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Corn Chowder

I quart of grated corn, 4 good sized potatoes, 2 medium sized onions, 1/2 pound of bacon or ham, I large tablespoonful of butter, 3 tablespoonfuls of flour, I pint of milk, 6 water crackers, Yolk of one egg, 1/2 pint of boiling water.

Pare and cut the potatoes and onions into dice. Cut the bacon or ham into small pieces, put it into a frying pan with the onions and fry until a nice brown. Put a layer of potatoes in the bottom of a saucepan, then a sprinkling of bacon or ham and onion, then a layer of corn, then a sprinkling of salt and pepper, then a layer of potatoes and so on, until all is in, having the last layer corn. Now add the water and place over a very moderate fire and simmer for twenty minutes. Then add the milk. Rub the butter and flour together and stir into the boiling chowder. Add the crackers, broken; stir; and cook five minutes longer. Taste to see if properly seasoned, take it from the fire, add the beaten yolk of the egg and serve. 6 cucumbers,