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Manhattan clam chowder is not chowder! I'll say no more! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo 18 hrs ago OP
Chowder is a thick, chunky soup or stew, elleng 18 hrs ago #1
Manhattan clam soup! Floyd R. Turbo 18 hrs ago #2
It's really Brunswick Stew with clams instead of squirrel or chicken bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #3
😁 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #15
While I do like a good New England clam chowder Bluestocking 18 hrs ago #4
😊 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #16
New York Steak served in Montreal restaurants is the same as Montreal Steak served in New York restaurants. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 18 hrs ago #5
🤯 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #17
Dammit. Starting shit, again. marble falls 18 hrs ago #6
It's my gift! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #18
But a hot dog IS a sandwich n/t Alpeduez21 18 hrs ago #7
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #19
What about Rhode Island Clam Chowder Floyd? irisblue 18 hrs ago #8
Soup! Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #20
That's my favorite! ❤️ terip64 6 hrs ago #28
How bout Nova Scotia Hodge Podge? Vegetables cooked applegrove 18 hrs ago #9
Oh yum! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #21
New England over manhattan dweller 18 hrs ago #10
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #22
I like both--but then I like almost anything with clams, lol. mwmisses4289 18 hrs ago #11
😋 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #23
New England clam chowder is my favorite soup, but I love Manhattan clam chowder, too--just not as much. tblue37 17 hrs ago #12
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #24
I was schooled by a friend who came from a real clamming family EYESORE 9001 17 hrs ago #13
😂 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #25
You feel the same way about projects, Floyd? True Dough 16 hrs ago #14
😵‍💫 Floyd R. Turbo 7 hrs ago #26
Living here in New England Coldwater 7 hrs ago #27
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo 6 hrs ago #29
I grew up on the Texas coast... Trueblue Texan 6 hrs ago #30
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo 3 hrs ago #34
you are spelling it wrong lapfog_1 6 hrs ago #31
😬 Floyd R. Turbo 3 hrs ago #35
There is a place in Newport that makes johnnyfins 6 hrs ago #32
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo 3 hrs ago #36
Chowda? John Coktosten 5 hrs ago #33
😬 Floyd R. Turbo 3 hrs ago #37

elleng

(140,920 posts)
1. Chowder is a thick, chunky soup or stew,
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:57 PM
18 hrs ago

traditionally made with seafood like clams, fish, or corn, along with vegetables like potatoes and onions, and a creamy milk or tomato base. The dish's name is believed to come from the French word chaudière, referring to the large pots used by fishermen to cook the chowder with their catch and leftovers.

(I happen to prefer Manhattan, as was born there.)

bucolic_frolic

(52,594 posts)
3. It's really Brunswick Stew with clams instead of squirrel or chicken
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:12 PM
18 hrs ago

Can't fool my Queens Colony genes

Bluestocking

(305 posts)
4. While I do like a good New England clam chowder
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:17 PM
18 hrs ago

Rhode Island clam chowder is so much better. I never liked Manhattan clam chowder although I have not had it since I was a kid.

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,171 posts)
5. New York Steak served in Montreal restaurants is the same as Montreal Steak served in New York restaurants. . . . nt
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:17 PM
18 hrs ago

dweller

(27,235 posts)
10. New England over manhattan
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:31 PM
18 hrs ago

But I enjoy a bisque or a fumet broth equally as well

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tblue37

(67,216 posts)
12. New England clam chowder is my favorite soup, but I love Manhattan clam chowder, too--just not as much.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:47 PM
17 hrs ago






EYESORE 9001

(29,107 posts)
13. I was schooled by a friend who came from a real clamming family
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:14 PM
17 hrs ago

He bristled even at the mention of clam chowder. ‘The chowder is the feckin’ clam - not the feckin’ soup!’ Remember when Forrest Gump got a rundown on shrimp dishes from Bubba? I would go through laborious descriptions of how to grade cherrystones or littlenecks or quahogs or even chowders.

As for Manhattan clam chowder? I’ll take my minestrone straight-up and clams on the side. On the other hand, I would go swimming in a vat of the New England stuff if it were socially acceptable.

Coldwater

(286 posts)
27. Living here in New England
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:38 AM
7 hrs ago

I would tend to agree.

Not only do we have REAL Clam Chowder, but it's the best on Earth

Captain Parker's on Cape Cod,

Pier Union Oyster (now Union Oyster House) in Boston,

Legal Sea Foods throughout Massachusetts and the Northeast

Trueblue Texan

(3,815 posts)
30. I grew up on the Texas coast...
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:51 AM
6 hrs ago

From a family of commercial fishermen. My mama could make the best seafood gumbo in 10 counties. Nowadays so many novices are throwing together a slop pot of fish and shrimp and calling it gumbo--makes me shudder. Gumbo does NOT have fish in it! Fish chowder has fish in it, never shrimp or crab. These fine foods should not be confused or mingled!

johnnyfins

(3,003 posts)
32. There is a place in Newport that makes
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 09:35 AM
6 hrs ago

Spicy chowdah that is some of the best I have ever had.

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