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Potato Chowder

6 good-sized potatoes, I good-sized onion, I tablespoonful of butter, 14 pound of bacon or ham, I tablespoonful of chopped pars- A pint of milk and a pint of ley, water, I tablespoonful of flour.

Pare and cut the potatoes in dice. Chop an onion fine. Cut the bacon or ham into small pieces and put it in a frying-pan. Add the onion, cook until a light brown. Put one layer of potatoes in the bottom of a saucepan, then sprinkle over the ham and onion, the parsley, salt and pepper. Then another layer of potatoes, then ham and onion and so continue until all the materials are used. Add the water, cover closely and cook on the back part of the stove twenty minutes. Then add the milk; rub the butter and flour together, then stir carefully into the boiling chowder. Cook one moment, taste to see if properly seasoned and serve very hot.