Potato Chowder

Ingredients

• 3 cups potatoes cut into dice (approx. 450g)
• ½ cup salt pork cut into dice (approx. 110g)
• ¼ cup onion (approx. 40g)
• 2 tablespoons butter (28g)
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 cups milk (720ml)
• 1 cup water (240ml)
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 1 teaspoon salt
• cayenne and celery salt

Method

1. Cook salt pork in frying pan ten minutes; add onion, cook ten minutes.
2. Put a layer of parboiled potatoes in kettle, cover with onions and salt pork, and so continue until all potatoes and onions are used.
3. Cover with water and simmer until potatoes are tender.
4. Melt butter; add flour, milk and seasonings.
5. Cook five minutes.
6. Combine mixtures.
7. If potatoes are very old, it is better to parboil them before putting them with the onion.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard