Wednesday, 6 October 2010  Haddock chowder  I've said before how
much I hate soup and how pointless I think it is.  But I don't
think chowder counts as a soup. Nor is it especially anything
else. It's... chowder.  Anyway, this is very nice and very easy.
A great thing do to for a lot of people for lunch because it
won't take up really any of your attention and you can plunk it
down in the middle of the table and pretend you live on
Nantucket or something.  It's also quite wholesome, which means
that you've got good reason to make a giant comforting crumble
or a lot of chocolate cake for afters, which I feel I can never
quite justify, and people often can't quite manage, if I've
dished up a humdinger of a roast.  Smoked haddock corn chowder,
for 4  (bastardised from Jamie Oliver's new book, 30 Minute
Meals, or 30-Minute Meals to be more accurate)  300g smoked
haddock (buy it skin off if you can because taking the skin off
yourself is a real pain in the A) 4 rashers bacon 2 dried red
chillies (if you want - I t