Vegetable Chowder Recipe

• ½ quart of stock
• 1 cup of rice
• 2 slices of lean pork or a ham bone
• 2 tablespoons of dried beans
• 2 tomatoes, fresh or canned
• 1 tablespoon of peas, fresh, or canned
• 2 onions

1. Put into the stock the slices of pork, cut into small pieces; or, if desired, a ham bone may be substituted for the pork.
2. Add the tomatoes cut into small pieces, the onions also cut in small pieces, and the rice.
3. Boil all together until the rice is cooked.
4. Then add the beans and the peas and cook a little longer.
5. The soup is ready when it is thick.
6. If desired, this chowder can be made with fish broth instead of the stock, and with shrimps that have been taken from their shells.
7. This dish can be served hot or cold.

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