The Breeze: By the Bay is coming to Meredith

[tummyman]

Originally Posted by MeredithMan

30+ years ago when my wife and I were dating, she invited me to her parents for the weekend. My mother-in-law-to-be asked if I would like some of her homemade fish chowder. I have been a seafood lover since childhood, so of course I said yes. Little did I know that my MIL-to-be did not use any cream, butter, or salt in anything she cooked. As we sat down to eat, she handed me a bowl of essentially warm skim milk with chunks of either haddock or cod. I gagged it down so as not to be disrespectful, but that was the end of the road for me and thin chowder!

Over 60 years ago my late mother prepared the same fish chowder as described above, and it was a family tradition on many Friday nights. I also gagged it down and washed it away with anything available. To this very day I refuse to even consider eating any fish chowder at the risk an early trip to the bathroom porcelain. Just the very thought of it makes my stomach roll. Yuck !!!!!!!