Struggling Through Fannie Farmer's 1896 Clam Chowder Recipe
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- Опубліковано 4 лис 2023
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I'm returning to Fannie Farmer's classic cookbook to (try to) make her New England Clam Chowder. You'll find this recipe in her Boston Cooking-School Cookbook or The Fannie Farmer Cookbook from Marion Cunningham... or in this video.
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Fannie Farmer's New England Clam Chowder:
1 quart clams (including liquid/liquor..)
4 cups potatoes in 3/4 inch dice
1½ inch cube fat salt pork.
1 sliced onion.
1 tablespoon salt.
⅛ teaspoon pepper.
4 tablespoons butter.
Flour for dredging (I used around tb or so)
4 cups scalded milk.
8 common crackers.
For liqour: 1 tb butter and 1 tb flour - Розваги
I love how his solution to having difficulty opening the clams was "sneak up on them" 😂
😂
"... and then I POUNCE!" Best thing I've seen today.
Inderdaad , heerlijke televisie😂....
Yes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Maybe playing some music so they relax and open up 😂
Hehe, this is mildly nuts. I've been cooking for many years and this is the first time I've encountered the idea of shucking live clams to make chowder. Just shake them over the heat in a covered pan with a little bit of water. They open up by themselves and you capture all the juice. Also avoids unwanted ingredients like human blood. 😊
This is a health hazard, honestly. What I've heard all my life, and I'm from seafood country, is that you do what you describe and you discard any clam that doesn't open, because it's dead and may be spoiled, full of sand or both. Plus he's breaking all the shells, which seems like a great way to get shell fragments in your food.
This entire thing was mildly horrifying to me.
Agreed!
@@mademedothis424 I'm honestly not too worried about about the bad clam issue. If you open them and they look good and smell fresh, you're not gonna die. But clam chowder is normally pretty easy and gratifying, and I'd probably never make it if I had to go through that. Slashing myself open is the health hazard that would concern me more. 🙂
@@mademedothis424it's a myth that ones that don't open when cooked are bad. you want to discard ones that are already open before cooking.
including this link as a separate comment bc youtube has a tendency to sometimes delete comments with links: www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/10/29/2404364.htm
I personally appreciate the "clambush" method of opening them.
Oh lord I laughed so hard, you made my day hahaha this comments section was all the energy I needed
Clambush!!! 😂
Babe wake up, new Pokémon just dropped
Clam: He gone?
Other clam: Maybe...
Clam: Do you think we can relax a little?
Other clam: I wouldn't...
Clam: Lemme just check----oh dear god he's back!!!
Omg now I’m feeling bad for the clams 😂😂😂
this is hilarious
He is so funny!😂
🤣
That's funny. Now all that needs to be done, is drawn.
You know Julia has won when you're finding ways to sneak butter in, just in case. Rent free. Rent free.
She can live up there. Hope she's comfy
😂
Clam chowder video: Spending half of the time shucking clams, giving up and ordering tacos for the night. There's never been a more realistic cooking video
obsessed with the absolute insane clam opening method of just waiting till they relax and then jamming a knife in there
Absolute insane 😂 but so frickin funny.
Clams: Around Jamie, never relax
For anyone watching; 10:13 mark is when he’s finally done opening clams…😂
😂
This is so wrong!
Ive never seen a human HUNT clams. This is amazing lolllllll
I laughed so hard at that
You ought to try harvesting geoducks. I’ve never before seen someone lose a battle of wits with some clams that are already in the kitchen, though.
I am crying with laughter
I worked in the food industry from high school to retirement, this is the first time seeing clams being ambushed! Great channel, kind of a self taught culinary education,
I come home from work at Chicago's finest restaurants, yelled at, a little crispy in the fingers, and nothing will relax me more than watching this UA-cam boy "sneak up" on his dying grocery clams 🧘♂️
Watching do something wrong that we think of as really basic like "don't shuck clams unless they're ludicrously fresh cherrystones" is fun because we learn, in lovely high definition, WHY it's a bad idea to to shuck something smaller than the oyster knife 😂
Not me casually yelling STEAM THEM at my screen. XD
I guess that would have made sense.... I didn't consider that.. obviously😬
you are braver than me opening those clams! @@antichef
Same!!
