My Special Man Friend ("MSMF") always has the funniest thoughts and questions for me in the mornings. I love it.
Me: "Neither? I'm not the biggest chowder person."
MSMF: "Really?"
Me: "I mean, I do like it. But not on its own. It needs to be in a sourdough bowl or something like that. I just don't like the funky chewiness of the clams. Grosses me out a little."
MSMF: "Hmm."
Me: "Which one do you prefer?"
MSMF: "The creamy New England."
Me: "I wonder how many different chowders there are?"
MSMF: "I'm not sure."
Curious, I whipped out my phone and googled how many kinds of chowder are there. Turns out there are quite a few. Mushroom chowder. Corn chowder. Seafood chowder. Many are just variations of either the clam chowder or some other version of seafood or vegetable with bacon. Bacon makes everything better.
MSMF: "So what's my over/under on chowders that you're going to make me in the next 40 years?"
Me: (laughing) "What?"
MSMF: "What are my odds of you making chowder?"
Me: "Zero? Not that high. And why are we only going to live until our 80's?"
MSMF looked pretty disappointed even though he's not a soup guy. But I could be an everyday souper I love it so much. LOVE IT. So I thought about it a bit more and figured I could totally get on board with a corn chowder or some other version with bacon. And with the cold months fast approaching I could totally add a chowder recipe to the mix.
To lift his spirits I told MSMF we'd put a chowder into the mix while saying chowder as silly as I could, because it made him laugh. More like chow-da or ciao-da. CIAO-DA. Trying to think up different ways of saying it silly, I blurted out chode-r. CHODE-R. MSMF immediately stopped laughing and wanted me to stop saying chowder. In fact he was over talking about chowder altogether. I knew exactly what I was saying and thought it was funny but our silly morning bedtime chowder banter abruptly came to an end.
So what's your chowder?
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