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Yes, hope springs eternal and I tried another Facebook recipe.
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This time it was a shrimp and corn chowder.
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Southwest style and even though it only had 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper …
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It proved too spicy for my born and bred New England husband.
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I had jumbo shrimp and chopped them to bite size.
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It’s an easy recipe, and I quite liked it.
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Though even with the dissolved gelatin, I thought it too thin to qualify as chowder.
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If I make it again, which is unlikely because of the husband’s bland and boring taste buds, I’d add another thickening agent.
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River's world..... 
Yeah like cornstarch, that’s a thickener
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It was definitely too thin for me, but some people like it that way.
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Naw chowder isn’t chowder if it aint thick
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I agree, but in Maine haddock chowder is traditionally thin. Which is probably why I avoid it…
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You’re braver than I about online recipes from social media. The soup looks good, but I’d like it thicker too.
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I’ve been disappointed by so many, but this wasn’t bad.
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Paprika would have been the deal breaker for me, and I only use Vidalia sweet onions.
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I did use Vidalia onions, and you could easily leave out the paprika.
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LMAO about your husband’s taste buds. I am familiar with the New England palate . Even my husband’s Italian pot roast is too spicy for those old white men. Due to those 6 black peppercorns.
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The older he gets the less he can tolerate spicy things. We’re probably all doomed for that fate but I’m going to enjoy them as long as I can…
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You can always be like my husband and keep 10 different kinds of hot sauces for your own portion?
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That would work.
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My grandmother (NE born and bred) boiled everything and thought garlic caused women to have facial hair.
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Ugh. Don’t get me started on New England boiled dinner.
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Nothing like a boiled cabbage and turnip stew!
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I moved to Maine in 1978. I thought it was disgusting then, and I still do.
Blech!
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C’mon, I wouldn’t even bother dipping my spoon in without a generous sprinkling of crushed red pepper flakes on top!
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I wouldn’t mind, but my husband might catch on fire.
Can’t have that.
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So would Tara. Just doctor up your own bowl!
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Sounded good til you mentioned Gelatin. Being Flexitarian,I don’t touch that stuff.
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I wouldn’t add that again. It did nothing to thicken..
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The recipe sounds good — except for the gelatin. I like to use Wondra flour for thickening soups and gravy.
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When I try a recipe for the first time I always follow directions. Next time I’d skip the gelatin.
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I do that too.
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He’d fit in ’round these parts. So many Minnesotans can’t do spicy!
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