Outdoor Cooking

Cooking out of doors in 1940 — bean holes, spits, clambakes and burgoo, from three food writers who thought a campfire was the best joke going.

Clam and Other Chowders

13 recipes in this part of Outdoor Cooking.

Clam Chowders

WHATEVER THE LOCALE, beach chowder makers generally agree that a proper potful begins with the slow frying of bits of salt pork. But from…

Massachusetts Clam Chowder

I QUART SHELLED CLAMS 1/2 CUP DICED SALT PORK I MEDIUM ONION, SLICED 4 CUPS DICED RAW POTATOES 2 CUPS BOILING WATER CLAM LIQUOR 4 CUPS…

1,000 Bowls of Manhattan Chowder

The Tough Club Clam Chowder has won thousands of votes for Tammany in New York and is still going strong. It is made on this Gargantuan…

Connecticut Clam Chowder

3 SLICES SALT PORK 2 CUPS CHOPPED ROUND CLAMS CLAM LIQUOR I QUART BOILING WATER I QUART POTATOES, SLICED THICK I ONION, SLICED SALT AND…

Rhode Island Clam Chowder

3 CUPS SOFT-SHELL CLAMS 3 CUPS WATER 3 OUNCES SALT PORK I SLICED ONION 3 MEDIUM-SIZED POTATOES, CUBED 21/2 TABLESPOONS BUTTER I 13/4 CUPS…

Boston Fish Chowder

Catch a young cod or haddock weighing around 3 pounds. Skin and fillet him, saving head and bones. Cut fillets into 2-inch pieces. Cover…

Other Chowders

Almost any sort of sea food can be substituted for clams or fish in the above recipes: crab meat, scallops, oysters, lobster, or any of…

Lake Champlain Fresh-Water Fish Chowder

2 POUNDS FRESH-WATER FISH 1/2 POUND SALT PORK, CHOPPED 5-6 POTATOES I CAN TOMATOES I LARGE ONION, SLICED SALT AND PEPPER Cut fish in 2-inch…

Daniel Webster's Chowder

(For a large fishing party) "Cod (pike, or other big fish) of 10 or 12 pounds well cleaned, leaving on the skin, cut into slices 11/2…

Corn Chowder

2 OUNCES LARDING PORK, DICED I ONION, SLICED 2 CUPS BOILING WATER 11/2 CUPS POTATOES, SLICED I CUP MILK I TEASPOON SUGAR 2 CUPS FRESH CORN…

Bean Chowder

1/4 POUND BACON, DICED 2 ONIONS, CHOPPED I CAN TOMATOES 2 POTATOES, DICED 2 POUNDS CANNED BAKED BEANS I QUART WATER SALT Use an iron kettle…

Vegetable Chowder

2 SLICES BACON, DICED I CUP CHOPPED STRING BEANS OR GREEN PEAS I OR 2 CUPS TOMATOES 1/2 CUP CHOPPED ONIONS I CUP DICED POTATOES 1/4 CUP…

Oatmeal Chowder

3 TABLESPOONS FAT I ONION, SLICED 3 COOKED CARROTS, DICED 2 CUPS TOMATOES SALT I CUP COOKED SPLIT PEAS 2 CUPS COOKED OAT- MEAL I QUART…

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