How To make Clam Chowder From a New England Famous Restaurant

1/4 Pound Salt Pork

diced
1 Lg Onion :

thinly sliced
3 Med Potato

peeled and cubed
3 Cups Milk
1 Quart Clams :

chopped
1/8 Pound Butter
Salt & Pepper 1 1/2 Cups Water
Cut salt pork into small dices and render in a sauce pan. Reserve the cracklings. Cook in the fat the onion thinly sliced until golden. Bring the water to a boil and cook potatoes, (peeled and cubed), for 10 minutes. Remove potatoes.add chopped clams and cook for 25 minutes. Then add milk, cracklings, potatoes, onion, butter, salt & pepper to taste. Serve in soup bowls with dot crackers.
From: Charlotte Grunwald's Private Collection of Authentic New England Cooking