Recipe for Biscayne Bay Chowder

Makes 12 bowls or 24 cups
4 lbs. fish (grouper) fillets, cubed
1 lb. salt pork, cut into 1/4 inch cubes
1 lb. onions, chopped
4 lg. potatoes, peeled and cut into sm. cubes
1/4 green pepper, chopped
1 can tomato soup
2 tbsp. butter or oleo
2 regular cans evaporated milk
1 qt. chicken stock
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp. thyme
Hot sauce to taste

Brown salt pork. Add onion and saute briefly. Add stock, potatoes and soup and cook slowly about 10 minutes. Add fish and cook until fish is flaky, about 10 minutes more. Add butter, milk, and seasonings. Simmer briefly. Add more seasoning, if needed.