New jersey clam chowder

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

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

Instructions:

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.