Clam Chowder: Manhatten or New England???

[LynneSin]

Which do y ou prefer? I'm a New England Gal myself!!

[slackmaster]

1. Anthony's Fish Grotto's red chowder in San Diego

They call it a "fisherman style". It's kind of like Manhattan but more substantial.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. ROFL! I was gonna mention Anthony's and the Crab Cooker's

red chowders. Crab Cooker is a famous Newport Beach dive...great red chowders.

[slackmaster]

14. Another good proprietary chowder in San Diego

The Red Sails Inn restaurant in Point Loma. They use large pieces of very fresh clams.

I'm getting hungry now.

[GOPisEvil]

16. Oh yeah!! The Red Sails is delicious!

Glad I just ate lunch not long ago. :D

[Submariner]

2. Some NY'er must have been smoking crack

to even think that tomatoes and clams go together. Sheeeeesh...what were they thinking?!?

[slackmaster]

3. Have you ever had red clam sauce over pasta?

It can be wonderful.

[Submariner]

7. Yes you are right

that is delicious. BUT! Clam Chowder needs to be thick and creamy and white like mother nature intended and not watery and red to satisfy some Manahattan islander. :)

[tsakshaug]

4. another type

Rhode Island has more of a broth than milk or tomato.
It stinks.
Chowder needs milk.

[TXlib]

10. Never heard of that one

More info, please?

[BrotherBuzz]

21. I only heard of it a month ago - I'll stick with New England

Rhode Island Chowder

1 quart clams
1 cup stewed and strained tomatoes
3 inch cube fat salt pork

1 sliced onion
1/4 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup cold water
1 cup scalded milk
4 cups potatoes cut in 3/4 inch cubes
1 cup scalded cream

2 tablespoons butter
2 cups boiling water
8 common crackers
Salt and pepper

Cook pork with onion and cold water ten minutes; drain, and reserve liquor. Wash
clams and reserve liquor. Parboil potatoes five minutes, and drain. To potatoes add
reserved liquors, hard part of clams finely chopped, and boiling water. When potatoes
are nearly done, add tomatoes, soda, soft part of clams, milk, cream, and butter. Season
with salt and pepper. Split crackers, soak in cold milk to moisten, and reheat in
chowder.

[stepnw1f]

5. Mom and Pops

clam chowder in New England. Mass., North Shore, New Hampshire, and Maine. Any Mom's and Pop's dinner will have goooood chowder! Help the locals.

[outinforce]

6. "Manhattan" Chowder?

I must say that, as far as I am concerned, there is really only one type of clam chowder -- the kind that is white and has clams in it.

Manhattan "clam" chowder is made with clam broth -- no milk -- AND no clamws. It uses tomatoes instead of clams.

I enjoy Manhattan Chowder from time to time, but I would NEVER all it Clam Chowder.

[TXlib]

9. All the manhattan clam chowder I've ever had contained clams

maybe there are two similarly named soups?

[northzax]

11. well, see there's the problem

everyone knows that Chowdah sin't soup, it's a completely different thing, if you can confuse your chowder with soup, then it ain't chowdah

[Beaker]

19. Manhatten Clam Chowder most definitely has clams in it...

maybe you need to eat at a better class of restaurant...:evilgrin:

[TXlib]

12. Say it right! Chowdah! CHOWDAH!!!

Being from Massachussetts pre-college, I am partial to New England style. But sometimes, I get a real craving for Manhattan style.

[wryter2000]

13. Ack

There is no such thing as Manhattan clam chowdah. Chowdah has milk in it. It does not have tomatoes in it. That other may be very fine soup (none has ever passed my lips), but it isn't chowdah.

[MaineDem]

15. No sane person puts red crap in chowdah!

I've never even seen red chowder but I've heard about it. I figure the clams came from the East River and that's why it's red. Something died in there. :evilgrin:

[Beaker]

20. It's hard to find- but our store started stocking Progresso Brand-

Manhatten Clam Chowder.

soup is good food.

on sale 4 cans for $5.

[President_G_W_Bush]

17. I'm a uniter, not a divider. I mix them both together.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

18. New England - as long as they use "condom free" clams:

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2623884/detail.html

[Snow]

22. Best clam chowder in the country is served on Seattle Ferries!

and there ain't any chowder worth the name east of the cascades/sierras.
Manhattan/New Englan indeed! Provincial eastcoasters! Hmmmpphh!

[bif]

23. N.E. served at the Oyster Bar at Grand Central

About the best I've ever had.

[Renew Deal]

24. My dad used to tell me

Manhattan chowder is red for the Blood of NYC and NE chowda is white for the snow.

NYC was a rough place when he said that.

[Zero Gravitas]

25. Thats CHOWDAH!

chowdah not chowdeur!