Frankfurter Corn Chowder

• medium onion, chopped↗1
• celery, chopped↗1 cup
• margarine↗1⁄4 cup
• potato, peeled and diced↗1 cup
• water↗2 cups
• salt↗1 teaspoon
• frankfurter, sliced↗1 lb
• bay leaf, crumbled↗1⁄2
• dried thyme↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• corn kernels↗3 cups
• flour↗3 tablespoons
• milk, cold↗1⁄2 cup
• milk, hot↗1 1⁄2 cups
• peas, cooked↗1⁄2 cup

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Saute onion and celery in margarine. Add potato, water, salt, frankfurters, bay leaf and thyme. Cover and simmer until potatoes are almost tender.

2. 2

   Add corn.

3. 3

   Blend flour and cold milk into a smooth paste. Add a little of the vegetable mixture to this and stir slowly into vegetable-frankfurter mixture. Simmer 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Add hot milk and blend.

5. 5

   Garnish with peas.

6. 6

   Serves 6.