Truly, Anti-Chef is the perfect opposite of Alton Brown's Good Eats. Not even three minutes in and I'm fearing for Jaime's life. Never has soup-making been so unhinged, and I watched my brother shatter a kitchen knife cutting pork that he didn't realize had bones in it! Keep up the good work, bud!
I mean, they are unhinged in opposite directions. Though I suppose GE is the most “were actually being reasonable” show he’s done.
Watching Jamie crouch down like a little predator, waiting for the clams to open oh so slightly so he can pounce on them… has me cracking up 😂😂😂. Great show Jamie 😂
There's something so beautiful about how (for as competent in a home kitchen as Jamie has become) he can still manage to find something wildly out of pocket in lieu of an easier method when faced with a new challenge. Can't wait for clam endurance hunting to become a competitive sport.
Max Miller of Tasting History also recently did an episode on a chowder recipe from Fannie Farmer! It’s the lighthouse keeper video. He said the common crackers at the time were quite large, dense, and dry-that’s why the recipe says to presoak them in milk. Modern crackers like oyster crackers are so light and airy that presoaking isn’t as necessary.
I saw that Max Miller video too. I knew I had heard about the Common Cracker before, thanks for the reminder.
Clack clack!
I came here to clack clack as well.
I guess I am kinda old (62) but common crackers were a staple in my house until my mom passed away about 10 years ago and I have only found two sources for them.
My family would warm them up in the oven and then pour a bit of melted butter on top. A very favorite snack and a powerful memory.
Came looking for another Max Miller fan! I suppose though it doesn't make much difference if you soak the modern crackers or not, since they are going to soak up the chowder anyways, so they were going to be soggy nonetheless (although perhaps they might have a slight fresh milk taste, but I don't think someone could pick it out in there). Clack Clack! : P
To “try out” means to render the fat to get it crispy , to separate the liquified fat from it. Loved this recipe ❤
I was wondering if it was a misprint of ‘fry’ out?
@@alanholck7995 Unlikely. The phrasing "try out" is common in older cookbooks. It's just an old term that has fallen out of use.
Whaling ships (when that was still a thing) had "try works" on deck where they would render the blubber out. It's an old term.
@@phonedave Chap 96 of Moby Dick, you can learn more than you want to know about try-works.
“Got it!” “Got it!” 😂 Also, the entire phrase, rarely heard, is “happy as a clam at high tide.” Makes sense - at high tide they cannot be harvested.
You waiting for those clams to open struck me funny. The part of the recipe where she said to reheat the clam water probably meant she assumed you knew to steam them first. You steam them in two cups of water for 4 minutes until they open. Any that do not open are dead and you discard them. I'm from the Massachusetts seacoast and I make mine differently. I don't use flour, I cook the potatoes in the clam broth from steaming, the starch from the potatoes will thicken up the chowder. I also use heavy cream.
curse of cookbooks "this is so obvious we don't even need to write that step down", affects both old and new
Yeah. I was waiting for the cream and was surprised by the milk.
That sounds yummy 😋
yeah, I was surprised that Fanny didn't mention steaming the clams open. I also use cream instead of milk, but if Fanny says flour and milk, then who am I?
Same here. I prefer clam chowder that doesn't use flour. Many of today's clam chowders look and taste like floury gloop rather than clams.
1896 clams! How do you fit them in the pot?
