Getting back to a certain seafood chowder again, we hear from longtime Forum helper-outer Fern Speed of Arlington.
“I am sending you a seafood chowder recipe that my family enjoys. It is easy and good. Perhaps it is the one Marietta Nelson of Clinton is looking for.”
Fern adds, “I sometimes buy shrimp from the meat market and you can add more milk, if you desire.”
And Monroe cook Norma E. Wells shares a crockpot chowder that goes together in a flash and, except for the bacon, cooks itself while you get on with other chores.
Then, since neither of those recipes will majorly drain you of time or energy, you might have enough zip left over to make a pie for dessert. Especially if you have an easy, fast-fix crust recipe.
And we do, thanks to Kirkland cook Gloria Carpenter, who passes along the following how-to given to her by a co-worker years ago. She says she has several similar recipes, but, “I use this one the most.”
Sampan chowder
1/2cup chopped onion
1/2teaspoon thyme
2tablespoons butter
1can (103/4 ounces) cream of potato soup
1can (103/4 ounces) cream of celery soup
1soup can water
1soup can milk, or more to taste
2cans (6 1/2 ounces each) chopped clams with juice
11/2cups cut-up white fish (sole, halibut)
1can or more drained shrimp, or fresh cooked shrimp to taste
1tablespoon minced parsley
1small can pimiento
In large saucepan, cook onion and thyme in butter. When onion is well done, add soups, water and milk, mixing well.
Add fish, shrimp, parsley and pimiento and cook until fish is done, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Slow-cook seafood chowder
1can (103/4 ounces) condensed cream of potato soup
1can (103/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup
21/2cups milk
4medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
2medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch cubes
1large onion, finely chopped
2ribs celery, finely chopped
1can (61/2 ounces) chopped clams, drained
1can (6 ounces) medium shrimp, drained
4ounces imitation crab meat, flaked
5bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
In a slow cooker, combine soups and milk, mixing well. Stir in carrots, potatoes, onion and celery. Cover and cook on low 4 to 5 hours.
Stir in clams, shrimp and crab. Cover and cook until heated through, about 20 minutes.
Ladle into bowls and garnish each serving with crumbled bacon.
Makes 8 servings.
Easiest ever pie crust
11/2cups flour
1/2teaspoon salt
1/2cup oil
3tablespoons milk
Turn flour, salt, oil and milk into pie plate; mix together well and pat on bottom and up sides. Bake according to your filling instructions. If you want a top crust, mix up another recipe’s worth and crumble on top of filling.
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