Seafood Chowder

Sauté the bacon and onion together until the onion is tender. Add the butter and mushrooms and cook for two minutes. Stir in the milk, all but two tablespoons of the cream, the lemon rind, salt, mace, pepper and basil.

Bring the mixture slowly to a boil. Add the oysters, shrimp and crab-meat. Heat for about five minutes, until the shrimp turn pink.