I have never been so stressed in my life. It's such an easy step to prep the clams, and Jamie managed to turn it into an endless nightmare hellscape, ROFL!!!!! I can't stop laughing. Bless your heart...next time just pre-cook the clams a little and they'll open right up!!! 😅
I think most people get clams to open by lightly steaming them in a little water. This also saves the liquor. That may have been why Fannie said reheat the liquor because this would have heated the liquor, opened the clams and allowed for easy shucking. Also don't think you can't injure yourself with an oyster knife. Had a friend who worked in an oyster bar who managed to ram an oyster knife into her hand. It's actually worse because the knife is dull, as you use more pressure to try to open the mussel, like using a dull knife you hurt yourself worse. She ended up with stitches. Most pro shuckers will sharpen their blade.
Jamie doing sneak attacks on the clams? PRICELESS!
Pepin being low key the hero of the ep
He’s always the hero ❤
Our good ol' Jamie, waiting-out those Clams has me giggling hysterically!!🤭😂❤️
Ive never thought it was possible for a man to ambush a clam, let alone seen it, yet Jamie is out here proving me wrong 😂
I want to say THANK YOU for mentioning Rhode Island Clam Chowder. It is often overlooked.
Chucking the clams instead of steaming them is almost as funny as throwing the vanilla seeds 😂
I've never seen anyone stalk clams before, interesting technique; glad you discovered Jacque's guidance. You always make me laugh, thanks. Be well
Easiest way to open clams is to put them on a pan in a 350f oven for 5 min. They will open on their own.
@@mosstrades yeah, that pretty fun!😂
Seeing Jamie go full hunter mode and stalking the clams to make them open was hilarious. I'm glad the clam chowder turned out good.
I don't think I've ever had clam chowder in my life. Chowder isn't a common dish here. I'd love to try making it some day.
Jacques Pépin book for next Jaime and Chef? :)
According to Bard:
In the Fannie Farmer cookbook, the term "try out" refers to the process of rendering fat from meat or poultry. This is done by heating the meat or poultry until the fat melts and separates from the meat fibers. The rendered fat can then be used for cooking, baking, or other purposes.
aww Jacques Pepin, such a great voice to listen to, very soothing. Man I appreciate all the work you put into this meal!
This just cracked me up… honestly.. just steam for a couple of seconds - they open right up! 😂 Jamie v clams.. what an exciting episode!!!
Regarding “cut the pork in small pieces and try out”, I looked it up and found a definition for “try out” in a vintage cookery glossary: “melting fat to skim out the impurities so it is clean to cook with.” There was very different terminology back then.
OK, I'm never going to try to shuck a clam. I probably wasn't anyways, but now for sure.
That's exactly what I said!
Oh Jamie, you don't shuck them you steam them. You are fearless, which i love, open to all experiences. Love watching you, and your process. Reminds me of my journey, and the fun in finding the easiest way of cooking, Keep it up, you know so much now.
I found this quote from that cookbook: "To Try out Fat. Cut in small pieces and melt in top of a double boiler; in this way it will require less watching than if placed in kettle on the back of range. Leaf lard is tried out in the same way; in cutting the leaf, remove membrane. After straining lard, that which remains may be salted, pressed, and eaten as a relish, and is called scraps."
I love Jacques Pepin. Watching how quickly he can carve a chicken is mesmerizing. A definite master with a knife. I’d like to see you do some of his recipes.
I 2nd that! He is another one of my faves.
I love that you are doing Fannie, she is the New England Matriarch of gormandee. Considering the refrigeration situation when these recipes were developed, they really are kinda awesome
I live on the west coast of Washington state and have dug clams for over 75 years. Had to quit last year, too old. I open by dipping in boiling water for just a few seconds and then plunging them in cold water. They open immediately. I would imagine it would be similar for the other kinds of clams.
