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Lunch

Rhode Island Chowder

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring clams, with the original instructions and source page intact.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

  • 1 quart clams
  • 3 inch cube fat salt pork
  • 1 sliced onion
  • ½ cup cold water
  • 4 cups potatoes cut in ¾ inch cubes
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1 cup stewed and strained tomatoes
  • ¼ teaspoon soda
  • 1 cup scalded milk
  • 1 cup scalded cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 8 common crackers
  • Salt and pepper

Make it happen

Directions

  1. 1

    Cook pork with onion and cold water ten minutes; drain, and reserve liquor. Wash clams and reserve liquor. Parboil potatoes five minutes, and drain. To potatoes add reserved liquors, hard part of clams finely chopped, and boiling water. When potatoes are nearly done, add tomatoes, soda, soft part of clams, milk, cream, and butter. Season 144 with salt and pepper. Split crackers, soak in cold milk to moisten, and reheat in chowder.

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