Comments on: On Chowder

By: The Churbuckian Year in Review at Churbuck.com

The Churbuckian Year in Review at Churbuck.com — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:07:22 +0000

[...] On Chowder: I need to blog about food and cooking more. [...]

By: The Tour Marm

The Tour Marm — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:05:46 +0000

In the Northern Neck of Virginia, we don’t put any potatoes or evaporated milk in clam chowder or oyster stew. We blend the milk with cream (to make it more like the milk of the olden days!). Occasionally some butter, if there isn’t much pork fat.

Definitely not kosher!

By: Carnival Of The Recipes - Cooking On A Budget Edition : A Penny Closer

Carnival Of The Recipes - Cooking On A Budget Edition : A Penny Closer — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:35:41 +0000

[...] Tim Abbott for David Churbuck presents On Chowder posted at Churbuck.com. I don’t see much chowder where I’m from so I wouldn’t be able to identify a proper version if I wanted to. I loved this well written story about a man and his memories of making chowder. The story made me hungry even though I had just eaten! [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:53:32 +0000

Four stars: gripping and evocative, keeps you guessing to the very end

Seriously, excellent post. I’ve got to have some Churbuckean chowder sometime!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:34:57 +0000

David,

I have been looking for Perfect recipe for chowda for quite some time. Thank you! My dad and I are going clamming out on the Monomoy flats this Saturday (weather permitting) and your recipe will come in handy for Sunday.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:56:55 +0000

Great post David. It brought back a lot of great memories and the smell of “chowdah” with oyster crackers.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:26:28 +0000

That was a wonderful, David. Almost as enjoyable to read as the chowder must be to eat. Certainly as good as anything by M.F.K. Fisher, who I consider one of the masters of evocative food writing. Next time you make a batch of Churbuck chowder, save me some.

By: Tom O'Brien

Tom O'Brien — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:48:04 +0000

David:

Great post. Reminds me of our last visit to MV with another family. We were there in the early fall, during the Fishing Derby (we went down for the weigh-in every night).

Anyway, while there, my buddy made from scratch clam chowder – basically following your recipe. (Well, except for catching our own clams the size of a man’s fist!). It tasted like nothing before or since. (Any recipe that starts with salt pork can’t be bad.)

Thanks for sharing. BTW, I just put up a food post – smoked and grilled turkey over at

http://humanvoice.wordpress.com

Regards – TO’B

By: Derek Slater

Derek Slater — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:07 +0000

Interesting. My wife is a NE local; her brother brought chowder to a holiday gathering and it had dill in it. DILL. My wife was apoplectic. (Me, I thought it was pretty good.)

Her other comfort food was macaroni and milk. Flavored with a little bit of butter and salt, but basically the most tasteless food known to man. Thank goodness she moved to Rhode Island for college and learned how to make fantastic Italian meatballs and sauce from her friend’s dad, Carmine Gallucci. (I’m not making this up.)