So up until a year ago I did not know what clam chowder tasted like. I would see it on the food network and cooks making it but I never tried it and I never thought I would like it because sometimes its red or white and I am very picky about what I eat.One day my mother and I went to the dollar store and we were just picking out a few things for a quick dinner and she picked up clam chowder, I didn’t really think that much about it, just thought that she knew what she was doing. She made it as a soup and we had white rice and popeyes fried chicken on the side. Her boyfriend though it was gravy and put it on top of the rice. It was so funny.

After I had had the clam chowder, I could not get enough of it. When I went out to eat I would always ask for it. Everyone makes it different but I loved the way schlotzskys makes theirs. I would order it once or twice a week, but now for some reason they discontinue the soup and I am left with loaded potatoes soup. So I decided to make my own, I use Campbell’s chucky new England style clam chowder. I add potatoes, mushrooms, bacon, rice, and shrimp.