New jersey clam chowder

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       Title: New Jersey Clam Chowder
  Categories: Soups, Seafood
       Yield: 4 servings
  
     1/4 lb Bacon
       2 md Onion
      24    Chowder clams; liquor
            -reserved
   2 1/2 c  Potatoes; sliced cooked
     1/2 ts Pepper
       1 ts Celery powder
       2 tb Parsley
       2 ts Crab spice (Old Bay)
       2 cn Cream of asparagus soup
       2 pt Light cream
       4    Tomato; cut & seeded
            Asparagus; garnish
  
   Fry bacon in soup pot until crisp, remove. Saute onion till clear, add
   clams, liquor, and heat to cook clams.  Add potatoes & spices and cook
   briefly.  Add soup, tomatoes and cream. Simmer 10-15 min.  Do not boil. Add
   clam broth to taste.  Garnish with asparagus spears.
  
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