Cookbook:Daniel Webster's Chowder

From the 1881 Household Cyclopedia

Ingredients

 * 4 tbsp chopped onion
 * Fatty pork
 * 1 quart mashed potatoes
 * 1 ½ pounds sea biscuit, broken
 * 1 tsp thyme
 * 1 tsp summer savory
 * ½ bottle mushroom catsup
 * 1 bottle port or claret
 * ¼ nutmeg pod, grated
 * A few cloves
 * Mace
 * Allspice
 * 6 pounds sea bass or cod, cut into slices
 * 25 oysters
 * Black pepper
 * A few slices lemon

Procedure

 * 1) Fry the onion with the fatty pork. Transfer to a large pot.
 * 2) Add all remaining ingredients to pot.
 * 3) Add enough water to cover everything by 1 inch.
 * 4) Bring to a boil. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring gently every so often.
 * 5) Serve.