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I made Gumbo today... (Original Post) Saphire Jan 2012 OP
::::looking through papers on kitchen table::::: Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #1
Post the recipe! EFerrari Jan 2012 #2
Please, I join the request for the recipe. Please! TIA n/t Mira Jan 2012 #3
Kick ass Gumbo, very easy recipe Major Nikon Jan 2012 #6
Thank you so very much. Mira Jan 2012 #7
I'm going to make some today Major Nikon Jan 2012 #9
Thanks again, I actually have Kitchen Bouquet. Mira Jan 2012 #10
I know the feeling! A chicken-y smelling house reminds me of mine. Lucinda Jan 2012 #4
Yum - OKRA!!!! HopeHoops Jan 2012 #5
Okra in season.. pipoman Jan 2012 #8

Stinky The Clown

(67,697 posts)
1. ::::looking through papers on kitchen table:::::
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 02:57 PM
Jan 2012

::::maybe the invitation is here . . . . or here . . . . ::::

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
6. Kick ass Gumbo, very easy recipe
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 07:22 PM
Jan 2012

My wife and I lived in Tulsa for a few years. There is an incredibly good seafood market and restaurant there called the White River Fish Market. They are located right by the airport and their seafood is flown in from all over and incredibly fresh. They had the best gumbo I've every had, and I've eaten gumbo all over the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. The place was near where I worked, so I used to bring home their gumbo all the time. On our last visit to the place before we moved away, we were talking to the employees about how much we were going to miss that place and their gumbo. They told us they had just started packaging their gumbo spice mix for sale. We bought some before we left, made it at home, and it turned out exactly like the original. The hardest part is making the roux, which is not that hard. We've been buying their spice mix for the last 15 years.

If you go to their web site and call the phone number there, they will take a phone order with a credit card and mail you their spice mix. Just follow the directions on the bottle. I highly encourage you to follow the directions exactly as stated the first time. If you want to deviate from the recipe after that, go right ahead. I never do. No sense in fiddling with perfection!

http://www.whiteriverfishmarket.com/default.aspx

Mira

(22,378 posts)
7. Thank you so very much.
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 09:23 AM
Jan 2012

I am so on it! I was in New Orleans a half a year ago and have been experimenting with cajun cookery. I have the perfect Shrimp Creole finally, and now I'll do the Gumbo exactly like you say. I'll share this with my son post haste, who loves Gumbo and is a stellar cook. This is wonderful. Thanks!

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
9. I'm going to make some today
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 12:01 PM
Jan 2012

Yesterday I bought all the ingredients and I always have some of the spice mix on hand. We have been eating this gumbo for the last 25 years and I can definitely say you won't be disappointed.

One of the ingredients you may have trouble finding locally is called Kitchen Bouquet, so you may want to order that online. I can buy this locally, but some supermarkets don't stock it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Bouquet

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
5. Yum - OKRA!!!!
Sun Jan 15, 2012, 06:54 PM
Jan 2012

Most people hate it. I love it every way except boiled all to hell. Pickled okra is a treat, as are pickled brussels sprouts.

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
8. Okra in season..
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:16 AM
Jan 2012

file' (dried, powdered sassafras leaves) in the off season..Gumbo texture (a bit of a slimy feel) can be achieved with okra or sassafras.

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