Plymouth Woman Searching for Beloved Childhood Chowder Recipe from Jaguars Games

Listen, not every article we write here is going to be hard news. We’re a website and a 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 out and about, we’ll use our reach to help them find it. If someone is trying to remember a person or place no longer around, we’ll ask our audience. If a person misses a beloved childhood food and craves the exact same recipe – well, as unabashed foodies, you’re speaking our language.

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

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

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We reached out to Rzasa and asked what was so special about the corn chowder from those football games. She admitted 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 around 12 years old, you're out cheering for the Plymouth South Jaguars on a brisk Sunday morning,” Southern-Rzasa told us. “You’re having a good time but you’re pretty chilly and you’re starting to get a bit hungry. When you finally get that styrofoam bowl and dip your plastic spoon into that chowder…It’s just something I’ve never forgotten and think of to this day.”

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

“Is that the one that had sausage in it?” Mary asked. “If so, I think it was my (sister-in-law’s) sister.”

“It is that one!” Rzasa responded, but it turned out it was not the person Mary thought it was who made it, but another woman they haven’t been able to track down yet.

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

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

“I have zero idea but I’ll make you a badass corn chowder,” wrote Jordan Chabot, owner of Speedwell Tavern. “Next soup spesh.”

“Was it that good?” asked Mike. “If so, I want in on it too.”

“With all the garbage that comes out of this group, this post makes me happy!” wrote C.J. “Good luck with your search.”

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

If anyone has any leads on this beloved corn chowder recipe, please email tim@wbsm.com so we can help Megan turn her memories into delicious reality.

Plus, we also want to try it, too.