CHOWDAH OR CHOWDER IT IS THE SAME!!

        Chowder is a thick hearty soup/stew usually prepared with seafood.
  Basic chowder ingredients may include  gentle spices like thyme, salt pork or
  bacon, onion, and milk or tomatoes. In addition to traditional seafood chowders,
  the most famous of which is clam, there are vegetable, meat, and combinations
  of vegetable and meat chowders. Today's recipe is one I  made often, though I
  am not fond of chowders.

                                                        CORN CHOWDER

               8 slices  diced  bacon
               1 small onion sliced
               2   17 ounce cans cream-style corn
               2 cups cubed cooked potatoes
               1 cup of half-half or light cream
               1 teaspoon salt
               1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
               1  1/2 cups cubed American cheese [optional]

               Saute bacon in large pan until crisp..Reserve  only  1/4 bacon drippings in pan
               Add onion and  cook   drippings until limp or translucent.
             . Add corn, potatoes, milk,  2 1/2 cups  hot water and the seasonings.
               .Simmer til .hot. Place cheese in soup just before serving., if desired.