ingredients
serves 6 to 8.
1/4 pound salt pork, cubed
2 small onions, minced
1 quart shucked clams
6 to 8 medium potatoes
Water
Salt, if needed
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 1/2 cups milk
6 to 8 common crackers, split
Cold milk
method
1. Brown salt pork in deep kettle. Add onion and cook 2 or 3 minutes.
2. Remove stomach from clams, chop hard parts and leave soft parts whole or chop them, as preferred.
3. Arrange potatoes and hard parts of clams in layers over onions, cover with cold water, heat to boiling and simmer until potatoes are tender.
4. Add soft part of clams, seasonings and milk. Heat to boiling and add crackers which have been soaked in cold milk. Heat thoroughly.