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Manhattan clam chowder is not chowder! I'll say no more! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2 OP
Chowder is a thick, chunky soup or stew, elleng Oct 2 #1
Manhattan clam soup! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2 #2
It's really Brunswick Stew with clams instead of squirrel or chicken bucolic_frolic Oct 2 #3
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #15
While I do like a good New England clam chowder Bluestocking Oct 2 #4
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New York Steak served in Montreal restaurants is the same as Montreal Steak served in New York restaurants. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2 #5
🤯 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #17
Dammit. Starting shit, again. marble falls Oct 2 #6
It's my gift! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #18
But a hot dog IS a sandwich n/t Alpeduez21 Oct 2 #7
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #19
What about Rhode Island Clam Chowder Floyd? irisblue Oct 2 #8
Soup! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #20
That's my favorite! ❤️ terip64 Oct 3 #28
How bout Nova Scotia Hodge Podge? Vegetables cooked applegrove Oct 2 #9
Oh yum! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #21
New England over manhattan dweller Oct 2 #10
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #22
I like both--but then I like almost anything with clams, lol. mwmisses4289 Oct 2 #11
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #23
New England clam chowder is my favorite soup, but I love Manhattan clam chowder, too--just not as much. tblue37 Oct 2 #12
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #24
I was schooled by a friend who came from a real clamming family EYESORE 9001 Oct 2 #13
😂 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #25
You feel the same way about projects, Floyd? True Dough Oct 2 #14
😵‍💫 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #26
Living here in New England Coldwater Oct 3 #27
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I grew up on the Texas coast... Trueblue Texan Oct 3 #30
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #34
you are spelling it wrong lapfog_1 Oct 3 #31
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #35
There is a place in Newport that makes johnnyfins Oct 3 #32
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #36
Chowda? John Coktosten Oct 3 #33
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #37

elleng

(141,049 posts)
1. Chowder is a thick, chunky soup or stew,
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:57 PM
Oct 2

traditionally made with seafood like clams, fish, or corn, along with vegetables like potatoes and onions, and a creamy milk or tomato base. The dish's name is believed to come from the French word chaudière, referring to the large pots used by fishermen to cook the chowder with their catch and leftovers.

(I happen to prefer Manhattan, as was born there.)

bucolic_frolic

(52,734 posts)
3. It's really Brunswick Stew with clams instead of squirrel or chicken
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:12 PM
Oct 2

Can't fool my Queens Colony genes

Bluestocking

(333 posts)
4. While I do like a good New England clam chowder
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:17 PM
Oct 2

Rhode Island clam chowder is so much better. I never liked Manhattan clam chowder although I have not had it since I was a kid.

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,406 posts)
5. New York Steak served in Montreal restaurants is the same as Montreal Steak served in New York restaurants. . . . nt
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:17 PM
Oct 2

tblue37

(67,304 posts)
12. New England clam chowder is my favorite soup, but I love Manhattan clam chowder, too--just not as much.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:47 PM
Oct 2






EYESORE 9001

(29,140 posts)
13. I was schooled by a friend who came from a real clamming family
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:14 PM
Oct 2

He bristled even at the mention of clam chowder. ‘The chowder is the feckin’ clam - not the feckin’ soup!’ Remember when Forrest Gump got a rundown on shrimp dishes from Bubba? I would go through laborious descriptions of how to grade cherrystones or littlenecks or quahogs or even chowders.

As for Manhattan clam chowder? I’ll take my minestrone straight-up and clams on the side. On the other hand, I would go swimming in a vat of the New England stuff if it were socially acceptable.

Coldwater

(374 posts)
27. Living here in New England
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:38 AM
Oct 3

I would tend to agree.

Not only do we have REAL Clam Chowder, but it's the best on Earth

Captain Parker's on Cape Cod,

Pier Union Oyster (now Union Oyster House) in Boston,

Legal Sea Foods throughout Massachusetts and the Northeast

Trueblue Texan

(3,857 posts)
30. I grew up on the Texas coast...
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:51 AM
Oct 3

From a family of commercial fishermen. My mama could make the best seafood gumbo in 10 counties. Nowadays so many novices are throwing together a slop pot of fish and shrimp and calling it gumbo--makes me shudder. Gumbo does NOT have fish in it! Fish chowder has fish in it, never shrimp or crab. These fine foods should not be confused or mingled!

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