Basic Chowder

Serves:

Ingredients:

4 oz Bacon bits
1 Carrot, thinly sliced
2 Sticks celery, thinly sliced
1 Onion, coarsely chopped
1 Bay leaf
2 Cloves of garlic (or 3)
1 ts Pepper

Method:

Fry the bacon in a large pot and remove.
Add the carrot and celery and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes.
Add the onion, bay leaf and whole cloves of garlic.
Stir and add the pepper.
"All you really need is a big pot and some bacon bits.
After that, you improvise.
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(Otherwise) we are stuck with the tyranny of the formal recipe which defines The Only Way To Do It in a form as exact, and frequently as exciting, as a prescription from the doctor.
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