Corn chowder

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The story the reviews tell

Corn chowder is a straightforward American soup built on corn as its backbone, usually rounded out with onion, celery, milk or cream, and butter—a formula that's been around since at least 1884. The base is flexible enough to absorb potatoes, squash, salt pork, fish, seafood, or chicken depending on what's at hand. It's a dish that works as both a home kitchen staple and a mass-produced canned product, built to be accessible.

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Corn chowder is a chowder soup prepared using corn as a primary ingredient. Basic corn chowder is commonly made of corn, onion, celery, milk or cream, and butter. Additional ingredients sometimes used include potatoes or squash, salt pork, fish, seafood and chicken. In the United States, recipes for corn chowder date to at least as early as 1884. Corn chowder is mass-produced as a canned food in the U.S.

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