Coo Coo Clam Chowder - Coos Bay Oregon Clam Chowder

• 1 quart (950 ml) shucked clams
• 4 cups (950 ml) potatoes, cut in cubes
• 1 one-half-inch cube of salt pork fat
• 1 sliced onion
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) flour
• 1 tsp (5 ml) salt
• 1/8 tsp (1 ml) pepper
• 4 tbsp (60 ml) butter
• 4 cups (950 ml) scaled milk
• 8 crackers

1. Clean clams, using 1 cup (225 ml) cold water; drain, reserve liquid, heat it to the boiling point and strain.
2. Chop hard part of clams very fine.
3. Cut pork fat into small pieces and fry; add onions, fry 5 minutes, and strain into stew pan.
4. Parboil potatoes in boiling water for 5 minutes.
5. Drain and put layer of potatoes on bottom of stew pan.
6. Add chopped clams, sprinkle with salt, pepper and generously with flour.
7. Add remaining potatoes, again sprinkle with salt, pepper, and flour.
8. Add 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) boiling water.
9. Cook 10 minutes, add milk, soft part of clams, and 3 tbsp (45 ml) butter.
10. Boil 3 minutes and add crackers (split and soaked in enough cold milk to moisten).
11. Reheat clam water to boiling point and thicken with 1 tbsp (15 ml) butter and flour cooked together; add to chowder just before serving.
12. Note: The clam water has a tendency to cause the milk to curdle, hence it must be added last.

clams, potatoes, salt, onion, flour, salt, pepper, butter, milk, crackers

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/0014CE (may not work)