Basic Chowder

Directions

Fry the bacon in a large pot and remove.

Add the carrot and celery and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes.

Add the onion, bay leaf and whole cloves of garlic.

Stir and add the pepper.

All you really need is a big pot and some bacon bits.

After that, you improvise.

(Otherwise) we are stuck with the tyranny of the formal recipe which defines The Only Way To Do It in a form as exact, and frequently as exciting, as a prescription from the doctor.