21 December, 2002

 

Radio-Controlled Blue Anodized Low F Mini-Chowder!

 

I.  3FISH CHOWDER:  BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

Here's my own recipe for a Wisely family tradition:  3Fish Chowder.  When I published this last year, several people wrote in to say that had made it and really enjoyed it, prompting someone to write:  "Hmmm.  Anything with that much butter and cream is pretty much destined to be good."  It's a holiday treat.  Like most, I don't recommend it for daily consumption!

3Fish Chowder recipe courtesy of Dale Wisely & 3Fish Productions

      2 pounds potatoes, peeled and diced

3-4 lbs of cooked seafood (I use equal parts shrimp and clams)

3 small cans crab meat, minced, shredded, or chopped.

¼ lb of salt pork (you can substitute bacon if you’re in a pinch.  If you avoid pork, you can substitute a product called "Liquid Smoke" with pretty good results)

1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped

1 cup butter (avoid margarine for this.  It yields 15-20 servings.  Relax.)

1 cup flour

10 cups chicken broth (some prefer clam juice. I don’t. Use good quality chicken broth.)

1 pint of half-and-half (look, it yields 15-20 servings.  Relax.)

salt & pepper

dash hot pepper sauce

dash worcestershire sauce

You’ll have one thing going on in a stock pot and something else going on in a sauté pan. 

In the stock pot,  bring the broth and the potatoes to a boil.  Cook until the potatoes are tender, usually about 20 or 25 minutes. 

In the sauté pan, cook the salt pork until well rendered.  The pork should be crispy.  Remove the pork from the fat.  (If you wish, you can leave the pork in the sauté pan and make it part of the roux and then the chowder, but it tends to create a very different flavor.)   Add the diced-small onions and cook until transparent and very tender.  Add the butter (2 sticks) and allow it to melt.  Add the flour and cook over medium heat until somewhat colored and thick.  Add a little flour if the mixture is too thin. 

Slowly stir in the cooked roux from the sauté pan into the broth & potatoes.  Bring (or continue) a rolling boil to thicken the chowder.  Stir continuously, making sure not to scorch the bottom.  Once thickened, beat half of the pint of half-and-half and add it.  After tasting, if you wish, you can add more half-and-half.  And, of course, you will. The chowder should be thick.  Reduce heat to low, add the seafood and allow enough time to heat the seafood through.  Adjust the seasoning by adding salt & pepper and a dash of hot pepper sauce and a dash of Worcestershire sauce.   One can serve immediately, although if you let it simmer for a few hours it’s even better.  When served in bowls, garnish with a little chopped parsley or dried green onion.

Yields 15-20 servings. 

 

3Fish Chowder is a 3Fish Production

II.  PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFTs!!

Chiff & Fipple RC MINI-CAR!!!  $17.99 !!

 

Chia Whistle!   Only $9.99!

 

The Hottest PS2 GAME !!   $49.95 !!

Lear Jet!  $1,543,750 !!

 

III.  WHAT MY WIFE, WHO IS NOT AT ALL INTERESTED OR IMPRESSED BY WHISTLES, HAD TO SAY WHEN I OPENED MY NEW BLUE ANODIZED OVERTON LOW F WHISTLE

"Oh, my. That's beautiful."

This picture, from the Overton website ( http://www.overton.co.uk ) doesn't do it justice.

Plays like a dream, too.

IV.  CHIFF & FIPPLE HOLIDAY MESSAGE

Thanks to everyone for being a part of Chiff & Fipple.  Much to my surprise and against all reasonable predictions and rules of common sense, Chiff & Fipple continues to grow.  The message board community picks up new members weekly.  This newsletter goes out to about 3300 email addresses with an average of about 10 new subscribers a week, I guess.  It continues to be all about shared love for music, fellowship, good humor, and peace.    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to us all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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