On 12/11/2022 17:12, GM wrote:
> On Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>> I'm baaack! It was a good trip. Long story short, Jill the soup fanatic
>> adores New England Clam Chowder and can't get enough of it. So please share
>> your recipes for this. (I have found a number of them, but I would like to
>> hear your tried and true fav's.)
>> I don't have access to fresh clams; canned clams will have to do. And I
>> while I'm obviously not a purist, while searching the Web I did not even
>> look at any of the recipes calling for Campbell's potato soup as part of the
>> ingredients list. If I wanted to do that, I'd just buy Campbell's clam
>> chowder and be done with it.
>> I have canned minced clams; I have milk and I have half& half, as well as
>> evaporated milk. I have white potatoes. I have bacon, I have onions and
>> parsley and salt and pepper. I think I have everything I need. Please
>> bring on your favorite New England Clam Chowder recipes! I'd like to make a
>> pot of this on Sunday afternoon.
>> Jill
>> --Beloved dog Sampson: April, 1982 - November, 1999
>> ---and 2 cute parakeets, Rachael& Taz (still with us)

Jill "the soup fanatic" from 22 years ago stocked onions. Get on the
ball, 2022 Jill! :)

> Twenty two years later, and Jill is still with us, lol...

On Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 6:19:08 PM UTC-6, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 12/11/2022 17:12, GM wrote:
> > On Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> >> I'm baaack! It was a good trip. Long story short, Jill the soup fanatic
> >> adores New England Clam Chowder and can't get enough of it. So please share
> >> your recipes for this. (I have found a number of them, but I would like to
> >> hear your tried and true fav's.)
> >> I don't have access to fresh clams; canned clams will have to do. And I
> >> while I'm obviously not a purist, while searching the Web I did not even
> >> look at any of the recipes calling for Campbell's potato soup as part of the
> >> ingredients list. If I wanted to do that, I'd just buy Campbell's clam
> >> chowder and be done with it.
> >> I have canned minced clams; I have milk and I have half& half, as well as
> >> evaporated milk. I have white potatoes. I have bacon, I have onions and
> >> parsley and salt and pepper. I think I have everything I need. Please
> >> bring on your favorite New England Clam Chowder recipes! I'd like to make a
> >> pot of this on Sunday afternoon.
> >> Jill
> >> --Beloved dog Sampson: April, 1982 - November, 1999
> >> ---and 2 cute parakeets, Rachael& Taz (still with us)
> Jill "the soup fanatic" from 22 years ago stocked onions. Get on the
> ball, 2022 Jill! :)
> > Twenty two years later, and Jill is still with us, lol...
>
She has evaporated milk to dump in too!

--Bryan

On 2022-12-12, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
> On 12/11/2022 17:12, GM wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>> I'm baaack! It was a good trip. Long story short, Jill the soup fanatic
>>> adores New England Clam Chowder and can't get enough of it. So please share
>>> your recipes for this. (I have found a number of them, but I would like to
>>> hear your tried and true fav's.)
>>> I don't have access to fresh clams; canned clams will have to do. And I
>>> while I'm obviously not a purist, while searching the Web I did not even
>>> look at any of the recipes calling for Campbell's potato soup as part of the
>>> ingredients list. If I wanted to do that, I'd just buy Campbell's clam
>>> chowder and be done with it.
>>> I have canned minced clams; I have milk and I have half& half, as well as
>>> evaporated milk. I have white potatoes. I have bacon, I have onions and
>>> parsley and salt and pepper. I think I have everything I need. Please
>>> bring on your favorite New England Clam Chowder recipes! I'd like to make a
>>> pot of this on Sunday afternoon.
>>> Jill
>>> --Beloved dog Sampson: April, 1982 - November, 1999
>>> ---and 2 cute parakeets, Rachael& Taz (still with us)
>
> Jill "the soup fanatic" from 22 years ago stocked onions. Get on the
> ball, 2022 Jill! :)

Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 5:12:47 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2022-12-12, Michael Trew <michae...@att.net> wrote:
> > On 12/11/2022 17:12, GM wrote:
> >> On Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> >>> I'm baaack! It was a good trip. Long story short, Jill the soup fanatic
> >>> adores New England Clam Chowder and can't get enough of it. So please share
> >>> your recipes for this. (I have found a number of them, but I would like to
> >>> hear your tried and true fav's.)
> >>> I don't have access to fresh clams; canned clams will have to do. And I
> >>> while I'm obviously not a purist, while searching the Web I did not even
> >>> look at any of the recipes calling for Campbell's potato soup as part of the
> >>> ingredients list. If I wanted to do that, I'd just buy Campbell's clam
> >>> chowder and be done with it.
> >>> I have canned minced clams; I have milk and I have half& half, as well as
> >>> evaporated milk. I have white potatoes. I have bacon, I have onions and
> >>> parsley and salt and pepper. I think I have everything I need. Please
> >>> bring on your favorite New England Clam Chowder recipes! I'd like to make a
> >>> pot of this on Sunday afternoon.
> >>> Jill
> >>> --Beloved dog Sampson: April, 1982 - November, 1999
> >>> ---and 2 cute parakeets, Rachael& Taz (still with us)
> >
> > Jill "the soup fanatic" from 22 years ago stocked onions. Get on the
> > ball, 2022 Jill! :)
>
> Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.

I like how you can buy them already shredded in a plastic carton.

On 2022-12-12, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:

> Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.

One onion? Onions are an integral part of my four essential vegetables:
Onions, carrots, celery and potatoes. I'm not judging at all. Different
strokes.

On 12/11/2022 7:19 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 12/11/2022 17:12, GM wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>> I'm baaack! It was a good trip. Long story short, Jill the soup fanatic
>>> adores New England Clam Chowder and can't get enough of it. So please
>>> share
>>> your recipes for this. (I have found a number of them, but I would
>>> like to
>>> hear your tried and true fav's.)
>>> I don't have access to fresh clams; canned clams will have to do. And I
>>> while I'm obviously not a purist, while searching the Web I did not even
>>> look at any of the recipes calling for Campbell's potato soup as part
>>> of the
>>> ingredients list. If I wanted to do that, I'd just buy Campbell's clam
>>> chowder and be done with it.
>>> I have canned minced clams; I have milk and I have half&  half, as
>>> well as
>>> evaporated milk. I have white potatoes. I have bacon, I have onions and
>>> parsley and salt and pepper. I think I have everything I need. Please
>>> bring on your favorite New England Clam Chowder recipes! I'd like to
>>> make a
>>> pot of this on Sunday afternoon.
>>> Jill
>>> --Beloved dog Sampson: April, 1982 - November, 1999
>>> ---and 2 cute parakeets, Rachael&  Taz (still with us)
>
> Jill "the soup fanatic" from 22 years ago stocked onions.  Get on the
> ball, 2022 Jill!  :)
>
"Stocked onions"? How many onions do you think I bought for making a
pot of clam chowder? Same with potatoes. :)

>> Twenty two years later, and Jill is still with us, lol...

I've been here a few years longer than that, Michael.

Jill

On 2022-12-12, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 2022-12-12, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.
>
>
> One onion? Onions are an integral part of my four essential vegetables:
> Onions, carrots, celery and potatoes. I'm not judging at all. Different
> strokes.

Yes, one onion. I don't often make anything that uses onion.
I usually have one in the cupboard along with a couple heads of
garlic, but I used it.

Celery and carrots always in the fridge, since we eat a lot of
raw vegetables. Along with iceberg and romaine lettuce, parsley,
cucumbers, lemons and limes for salad dressings, and (not in
the fridge) grape tomatoes. From time to time I vary the selection
with red bell peppers, radishes, or whatever looks good at the store.
Maybe I'll put kohlrabi on the shopping list...

I can't remember the last time I bought potatoes. Probably sometime
in the past year.

--
Cindy Hamilton

bruce bowser wrote:

> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.

"an onion"

> I like how you can buy them already shredded in a plastic carton.

No knife?

On 2022-12-13, Gary <g.majors@att.net> wrote:
> bruce bowser wrote:
>
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.
>
> "an onion"

Yep. I keep an onion on hand. When I've used it, I buy another
one. This happens every other month or so.

How many onions should I keep on hand? How many should I let
rot because I didn't use them?

--
Cindy Hamilton

On 2022-12-13 3:23 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2022-12-13, Gary <g.majors@att.net> wrote:
>> bruce bowser wrote:
>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>> Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.
>>
>> "an onion"
>
> Yep. I keep an onion on hand. When I've used it, I buy another
> one. This happens every other month or so.
>
> How many onions should I keep on hand? How many should I let
> rot because I didn't use them?
>

We buy 5 lb bags of onions and rarely have to throw any out. I guess we
like and eat a lot more onion than you do. If we do a roast we usually
throw a couple onions in the baking pan to roast along with the meat. I
love those things.