Wellllll, kudos to Jamie for taking a run at this Fannie Farmer recipe which clearly, was no easy feat. In Jamie's defense New England clam chowder recipes have come a long way since Fannie Farmer. As someone who has been cooking for decades, I always enjoy his innocent, eager and enthusiastic approach to recipes. Way to go Jamie 👍! All the best to you and yours always from the beautiful east coast of Canada...and as they say here, your videos make me.... "as happy as a clam at high tide"! 🇨🇦👍🇨🇦
I love it. He’s sneaking up on them. 😂
Ahh my New England heart is yelling at the screen. Steam them !! Just until they open
-also “try out “ should be “fry out” I think. Either the f and t look similar or was made in printing printing they are next to each other
Apparently "try out" is an old term for rendering fat
Jamie I hate anything from the sea. But however my husband is addicted to seafood. So I thought it would be a romantic gesture to make this dish for him. I’m going to get him a gift card. But well done Jamie. You always cheer my day.
You need seafood for hypothyroid.
Just steam the clams in a little water/white wine for 5 minutes. They'll open right up. Discard any that don't open.
That was a clammy episode 😁
Watching this I had zero clue that opening clams was as simple as steaming them, but thanks to the comment section, now I know. Great episode as always. Cheers!
As usual I absolutely love you including the entire learning process for new things like this. It's probably more useful to most people than just watching the same videos you're learning from!
I made this years ago and decided to forgo the salt pork in favor of some bacon I had on hand, it worked well. I like how you work through your frustrations, it’s always good to see another person that has similar feelings.
Probably should have soaked the salt pork, it’s often excluded from older recipes because people just knew how to use salt pork
I’ve never cooked with shellfish of any kind (except crab), and my instinct would have also been to grab a knife. The difference is that Jamie patiently lulled them into a false sense of security, while I’d have gotten bored and just started bashing them with a hammer or something. 😅
Anytime I get stuck in a difficult point during a project I think of you. Your sheer determination always motivates me to not give up!
Sorry the clams were so much trouble. They always make it look so easy on TV 😭!! Bless Chef Pepin for his wisdom.
I’ll gladly wake up early on a Sunday to watch this.
My grandma loved Jacque Pepin, any Saturday that I was at her house I knew we would be watching his cooking show and to justify you washing your mushrooms, Jacque Pepin always washes his mushrooms. If both Julia and Jacque tell you to wash your mushrooms, you should wash your mushrooms.
Dang -- this is the second Fannie Farmer recipe you have made that my step-father (a professional chef) made exactly according to this book. The New England clam chowder was so, so good -- and yes, everything was just as Fannie described it, although we used California clams.
I live in an area where seafood is prevalent and I've never seen someone shuck a clam. But you do you... I'd take the easy route and steam them first. Watching this I feel like sending you a knife resistant glove.
Love your videos man! I actually bought the 2 Julia child's books for my kitchen because of your videos. ❤
Love this! ❤️
me too~!
Me too! Birthday gift to myself!
I was a bit horrified. I almost expected to her little clam screams lol. I guess I thought you cooked them a bit first. Your commitment was impressive as always haha.
...I'm pretty sure you are meant to steam them first and the author just assumes the person making the recipe knew that as a lot of older recipe books would do
"happy as a clam at high tide" - because they are safe from us digging them up then.
You should visit the Oyster Bar at GCT & compare your chowder to theirs!
I love that edition of that cook book. She tells you have to gut and pluck a chicken on your fire escape.
There was actually little to no chance of the milk separating when you added the clam juice to the soup. Modern pasteurization of milk was only starting to become commonplace in the US in the years prior to the cookbook's publication, so the recipe itself was written assuming you were using unpasteurized milk, which can split.
Not pasteurization, but homogenization - the process by which the butter fat in milk is now broken up under pressure into such small globules that it becomes highly resistant to separating again. Fannie didn’t have homogenized milk.
Thank you, I really needed a good laugh this morning and you did not disappoint! I’m so proud of you for not giving up, you showed those clams who is boss!😊
Super excited for this recipe.
I’m loving the Fannie cookbook videos! Please keep them coming!
I’ve always been intimidated my clams. It looks yummy after all that hard work. Yay!
