Plymouth woman searching for beloved childhood chowder recipe

Look, not every article we write here is going to be hard news. We’re a website and radio station dedicated to the local community, and sometimes that means doing a little community service.

If a child loses a beloved stuffed animal while traveling, we will use our reach to help them find it. If anyone is trying to remember a person or place that is no longer here, we will ask our audience. If a person misses a beloved food from their childhood and yearns for the exact same recipe, well, as unapologetic foodies, you speak our language.

So when Grace Rzasa posted in the All Things Plymouth Facebook group a specific corn chowder recipe from over a decade ago, we had to step in and help.

“Silly question, I’m trying to track down the person who made the corn chowder for South Plymouth youth football (Jaguars) from the years 2012-2014,” she posted. “Please. I’m desperate.

We reached out to Rzasa and asked him what’s so special about corn chowder from these football games. She admitted that she doesn’t actually eat corn chowder, but she was posting on behalf of her sister Megan Southern-Rzasa, who doesn’t have Facebook.

“Picture this, it’s the early 2000s, you’re about 12 years old, you’re cheering on the Plymouth South Jaguars on a busy Sunday morning,” Southern-Rzasa told us. “You’re having a good time but you’re pretty cold and you’re starting to get a little hungry. When you finally get that Styrofoam bowl and you dip your plastic spoon into that chowder… It’s just something I never forgot and still think about to this day.

The sisters said the ultimate goal of this post would be to get this original recipe and be able to recreate it at home. They thought they were getting closer to just one person’s comment.

“Was that the one with the sausages in it?” » asked Marie. “If so, I think she was my (sister-in-law)’s sister.”

“That’s the one!” Rzasa responded, but it turned out it wasn’t the person Mary thought it was who did it, but another woman they haven’t been able to track down yet.

Most of the comments on the post were either recipes for corn chowder or suggestions for local restaurants that have it on the menu – but the real ones knew that neither could ever be the same as tasting a childhood favorite again.

“I love your dedication here. Missing a food for over 10 years,” Heather wrote. “I hope you find the cook.”

“I have no idea, but I’m going to make you some awesome corn soup,” wrote Jordan Chabot, owner of Speedwell Tavern. “Next meal of soup.”

“Was it that good?” Mike asked. “If that’s the case, I want to participate too.”

“With all the bullshit coming out of this group, this post makes me happy!” wrote CJ “Good luck in your search.”

“We historically have good food at Jags games,” Jay wrote.

If anyone has any leads on this beloved corn chowder recipe, please email [email protected] so we can help Megan turn her memories into a delicious reality.

Moreover, we also want to try it.