New England Seafood Chowder Recipe

Ingredients

• 8 bacon slices chopped
• 2 large onions chopped
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 4 bottles clam juice - (8 oz ea)
• 4 cups peeled white potatoes in 1/2" dice (abt 3 lbs)
• 4 cups peeled butternut squash in 1/2" dice (abt 3 lbs)
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 cups chopped kale leaves
• 5 cups milk
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme (or 2 tspns dried thyme, crumbled)
• 3 pounds mixed fresh fish cut 3/4" pieces (a choice of cod, halibut, haddock and/or scrod)
• Salt to taste
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste