Serves six
2 medium potatoes, cubed
1/2 cup water
2 small slices salt pork
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 stalk celery, sliced
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of potato soup
1 pound fish fillet cubes (white fish preferred) or equal amounts crabmeat (cleaned), shrimp, oysters or all of the above
1/2 cup grated carrot (for color)
1/2 cup peas (for color)
Cook potatoes in a half cup of water until done.
In a separate pan, fry salt pork, and sauté onions and the celery in the fat until tender. Then combine those and rest of ingredients and simmer gently for ten minutes.