3 christmas chowder Recipes

onions, finely chopped, celery ribs, finely chopped, red pepper, diced, green pepper, diced, potatoes, diced (4 or 5 medium sized), unsalted butter, chicken broth or 2 1/2 cups vegetable broth or 2 1/2 cups water, your choice, half-and-half cream, frozen corn (or more ), salt, pepper, butter, softened, flour

live maine chicken lobsters, approximately 1 lb each, potatoes (recommended : russet, german butterball, or yukon gold), high-quality smoked slab bacon, diced to 1/4 inch, leeks, white part only, rinsed and diced to 1/2 inch, several cups water , lobster stock, or fish stock, unsalted butter, freshly ground black pepper, heavy cream, sea salt, for seasoning, ground chipotle or cayenne pepper, for seasoning, fresh chives, snipped, for garnish, suggestion : crackers, note : don tsp attempt to use half-and-half--it tends to curdle.