| 2 | sl | Thick cut bacon; or salt pork |
| 2 | c | Onions; chopped medium |
| 2 | c | Chopped potatoes; medium |
| 1 | c | Chopped carrots |
| 1 | c | Celery; chopped |
| 2 | | Jalapenos chopped fine |
| 2 | | Habs; chopped fine, WEAR GLOVES or suffer!! |
| 6 | | Garlic cloves; peeled and chopped |
| 2 | qt | Fish stock; make it yourself from chopped up fish, water, bay leaf, etc! |
| 1 | cn | Tomato soup |
| 1 | cn | Rotel or similar tomatoes |
| 1 | cn | (14oz) of clams with nectar; from Thailand is great! |
| | Salt; freshly ground black pepper, Calvin's, or Jim's ground chile powder, to taste |
| | Thyme; rosemary, cilantro, whichever, or a combination of either of first two & cilantro |
