Basic chowder
2 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ounces | Bacon bits |
| 1 | Carrot, thinly sliced | |
| 2 | Sticks celery, thinly sliced | |
| 1 | Onion, coarsely chopped | |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| 2 | Cloves of garlic (or 3) | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Pepper |
Directions
Fry the bacon in a large pot and remove. Add the carrot and celery and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Add the onion, bay leaf and whole cloves of garlic. Stir and add the pepper.
"All you really need is a big pot and some bacon bits. After that, you improvise.... (Otherwise) we are stuck with the tyranny of the formal recipe which defines The Only Way To Do It in a form as exact, and frequently as exciting, as a prescription from the doctor." Source: Urban Peasant by James Barber Shared by Elizabeth Rodier 6/93