Corn Chowder

Ingredients:

½ pound bacon
½ cup chopped onion
½ cup celery
2 Tablespoons flour
4 cups milk
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 cans cream style corn
Chopped fresh parsley
Paprika

Method:

1. In saucepan, fry bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, crumble, and set aside. Drain fat, reserving 3 tablespoons in saucepan.
2. Cook onion and celery in bacon drippings until tender; remove from heat. Stir in flour. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk.
3. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Reduce heat. Stir in pepper and corn.
4. Cook until soup is heated through. Remove from heat and ladle into soup bowls.
5. Garnish with cooked bacon and a sprinkling of parsley and paprika.