mom's best clam chowder

Ingredients For mom's best clam chowder

• 1/2 lb

  bacon, cooked, crumbled.
• 6 Tbsp

  butter
• 2 c

  chopped onion
• 1 c

  chopped celery
• 2 tsp

  minced garlic
• 1 tsp

  salt
• 1 tsp

  pepper
• 1/2 c

  flour
• 2

  10 oz cans baby clams, juice reserved
• 4 c

  water
• 4 lg

  red-skinned potatoes, diced
• 1 pinch

  nutmeg
• 2 tsp

  worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 tsp

  hot sauce
• 2 c

  light cream
• 1 Tbsp

  fresh chopped chives