New England Lobster Chowder - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 small onion, chopped
1/3 cup rendered bacon or 1/3 cup salt pork fat
2 soda crackers, finely crushed
1 quart milk, scalded
2 cups lobsters, cooked and cubed (either canned or fresh may be used)
1 cup cream, heated
salt
pepper
cayenne pepper, to taste

Preparation

Cook the onion in the fat until translucent and lightly golden.
Strain and reserve the fat, discarding the onion.
To two tablespoons of the fat, add the crushed soda crackers.
Add the hot milk gradually, stirring constantly until smooth; add lobster and heat in the top of a double boiler for 20 minutes.
Add seasonings to taste, the remainder of the strained fat and the hot cream.
Serve with chowder crackers.