Chicken and Bacon Chowder - p.184

Chicken? and bacon?  What could be wrong with that?  The answer is 3 cups of chopped celery.  I thought this soup would be delicious.  Who doesn't love chicken and bacon...and chowder?  Well, I tried it, and I immediately thought it just tasted like celery.  I thought that 3 cups was a little much.  It was.  On the bright side, it wasn't gross.   So, 2.5 spoons.  I wouldn't make it again.  Not with 3 cups of celery, anyway.   Did I mention the overwhelming celery taste?  Yeah...that....