Chowder, a Sea Dish

Ingredients

• firm fish
• salt
• pepper
• salt pork
• onion
• crackers
• 2 gills white wine
• 2 gills water
• flour
• 1 spoonful butter
• parsley

Instructions

1. Cut the firm fish into pieces six inches long. Sprinkle salt and pepper over each piece.
2. Cover the bottom of a small Dutch oven with slices of salt pork that have been about half boiled. Lay in the fish pieces, strewing a little chopped onion between the layers.
3. Cover the fish with crackers that have been soaked soft in milk. Pour over it two gills of white wine and two gills of water.
4. Put the lid on the oven and stew gently for about an hour.
5. Carefully remove the chowder and lay it in a deep dish. Thicken the gravy by whisking in a little flour and a spoonful of butter. Add some chopped parsley and boil for a few minutes.
6. Pour the gravy over the fish and serve hot.