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SAMPLE RECIPES:

1. Chocolate Chili

2. Bean and Bacon Chowder

3. Brown Bread Muffins

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Unequaled in taste, nourishment, and versatility, soup can be an elegant first course, a hearty meal in itself, a surefire cure for the common cold. This book, filled with the simple pleasures of home-style cooking and 150 proven recipes, contains everything you ever wanted to know about making soups, stews, chowders and gumbos.

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The Wooden Spoon Book of Home-Style Soups, Stews, Chowders, Chilis and Gumbos: Favorite Recipes from the Wooden Spoon Kitchen

Authors: Marilyn M. Moore

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ISBN: 0871135558

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

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Navy beans and potatoes make a good combination in a chowder. Serve
with Brown Bread Muffins (recipe follows).

Makes 1 1/2 quarts (4 moderate servinqs)

• 4 ounces thick-sliced bacon, diced

• 1 yellow onion, chopped

• 2 celery ribs with leaves, chopped

• 2 medium russet or white potatoes, peeled and diced

• 1 bay leaf

• 2 cups home-cooked or canned navy beans

• 1 1/2 cups skim milk or light cream

• salt and pepper, to taste

• chopped fresh parsley, for garnish

1. In a 3-quart saucepan, saute the bacon in the saucepan until cooked through and almost crisp. Spoon off all but 1 tablespoon of the rendered fat. Add the onion and the celery and cook over medium heat with the lid slightly ajar, stirring often, until the onion is tender, 5 to 7 minutes.




2. Add the potatoes, bay leaf and 1 1/2 cups of water. Cover and simmer until the potatoes are tender, 30 to 45 minutes.




3. Remove the bay leaf. Mash the beans with a potato masher or fork and add to the pot along with the milk. Heat thoroughly but do not




4. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve in heavy bowls. Sprinkle some parsley over each serving.

More Sample Recipes From This Cookbook:

1. Chocolate Chili

2. Bean and Bacon Chowder

3. Brown Bread Muffins

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