On 2022-12-13, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 2022-12-13 3:23 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2022-12-13, Gary <g.majors@att.net> wrote:
>>> bruce bowser wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.
>>>
>>> "an onion"
>>
>> Yep. I keep an onion on hand. When I've used it, I buy another
>> one. This happens every other month or so.
>>
>> How many onions should I keep on hand? How many should I let
>> rot because I didn't use them?
>>
>
> We buy 5 lb bags of onions and rarely have to throw any out. I guess we
> like and eat a lot more onion than you do. If we do a roast we usually
> throw a couple onions in the baking pan to roast along with the meat. I
> love those things.

Beef, I assume. I haven't roasted beef in a couple of years, at least.

Whole onions? I'm afraid they'd taste boiled, and I hate boiled onions.

--
Cindy Hamilton

On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 22:03:38 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
<hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:

>On 2022-12-13, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> We buy 5 lb bags of onions and rarely have to throw any out. I guess we
>> like and eat a lot more onion than you do. If we do a roast we usually
>> throw a couple onions in the baking pan to roast along with the meat. I
>> love those things.
>
>Beef, I assume. I haven't roasted beef in a couple of years, at least.
>
>Whole onions? I'm afraid they'd taste boiled, and I hate boiled onions.
>
Princess hates boiled onions. Noted!

--
Bruce
<https://emalm.com/?v=SQqZJ>

On 2022-12-13 5:03 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2022-12-13, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>> We buy 5 lb bags of onions and rarely have to throw any out. I guess we
>> like and eat a lot more onion than you do. If we do a roast we usually
>> throw a couple onions in the baking pan to roast along with the meat. I
>> love those things.
>
> Beef, I assume. I haven't roasted beef in a couple of years, at least.
>
> Whole onions? I'm afraid they'd taste boiled, and I hate boiled onions.
>

It is rarely beef. Most often it is a chicken. I just skin a couple
small to medium sized white onions and toss them into the roasting pan.
They taste better than boiled onions but I might add that my mother used
to served creamed onions frequently and I always liked them. The roasted
onions IMO are better, but then a lot of vegetables I am not crazy about
are much better roasted.

On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 5:43:56 PM UTC-5, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:
> On 12/11/2022 7:19 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
> > On 12/11/2022 17:12, GM wrote:
> >> On Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> >>> I'm baaack! It was a good trip. Long story short, Jill the soup fanatic
> >>> adores New England Clam Chowder and can't get enough of it. So please
> >>> share
> >>> your recipes for this. (I have found a number of them, but I would
> >>> like to
> >>> hear your tried and true fav's.)
> >>> I don't have access to fresh clams; canned clams will have to do. And I
> >>> while I'm obviously not a purist, while searching the Web I did not even
> >>> look at any of the recipes calling for Campbell's potato soup as part
> >>> of the
> >>> ingredients list. If I wanted to do that, I'd just buy Campbell's clam
> >>> chowder and be done with it.
> >>> I have canned minced clams; I have milk and I have half& half, as
> >>> well as
> >>> evaporated milk. I have white potatoes. I have bacon, I have onions and
> >>> parsley and salt and pepper. I think I have everything I need. Please
> >>> bring on your favorite New England Clam Chowder recipes! I'd like to
> >>> make a
> >>> pot of this on Sunday afternoon.
> >>> Jill
> >>> --Beloved dog Sampson: April, 1982 - November, 1999
> >>> ---and 2 cute parakeets, Rachael& Taz (still with us)
> >
> > Jill "the soup fanatic" from 22 years ago stocked onions. Get on the
> > ball, 2022 Jill! :)
> >
> "Stocked onions"? How many onions do you think I bought for making a
> pot of clam chowder? Same with potatoes. :)
> >> Twenty two years later, and Jill is still with us, lol...
> I've been here a few years longer than that, Michael.

You tell 'em, Jill ! !

