Fish & brewis (cod & oyster chowder)

24 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 tablespoons Onion; chopped
1 quart Potato; boiled & mashed
pounds Sea biscuit; broken
1 tablespoon Thyme
1 tablespoon Savory
6 ounces Mushroom catsup
1 quart Port
½ Nutmeg; grated
From: Jim Anderson
¼ teaspoon Cloves, ground
¼ teaspoon Mace, ground
¼ teaspoon Allspice
6 pounds Cod; cut in slices
25 Oysters
Pepper, black
Lemon; slices

Directions

Four tablespoons of onions, fried with pork. One quart of boiled potatoes, well mashed. One and a half pounds sea-biscuit, broken.

One teaspoon of thyme, mixed with one of summer savory. Half-bottle of mushroom catsup. One bottle of port or claret. Half of a nutmeg, grated. a few clove mace and alspice. Six pounds of fish, cod or sea-bass, cut in slices. Twenty-five oysters, a little black pepper, and a few slices of lemon. The whole put in a pot and covered with an inch of water, boiled for an hour, and gently stirred.

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