On Friday, December 25, 2015 at 8:51:01 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 07:30:14 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
> >I'm going to make some chicken corn chowder from scratch today so I've
> >been looking at various recipes just to get an idea of ingredients.
> >I'll often look at several then pick and choose ingredients that sound
> >good.
> >
> >In this one recipe, the ingredient list sounds good but the picture of
> >the finished product looks odd. For liquid, it calls for 4 cups of
> >chicken broth and at the end, a mere 1/2 cup of half&half mixed with
> >cornstarch.
> >
> >My thoughts a
> > 1) The pic of the finished chowder does NOT look very good.
> > 2) Using 4 cups of chicken broth and 1/2 cup of half&half, there
> > is NO WAY it's going to look like that when done.
> > Looks like they dumped 1/2 gallon of milk on the vegetables.
> >
> >Check it out and see if you agree:
> >
> >http://damndelicious.net/2015/10/15/...-corn-chowder/
>
> I will try it sometime soon lol I think probably they added some
> cream just before serving. When I make chowder I add Carnation Evap
> milk just before the end. I have an old Newfie recipe and fresh
> milk/cream was not readily available, hence Carnation. They used it
> for their coffee and tea as well. The finished product does not taste
> of evaporated milk, it simply tastes creamy.
>
Adding evaporated milk is trashy.

--Bryan