Lindsay's Manhatten Clam Chowder Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup finely cut up lean salt pork or bacon or margarine or butter
• 1small onion,finely chopped
• 2 cans 8 ozs each minced or whole clams
• 2 cups finely chopped potatoes
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup chopped celery
• 1 can whole tomatoes 16 ozs
• 2 teaspoons snipped parsley
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme leaves