmer until soft (3-5 minutes)
• Add the potatoes, water & clam juice
• Simmer 10 more minutes
• Add the clams, and other seafood if making seafood chowder
• Cook 12-20 minutes
• Add butter, half & half as needed