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elleng
(141,049 posts)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.)
Floyd R. Turbo
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bucolic_frolic
(52,734 posts)Can't fool my Queens Colony genes
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,305 posts)Bluestocking
(333 posts)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.
Floyd R. Turbo
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(31,305 posts)Alpeduez21
(1,969 posts)irisblue
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Id eat it!
terip64
(1,597 posts)applegrove
(128,692 posts)in cream. Yummy.
https://maritimecountrykitchen.com/hodge-podge-recipe/
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,305 posts)dweller
(27,289 posts)But I enjoy a bisque or a fumet broth equally as well
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mwmisses4289
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(31,305 posts)tblue37
(67,304 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,140 posts)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? Ill 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.
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,305 posts)True Dough
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Floyd R. Turbo
(31,305 posts)Coldwater
(374 posts)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)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!
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,305 posts)lapfog_1
(31,309 posts)it's Chow-da

johnnyfins
(3,050 posts)Spicy chowdah that is some of the best I have ever had.