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From Carldecook (www.carldecook.com)  

I was humming 'Baby It's Cold Outside' and 'Stormy Weather' when it suddenly dawned on me -- it is winter after all! Time for soups, chowders and stews.   Lucky I have a lot of Kay's southwest stew and chili in the freezer. But what about pea soup and clam chowder? And, Kay's vegetable beef soup?  

So yesterday I made a double batch of split pea soup -- great on a cold winter evening -- and today I'm making some clam chowder for dinner. I'll also be making a double batch of vegetable beef soup and freezing small packages.  

The soups and stews will freeze OK but the clam chowder is so easy I just keep a few cans of clams on hand for when Kay says, "How about some clam chowder tonight?"  

I just added one of our Split Pea Soup recipes to the web site and our favorite easy Clam Chowder -- take a look at www.CarlDeCook.com. Go to "recipes" and then click on recipes.  

If you try them and change them to your own taste let me know the changes so I can try them too!  

Clam Chowder
8 soda crackers, crushed
2 slices of bacon, diced and sauteed 1 onion, chopped
2 C potatoes, diced
1.5 t salt
Dash pepper
2-3 cans clams, chopped
2 C milk
2 T butter
1.5 C water

Saute bacon and add onions. Just as the onions are browning, add water, potatoes, salt and pepper. Cook 10 minutes. Add clams, milk, butter and mix well. Add crushed crackers to thicken.

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• #1 Comment from patriciaweniger 
  2/24/06 4:21 PM | Permalink

  i like french onion soup