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jandajoy

^^Oh shit I'm so sorry. What was I thinking. I do apologise.

Begbie

Maybe there should be a bit of seafood in there, fish and some prawns ?

sharon

No, not all but most.

jandajoy

Sharon, do you use dried basil or stick with the local stuff?

sharon

local basil and dried one too

CSFFan

Gumbo without okra to flavor and thicken the soup?????? Hearsay!!!!!! Hearsay!!!! Hot dogs and no okra and you choose to call this gumbo????

No chicken stock or tomatos? The rue looks good but thats just a start...some sausage, onion, cilantro, garlic, celery (stalk and leaves), tomatos with fresh ground pepper, a bay leaf or two, pinch of marjoram.

Throw all that shit in a pot on medium and let the broth get going. The okra should help thicken the soup. Towards the end throw in some shrimp, fish fillets (boneless) and some crab claws (if you can afford them!) and you've got gumbo!

El Gibbon

A couple of things on Gumbo, a staple food of the Miss. Delta region.

Gumbo is generally meat based - Spicy sausage is a necessity, then beef, chicken or pork.

Creole' gumbo is seafood based - lobster, clams, mussels, crawdads, shrimp and occasionally fish fillets.

There are nearly as many recipes for gumbo as there are red-necks in La., but the basic roux is the most important. Once you've got your roux built then you add a broth of your choice depending on which style your making. Once you got a good stew brewing (roux, meat, veggies) at a slow boil and your meat is almost cooked, now its time to add the soft veggies (tomatoes etc. shrimp if your doing Creole) add your LONG grain white rice, cover turn off the heat and leave tightly covered for 20 or so minutes. This is ultra important - DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER JUST TO """CHECK"""! Leave it alone or it will cool too quickly.

Add the rice in your normal ratio of liquid to rice that you normally use.

When finished you should have nice fluffy rice with your meats/fish mixed throughout, just fluff it up like you would a pot of rice. Perfect gumbo!

EDIT: I've never seen a potato anywhere near a plate of gumbo....

E. G.

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Happyman

Sort of up-market Paella then - sounds good to me !

El Gibbon

^ yep same method of cooking but much spicier.

E. G.

blackgang

Never saw Gumbo as thich as is being mentioned, seems like always had some juice, but ain't anyone mentioned the Gumbo spice yet,, didn't anyone ever hear of Filae [sp] never a coonass kitchen with out it.

Riatsalawhit

most of the ingredients look good but why fry flour and oil together I can understand using flour as a thickner but not this way it all seems rather strange I suppose the end piece is tasty nevertheless,as for Hotdogs there bad enough at the best of times.............................Happy Eating

Wayne Kerr

Must be a yank dish or something? At first I was expecting some delicious African dish, but remembered that that the Africans aint renowned for their food. Doesn't the Swahili "Gumbo" mean hello?

sabang

Theres a job waiting for you with Campbells Sharon.

friscofrankie

file pronounced Fee-lay

flour don;t mix too good with water but mix it up in a little oli it becomes a roux fry it up a bit to get it well mixed and it adds a nice flavor. Never made gravy have ya?


Chicken; browned in the pot, Hot link chunks, Crawdads 'n all that other stuff, cayenne and generous helping of Tabasco. Got's to have okra.

I feel a pot o' Goodness comin' on... fresh water prawns in place of 'dads?

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blackgang

Nope, not no flavorless, tasteless Thai sweet water shrimps,, buy some salt water shrimps and then bring that gumbo over my house and we eat it,, but none of them nasty ass Thai weiners either,,make a man puke having to read that shit this time of the morning. Fuck, ain't no one ever been in NOLA?
Bad as Pizza with Thai weiners on it,, fucken hell..

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aging one

it may have tasted good but its not a gumbo. You need okra for that. Also you need the "holy trinity" of spices, celery, onions,, and bell peppers to make a good gumbo. Should have rice cooked into it as well.

Nice spice rack.

kingwilly

you cheeky old git AO, I didnt know you had it in you!

aging one

doing my best there bro!!

Lorenzo

LOL ...... nice move

Details of a good gumbo recipe are often taken to the grave

sharon

We cooked Gumbo again this weekend and we put Okra in there too.




It's thickener and even more delicious this time.