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Campfire Chowder

Name: Campfire Chowder
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 to 6
Ingredients: ¼ pound bacon, cut in small pieces; 2 onions, chopped; 1 can tomatoes; 2 cups water; 2 potatoes, thinly sliced; 2 one-pound cans of beans; Salt to taste

Aida Boyer McAnn — The New Brunswick Cook Book (1938)

Prep10 min

Cook25 min

Total35 min

Makes4 to 6

A hearty campfire bean and tomato chowder made in a heavy kettle over the coals — bacon, onions, canned tomatoes, sliced potatoes, and two cans of beans simmered together until thick and satisfying. The 1938 cookbook calls it "food that sticks to the ribs of hungry hikers."

Source: Aida Boyer McAnn — The New Brunswick Cook Book (1938)

Ingredients

¼ pound bacon, cut in small pieces
2 onions, chopped
1 can tomatoes
2 cups water
2 potatoes, thinly sliced
2 one-pound cans of beans
Salt to taste

Instructions

Cut bacon into small pieces and brown lightly in a heavy kettle over the campfire.
Add the chopped onions and cook them in the bacon fat for a few minutes.
Add the can of tomatoes, 2 cups water, and the thinly sliced potatoes.
Add the two cans of beans. Season with salt to taste.
Simmer until the potatoes are tender. Serve hot.

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