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THERE’S still a bit of a nip in the air, you need the warmth and comfort of home-made soup, full of flavour and as different from packaged soup as chalk from cheese!

Fish chowder is a lovely thick soup, healthy and nourishing, and filling enough for an all-in-one lunch or supper dish.

You need: One and a half lb/ 700g white fish such as cod, hake, haddock, or pollock; 1 pint/600ml lightly salted water, 1 lb/450g potatoes, 4 streaky rashers (optional but nice), 2 medium onions,1 or 2 cloves garlic (optional), a little Flora or olive oil, salt and fresh ground black pepper,1 pint milk and chopped parsley for garnish (Serves 6).