Canada’s Food Island, PEI Seafood Chowder

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb Bacon, thinly cut
• 1/4 cup Butter
• 2 cups White onions, small diced
• 3 Garlic, peeled and minced
• 1 cup Carrots, peeled and small diced
• 1 cup Celery, washed and small diced
• 2 Bay leaves, fresh or dried
• 1/2 cup White wine (dry cooking wine)
• 2 lb PEI potatoes (peeled and small diced)
• 1/3 cup Whipping cream
• 2/3 cup Milk 3.25%
• 1 lb Haddock (or white fish of your choice)
• 1 lb Salmon (trim, tails, or fillets)
• 2 lb Mussels
• 1 cup Bar clams (bottled, drained, and retain liquid for chowder)
• 1/2 lb Bay scallops (abductor muscle removed)
• 1 lb Lobster meat (claw and knuckle or tail)