New+England+Clam+Chowder

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NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

New England v Manhattan Clam Chowder
 * Use the article below to answer the questions about the difference between the 2 clam chowders:**

Heating the butter before adding the onions and celery will fry the vegetables instead of soaking in and making them greasy
 * Why is it important to heat the butter before adding the onions and celery**

All vegetables being cooked at the same time should be roughly the same size to allow them to cook in the same amount of time
 * Why should the onion and celery be cut roughly the same size?**
 * What will you do Day 1? Day 2?**

Use the article "What's the Point of Bay Leaves" to answer the question above
 * Why add a bay leaf?**


 * How do you remove? Why can’t you eat it?**

Those leaves are //tough!//
== Even all-day simmering in a soup or stew does not disintegrate or soften them. They’ll be leathery at best, and the edges can be a little sharp. Besides being downright unpleasant to swallow, a bay leaf can scratch your throat, stomach or intestines. In my research I found mentions in a medical journal of individuals who had inadvertently swallowed a whole bay leaf, which then became lodged in their digestive tract, causing extreme pain. The leaves had to be surgically removed. So…keep the leaves WHOLE when adding to the pot, and when removing, count to make sure you’ve gotten them all. ==


 * What does it mean to simmer? What does it ccomplish (refer to receipe)**

= Simmering a dish uncovered will reduce the liquid in the dish and thicken the final product. =

Use the article "What the Difference..." to answer the question above
 * Difference between flat leaf and curly leaf parsley**

(use the batoinne)
 * How to cube a potato**

Starches, like flour, [|thicken soup]  and give it body. **Whisk a** **[|few tablespoons of starch], like flour,  into a little of the broth in a separate bowl before whisking it into the main pot. This prevents the starch from clumping and helps it dissolve into the soup evenly. **
 * How does flour thicken soup**


 * Learn more about Clam Chowder and how it represents the region**

Measure and prep all ingredients - Create a list on the Day 1 chart of WHAT you will prep and HOW you will prep it
 * Day 1**


 * Day 2**

Cook soup While cooking, use the Lab Bingo board to complete at least 1 clean-up task Serve soup for your group plus the 2 groups you will be sharing with