"basskisser" wrote in message

Really? What do you have that states such? Who ever told you that
chowder can't have tomato in it? This is what dictionary.com has on the
subject:

A thick soup containing fish or shellfish, especially clams, and
vegetables, such as potatoes and onions, in a milk or tomato base.
A soup similar to this seafood dish: corn chowder.

Notice is says right there "milk OR TOMATO base"????

From Merriam Webster:

Main Entry: 2chowder
Function: noun
Etymology: French chaudière kettle, contents of a kettle, from Late
Latin caldaria -- more at CAULDRON
: a soup or stew of seafood (as clams or fish) usually made with milk
or tomatoes, salt pork, onions, and other vegetables (as potatoes);
also : a soup resembling chowder


Notice is says right there "milk OR TOMATO base"????

Both the dictionary.com and the Merriam-Webster entries were done by New
Yorkers, so they don't count.


....claim to have made it their own by *******izing it beyond
all recognition. :-)

Please show me any research that states that a chowder can not contain
tomatoes.....

No research required. I have primary sources that support my argument,
comprising my whole extended family and virtually the entire population of
Boston.

:-)