Clam Soup, Family Style Recipe ingredients

• 24 clams, well washed
• 3 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 potatoes, peeled, diced
• 2 onions, peeled, chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons celery, washed, chopped
• 4 cups water
• 6 crackers, reduced to dust
• seasonings to taste

To prepare this Clam Soup, Family Style Recipe, first put clams in a kettle with a little water. Cover. Let cook until open. Strain clam juice through a fine cheese cloth. Place the clam juice and all other ingredients, except the cracker dust, in a kettle. While these are cooking, remove clams from shells and chop them not too fine. Add the clams to the soup. The soup itself must boil for about 20 minutes. Serve in soup plates, and sprinkle with cracker dust.