Title: Basic Chowder
Categories: Soup
Yield: 2 Servings

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

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.... (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."

Source: Urban Peasant by James Barber Shared by Elizabeth Rodier 6/93

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