Corn Chowder

Ingredients

• 1 can corn
• 4 cups potatoes, cut in 1/4 inch slices
• 1 1/2 inch cube fat salt pork
• 1 sliced onion
• 4 cups scalded milk
• 8 common crackers
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper

Directions

Cut pork in small pieces and try out; add onion and cook five minutes, stirring often that onion may not burn; strain fat into a stewpan. Parboilpotatoes five minutes in boiling water to cover; drain, and add potatoesto fat; then add two cups boiling water; cook until potatoes are soft, addcorn and milk, then heat to boiling point. Season with salt and pepper;add butter, and crackers split and soaked in enough cold milk to moisten. Remove crackers, turn chowder into a tureen, and putcrackers on top.