Friday Emergency Chowder

Not being such a blue-blooded gourmet as our Blue Max or a naturally gifted Texan like Lehsa where the art of succulent food prep is concerened (never met a Texan who couldn't cook!) you will find words in my recipes such as:

-"Emergency"
-"Throw in a pot"
-"Dump in a bowl"
-"Just throw some in, it doesn't matter how much."
-"who cares"

So, for todays recipe, here is what you will need:

-1 can of chowder. (Condensed or Heat and Serve - it doesn't matter.)
-1 can of Cream of Something Else soup. (cream of mushroom, cream of broccoli, cream of chicken - it doen'st matter.)
-1 can of tuna or salmon or both.
-half packet (or whole, depending upon how much tuna/salmon you have on hand) of crab, or imitation crab.
-1 onion
-some butter or margarine or cooking oil or Pam. (who cares)
-Wine is good in here too - preferably white.
-some milk
-some garlic or garlic powder.
-1 pinch of dried dill (if you have it on hand, if not, it doesn't matter.)
-1 or 2 stalks of chopped celery
-maybe a cup of corn?

Here is what you do with this stuff:

-open the chowder and dump in a pan.
-open the cream of something and dump in a pan.
-using one of the empty soup cans, add 1 can water and 1 can milk.
-dump in the wine - not too much!
-fry chopped onion in butter/margarine/Pam/oil until soft.
-dump the onion in with the soup mixture.
-add cans of Tuna, Salmon and packet of imitation crab.
-Add celery (and corn if you decide to go that route.)



-Heat it on low or medium - but DO NOT let it boil. Ever.
-Cook for a long time on low heat, preferably at least 30 minutes, checking and stirring often.
-You could probably do this in the microwave if you had to.

Serve with some crusty bread.
Before serving, sprinkle maybe some grated cheese or sesame seeds or something and pepper.

Do not add salt.
It is already going to be salty enough to make you want to suck down an entire 6-pack by yourself in order to slake your thirst.

Heck you could even add half a beer to this recipe instead of the wine and I bet it would be good too.

There it is.
Its Friday.
Eat fish on Friday.
Why?
Beats me.
That's what we do, cuz that's what we do.