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Conch Chowder

2 medium potatoes cubed
3 tbsp butter
2 medium onions chopped semi-diced
4 cups chicken stock
instant mashed potatoes
4 processed chesse slices
2 tsp basil
ground pepper
2 chutes celery semi-diced
2 carrots semi-diced
1 cup milk
2 tsp seasoned salt
a couple of shakes of tabasco
1 conch diced and tenderized with mallet
louisianna hot sauce for garnish
1 cup mixed veggies

Add potatoes, butter and onions to medium to large pot. Cook onions till golden. Add all the other ingredients but the instant mashed potatoes to mixture. Simmer for about 1 hour. Add the instant mashed potatoes until chowder becomes thick like a cream type soup.

Let simmer for about 1 more hour to let the conch get tender.

Serve in bowl (duh), with louisianna hot sauce shaken on top to make two neat stripes.

My mother inlaw came over and tried this, she insisted I give her this recipe. She and everyone who ever tried this conch chowder fell in love with it instantly.