Wilma's Clam Chowder

Ingredients

• 1 can minced clams , 6.5 ounce
• 0.25 cups water
• 4 potatoes , diced
• 1 onion , finely diced
• 2 cups milk
• 1 can evaporated milk , 12 fluid ounce
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 0.25 teaspoons dried thyme
• 0.5 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning TM
• 0.13 teaspoons celery salt
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup crushed saltine crackers

Instructions

1. 1

   Drain juice from the clams into a medium size pot, set the clams aside. Add water or bottled clam juice. Add potatoes and onions to the pot and cover. Cook over a medium heat until potatoes are soft. Stirring occasionally.

2. 2

   Add milk, evaporated milk, butter or margarine, parsley, thyme, seafood seasoning, celery salt, salt and pepper to taste, cracker crumbs and clams.

3. 3

   Simmer until soup is about to boil, be careful not to let it boil. Serve hot.