seafood chowder

The MH one is my husband's favorite!

You might try an asian market for dried shrimp/seafood at reasonable prices…
And I'd add in some dehydrated veggies (peas, carrots, onion) plus some chicken or veggies stock for flavor.

I'm very interested in what you come up with! Please keep us posted.

http://www.trailcooking.com/soups/crab-and-clam-chowder/

It is a good one I can tell you!

Thanks Sarah and Valerie,
I will try the Asian markets for the dehydrated sea food i want to use before i try dehydrating the canned.
The recipe looks really good. I am surprised i didn't find this before. I am curious how many calories there will be in the seafood chowder per serving when I get it all put together. That shouldn't be a problem to figure out.
Thanks again,
Terry

You might also try making an Thai/Viet version, with coconut cream powder (available in Asian supermarkets — get the unsweetened type), asian spices like curry, thai basil, etc. Wait — I need to try this version myself!!! :^)

Sounds good..but you have to pronounce it "chowda"

/New England (RI) native :)

If worried about calories, add in a good shot of olive oil or 1-2 Tbsp butter – and lots of Parmesan. Yum!

I went to an Asian market to see what they had in dried fish. I got some cool dried fish, a flattened type of yellow fish, like an angelfish or discus, in a clear bag. When I opened them at home the smell just about knocked me over. They were banished to the garage by spousal edict. My son and I each tried one or two, and they were not bad, but smelly. Talk about bear attractant! Maybe there is one less smelly than what I had.

Having worked for an Asian food importer for a few years…I think EVERY dried fish from Asia reeks. They love a strong smell in foods.

Not to say it isn't tasty. The best fish sauce nearly knocks one over ;-)

Dried fish? That just sounds… Wrong…

Now smoked fish, that's good stuff!

What about using Japanese flaked bonito? Not hugely smelly (I'd think a decent odorproof bag or even a freezer bag should hold it pretty well), inexpensive, and yummy.

Of course that's getting pretty far afield from "chowda"…