Chowda!

The Chowder Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, attracts enough people to make it fun but not so many that you can't just walk up to each booth to pick up a little cup of various chowders, that is, chowdas. 

The Irish chowda came with a nice smile but too much cream.

Like wine tasting, the first ones leave the finest impression. After twenty or more, your judgement is limited to whether or not it upsets your stomach more or less.

These were the winners in the Clam Division.

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 This team would have won the clam division (according to the Plotniks), because they used tarragon in their broth which made it stand out from the others, but the one from the women above was just tastier. Ducknik voted for the Latino guy.

This family was competing in the Special Division. Theirs was the very best the Plotniks tasted, and so they were picked as Best in Show. When Plottie went up to them to tell them he had liked their chowda the very best, they were really happy.

Chowda tastes betta with a cold glass of Dos Equis -- that is, beeuh.