Seafood Chowder

Ingredients

• 1/2 c. chopped celery
• 1/2 c. chopped onions
• 1/4 c. chopped green pepper
• 1/2 c. butter or margarine melted
• 2 (10 3/4 oz.) cans cream of potato soup, undiluted
• 1 (17 oz.) can cream-style corn
• 1 1/2 c. half and half **
• 2 1/2 c. milk
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp. dried whole thyme
• 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp. white pepper
• 1 lb. imitation crabmeat *
• chopped parsley (optional)