Breath of the Wild #47: Snail/Clam Chowder

Ingredients: Sneaky River Snail, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, Tabantha Wheat

Description: "The pleasant texture and flavor of snails combine with butter and milk in a rich soup."

Alright, this ones a bit different from the other soups. That all said, im starting with a foundation of making it quite similar to the other soups: shallots, celery, carrots and cream. But this time we've got to add butter, and for the wheat ill add a tablespoon of flour? And since its a chowder, ill add in potatoes, and flavour it with garlic and parsley and stock, and a few other things based on a glace at a clam chowder recipe. And lastly for the snails? I got a seafood mix and im going to pick out the mussels meat and use that. Mussels, snails, they're both molluscs right? Close enough?

"The pleasant texture and flavour of snails" said no one ever??? Almost giving myself frostbite picking frozen mussels out from a bunch of frozen seafood. I didnt get all of them but this should be plenty.

I've crushed 4 cloves of garlic, chopped a bit of celery and shallots, and im frying them in a tablespoon or butter. Is that enough butter to count?

When ive chopped big chunks of potato and carrot, i throw them in with hot water and the chicken stock cube.

Next i picked out some extra flavourings to make it more chowder-y... worcester sauce, sriracha, celery salt and white pepper. Is sriracha the millennial's tabasco?

With those in i guess maybe nows a fine time to stir in a tablespoon of flour? With all the potatoes and cream im really not sure this needs flour, but... lets see what happens eh.

Since the mussels are already cooked ill put them in when the potatoes are starting to soften.

Then lastly I can take it off the heat, pour in some cream and chopped parsley. The flour seems to have done a fine job without turning it into too thick of a stew. Lets face it, you can always add more water!

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I find it difficult to believe mussels are anyone's favourite texture or flavour, but the garlic and parsley was really working with it, making a thick and flavourful soup that'll be a pretty great way to use clams, mussels or even snails if you got 'em.