On 2022-12-13 3:03 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2022-12-13, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> On 2022-12-13 3:23 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On 2022-12-13, Gary <g.majors@att.net> wrote:
>>>> bruce bowser wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks for reminding me that I need to buy an onion.
>>>>
>>>> "an onion"
>>>
>>> Yep. I keep an onion on hand. When I've used it, I buy another
>>> one. This happens every other month or so.
>>>
>>> How many onions should I keep on hand? How many should I let
>>> rot because I didn't use them?
>>>
>>
>> We buy 5 lb bags of onions and rarely have to throw any out. I guess we
>> like and eat a lot more onion than you do. If we do a roast we usually
>> throw a couple onions in the baking pan to roast along with the meat. I
>> love those things.
>
> Beef, I assume. I haven't roasted beef in a couple of years, at least.
>
> Whole onions? I'm afraid they'd taste boiled, and I hate boiled onions.
>
During cold and flu season, my grandmother would boil an onion with the
potatoes and then mash them together. I was a folk remedy to keep cold
at bay, I suppose.

In article <9b7mL.141273$8_id.35919@fx09.iad>,
g.stereo@shaw.ca says...
> During cold and flu season, my grandmother would boil an onion with the
> potatoes and then mash them together. I was a folk remedy to keep cold
> at bay, I suppose.

My granny said the same.

My mother used to parboil a pan of peeled whole onions
then bake them in cheese sauce with a crispy baked crumb
and cheese topping.

I still love that dish.

Janet UK

On 12/13/2022 16:52, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2022-12-13 3:23 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> Yep. I keep an onion on hand. When I've used it, I buy another
>> one. This happens every other month or so.
>>
>> How many onions should I keep on hand? How many should I let
>> rot because I didn't use them?

Perhaps you should use more onions in your cooking ;)

> We buy 5 lb bags of onions and rarely have to throw any out. I guess we
> like and eat a lot more onion than you do. If we do a roast we usually
> throw a couple onions in the baking pan to roast along with the meat. I
> love those things.

I do the same, and they get used up.

On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:35:54 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
> In article <9b7mL.141273$8_id....@fx09.iad>,
> g.st...@shaw.ca says...
> > During cold and flu season, my grandmother would boil an onion with the
> > potatoes and then mash them together. I was a folk remedy to keep cold
> > at bay, I suppose.
>
> My granny said the same.
>
> My mother used to parboil a pan of peeled whole onions
> then bake them in cheese sauce with a crispy baked crumb
> and cheese topping.
>
> I still love that dish.

That sounds a little harsh. Maybe, I'd grate the onions, then grate potatoes (and wash out the potato starch), then I'd go forward with everything else you said.

On 2022-12-14, Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
> On 12/13/2022 16:52, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2022-12-13 3:23 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>> Yep. I keep an onion on hand. When I've used it, I buy another
>>> one. This happens every other month or so.
>>>
>>> How many onions should I keep on hand? How many should I let
>>> rot because I didn't use them?
>
> Perhaps you should use more onions in your cooking ;)

Perhaps you should use fewer. ;)

--
Cindy Hamilton

On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:40:12 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2022-12-14, Michael Trew <michae...@att.net> wrote:
> > On 12/13/2022 16:52, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2022-12-13 3:23 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yep. I keep an onion on hand. When I've used it, I buy another
> >>> one. This happens every other month or so.
> >>>
> >>> How many onions should I keep on hand? How many should I let
> >>> rot because I didn't use them?
> >
> > Perhaps you should use more onions in your cooking ;)
> Perhaps you should use fewer. ;)

Nope. Can't do that when deep frying onion rings.

On 2022-12-14 5:35 a.m., Janet wrote:
> In article <9b7mL.141273$8_id.35919@fx09.iad>,
> g.stereo@shaw.ca says...
>
>> During cold and flu season, my grandmother would boil an onion with the
>> potatoes and then mash them together. I was a folk remedy to keep cold
>> at bay, I suppose.
>
> My granny said the same.
>
> My mother used to parboil a pan of peeled whole onions
> then bake them in cheese sauce with a crispy baked crumb
> and cheese topping.
>
> I still love that dish.
>
> Janet UK

That's delicious but my grandmother's method wasn't!

Janet wrote:
....
> My mother used to parboil a pan of peeled whole onions
> then bake them in cheese sauce with a crispy baked crumb
> and cheese topping.
>
> I still love that dish.

we love onions so that all sounds good to me. :)
even with potatoes in there it would be ok, but i'd
like about half and half the best.

songbird