New England Clam Chowder II

Ingredients

• bacon
  2 slices
• yellow onion

  diced
  1 medium
• rib celery

  peeled and diced
  1 large
• green bell pepper

  seeded and diced (optional)
  ½ unit
• butter
  1 tbsp
• flour
  4 tsp
• clam juice
  1 cup
• milk or mixture of milk and half-and-half
  3 cups
• – 4 boiled red potatoes

  cut into 1½-inch dice
  3 unit
• chopped clams

  with juice, either from can or foil pack
  1 cup
• salt

  to taste
  1 unit
• of white pepper or cayenne

  or to taste
  1 pinch
• of dried thyme
  1 pinch