seafood chowder

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 cups chopped yellow onions
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup diced carrots
• 4 - bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 4 cups clam juice
• 3 cups tomatoes
• 1 1/4 pounds new potatoes,quartered
• 2 cups fresh sweet corn kernels
• 1/2 cup finely chopped parsley
• 4 pounds raw assorted,cleaned shellfish(med shrimp,shucked oysters,crabmeat,diced lobster meat,wholke mussels,clams
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
• - salt to taste
• - cayenne pepper to taste