1. Clam chowder or clam chowda, depending on where you live. I love it, but I hardly ever get to eat it. Why? Because good clam chowder is hard to find. Easiest way to find it? Make it yourself. Really great clam chowder can be boiled (haha get it?) down to 4 main components, in my epinion.  1) Broth2) Clams3) Potatoes4) Some kind of pig fat That’s it. That’s all you need to make a delicious chowder, believe me. Here’s what I did. Take some thick-cut bacon and slice it into bite sized pieces. Cook it. When finished, take out the bits of bacon but leave the fat in the pain. Next, take a diced onion and saute until soft. Throw in some cubed pieces of potato along with enough milk to cover.  Boil until potatoes are soft. Got clams? The easiest way to get clams would be to get them in a can. They can be found next to the canned tuna. If your grocer has a seafood market, by all means do that. Just be sure to ask for chowder clams. If not, canned works perfectly fine. Drain the clams, but keep the juices and add it to the boiling potatoes. Once the potatoes are soft, you can either leave the chowder chunky or puree it a bit (as I did). Add the drained clams to your mixture and heat through. And you’re finished. Garnish with whatever you want. I used the bacon pieces, a few oyster crackers, and some chives. Now my apartment smells like the ocean.

    Clam chowder or clam chowda, depending on where you live. I love it, but I hardly ever get to eat it. Why? Because good clam chowder is hard to find. Easiest way to find it? Make it yourself. Really great clam chowder can be boiled (haha get it?) down to 4 main components, in my epinion. 

    1) Broth
    2) Clams
    3) Potatoes
    4) Some kind of pig fat

    That’s it. That’s all you need to make a delicious chowder, believe me. Here’s what I did.

    Take some thick-cut bacon and slice it into bite sized pieces. Cook it. When finished, take out the bits of bacon but leave the fat in the pain. Next, take a diced onion and saute until soft. Throw in some cubed pieces of potato along with enough milk to cover.  Boil until potatoes are soft. Got clams? The easiest way to get clams would be to get them in a can. They can be found next to the canned tuna. If your grocer has a seafood market, by all means do that. Just be sure to ask for chowder clams. If not, canned works perfectly fine. Drain the clams, but keep the juices and add it to the boiling potatoes. Once the potatoes are soft, you can either leave the chowder chunky or puree it a bit (as I did). Add the drained clams to your mixture and heat through. And you’re finished. Garnish with whatever you want. I used the bacon pieces, a few oyster crackers, and some chives. Now my apartment smells like the ocean.

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