Clam Digger Food

CLAM DIGGER'S DIP

Steps:

• Cream together with mixer the softened cream cheese, sour cream, reserved clam juice.
• Beat until smooth and well blended.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cover and chill thoroughly.
• Serve with potato chips.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

CLAM DIGGERS

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients.
• Serve over ice; sprinkle each serving with pepper and garnish with celery stalks.

CLAM DIGGER CLAM CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp in a large pot. Remove bacon with slotted spoon and drain. Add onion, celery, and garlic to bacon drippings and saute until soft.
• Add potatoes, clam juice, chicken stock, salt, pepper, bring to a boil, cover and simmer about 10 min. or until potatoes are tender, remove from heat.
• Add clams and their liquid, whisk flour into milk, add to chowder with heavy cream. Cook over med. heat, stirring constantly until chowder thickens and bubbles, or about 3 minutes. Stir in the fresh thyme, and Worcestershire sauce. Serve it garnished with bacon.