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              Sausage Chowder

• 12 ounces smoked sausage links -- cut in 1/2" slices

• 1 small green or red bell pepper -- chopped

• 1/4 cup chopped onion

• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine

• 1 can creamed corn -- 16 ounces

• 1 can cream of potato soup -- undiluted

• 2/3 cup milk

In a Dutch oven over medium heat, melt butter; add sausage, green pepper, and onion. Cook, stirring, until sausage is brown. Stir in remaining ingredients; heat through.
Serves 4.

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In nineteenth-century America, a boy who thought he was pretty tough would put a wood chip on his shoulder and dare anyone to knock it off. Today the idiom refers to anyone who is “touchy” or takes offense easily.