2007-02-06 23:58:16 · 8 answers · asked by panda 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
chowder is more of a main meal than a soup, chowder has large and small chunks of fish and shellfish in it, chowder sounds much nicer than fish soup, if you had the choice in a reastraunt between chowder and fish soup, what would you choose, i would choose chowder
2007-02-07 00:06:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word 'chowder' comes from the french word 'chaudree' which is a thick fish soup from the north of france. It has come to mean a white fish soup thickened with cream/potatoes to distinguish from the red fish soups of southern france which contain tomatoes..
So chowder IS a soup, just a thick one.
2007-02-07 00:23:18 · answer #2 · answered by penny century 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's soup. Chowder was originally just the pot it was made in.
2007-02-07 00:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by kinvadave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fish or shellfish makes chowder chowder, anything else is soup
2007-02-07 00:57:38 · answer #4 · answered by chillipope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is much thicker and I think it may have potatoes in it too. SOME chowders have corn...as in chicken corn chowder. GOOD QUESTION
2007-02-07 00:07:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chowders are generally made with dairy and thickened with a starch.
2007-02-07 00:21:18 · answer #6 · answered by ph62198 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't put as much water in it and some recipes also call for flour which thickens the liquids.
2007-02-07 00:07:24 · answer #7 · answered by jazz_lover_25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thick and potatoe
2007-02-07 00:04:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