Created by Echo Echo on November 4, 2014
Step 1: Heat 1 Tbsp bacon drippings in large heavy pot; add onions, garlic and green pepper and sauté over high heat 4 minutes.
Step 2: Add rest of drippings and flour and cook over medium low heat, stirring, until flour mixture is golden and a bit thickened.
Step 3: Stud chunk of potato with whole cloves and add to soup along with next 8 ingredients (diced potatoes through bay leaf) plus 6 cups water; cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
Step 4: Add fish, cover and let simmer 8 more minutes; remove and discard the potato chunk with the whole cloves stuck in it.
Step 5: Pour chowder into 4 soup bowls, top with lemon slices and serve hot.