I love how frantic and doubtful you are through the entire process every time but you end up pulling it off.
Very impressive effort! Bravo!
This is my fav cooking channel. The editing and sound are perfect.
Entertaining and charming, as always.
Jamie when I had dreams of being a chef I was taught to bring potatoes to the boil in cold water. I don't know why, just passing along what my chef taught me.
salt pork? bacon? in this dish its not a big deal, as long as you think it tastes good. but please consider steaming your clams. marcella hazan has instructions in her linguine and clams recipe, it is so simple and will make lots of clam juice for you. (you would have to add the clams later, thus changing the recipe, so it may not be good for anti-chef hillarity, but it will save you so much time!)
You mentioned a Manhattan style clam chowder.
When I was down in Key West half a lifetime ago, Dad took us out to a tour on a schooner. Neat little sailboat. Got to see a waterspout, but we weren't lucky enough to see the famous 'green flash' at sunset.
We were, however, lucky enough to get a nice dinner of a conch soup. Though not as tender as a scallop, the conch we had was very nicely complemented by the vegetable stock and tender vegetables. Closest I can think of to that soup is the Manhattan style chowder.
Quite satisfying to see the little clams putting up such a good fight. They lost. But they tried!
Excited to watch this as I made seafood chowder tonight 😊
Thanks for doing a premiere it was fun! Would have been better if youtube notified me properly but I caught up 😂
Such a good video! Thanks for sharing. One of your best!
Doing things from scratch is always better when you have the time. Excellent dish. Thanks.
LOVE chowder and premiers man! Thanks for this and gonna be there!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Stunned already when he started shucking the clams... and then when he started hunting them...!!! OMG 😭
Oh Jamie... You had me PANICKING very early on in this one 😂 Bless 😂 As always, you persevered. Well done. Always a learning process, and now you know you can steam 'em next time (and you know how to open them! 👏).
OH I NEED TO MAKE THIS!!
My mom was a trained master chef. Her recommendation was Antoinette Pope's cookbook, which they used in her cooking school in the Alsace french Alps. Seriously.
That chowder looked amazing
I'm so looking forward to your year in review. Will be interesting to see how everything lines up. Seems you've done way more top notch dishes this year.
I think Julia would be very pleased that you turned to Jacques Pepin to learn how to open clams.
chowders one of my fav soups, delicious comfort food
Oooo -- painful to watch your attempt at shucking--pretty successful, actually. Steam, my man. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I think the New England clam chowder is the most delicious--rich, creamy, rewarding. My mom had a Fanny Farmer cookbook and it's a "must-have" for adventurous home cooks. I can't wait to make this! Thank you again.
"Sometimes I just frustrate myself."
Me too, Jamie, me too. Such a mood
Every Saturday in Manhattan has been rainy. I live near you. You inspired me to make the Julia Child French onion soup today. Also I know the founders of Blueland so happy to see them being your sponsor.
Excellent video! One thing I do like about the Fannie Farmer cook book is the basic recipes and doesn't involve a story with each recipe! One I cook often in the cooler days is the Mexican chicken. Hope to see more Fannie recipes!
love the clam war !!
Stalking the clams! 🤣
Love me some clam chowder. This looks delicious.
Jacques Pépin is the master! It's really fun watching you learn.
Spectacularly unappetising, thanks for another great vid!
Man...
From following the recipes in a neurotic stupor to making your own calls: you became one hell of a cook.
This was fun. As a kid in Boston we only dug up soft shell clams and took them home and battered and fried them. Glad I never ran into those.
Am hysterical!
With all that is going on in the world, thank you for the chuckles.
(Have always used larger clams, and then just cut the clams up a little.)
From a very old lady
lol...
Watching you go clam hunting was sublime.
Premieres in 6 hours?!😢
Notifications are now switched on, two alarms are now set, and diary cleared! 😅
That’s so awesome! ☺️🙌🏼
I left my heart at sam clams disco!!