Gumbo Discussion Last Night

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  1. LSU Rubi

    LSU Rubi Founding Member

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    No Okra in gumbo....vegetables belong in a soup...that is what they make vegetable soup for.
     
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  2. TigerFanNTenn

    TigerFanNTenn Founding Member

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    I can't stand a tomato based gumbo, but I do like okra in it. I don't know how to make gumbo myself yet, but my maw-maw will be teaching me around Christmas to make it her way. :thumb: I'm excited. The hubby is from WV but loves good ol' Cajun food. The only thing he's tried that he's not a fan of is crawfish :dis:. Oh well, can't win 'em all.
     
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  3. HatcherTiger

    HatcherTiger Freedom Isn't Free

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    For me, gumbo can or cannot have okra, I'll eat it either way. However, gumbo can never have tomatoes or any derivative of a tomato in it.
     
  4. TheDude

    TheDude I'm calmer than you.

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  5. LSUMASTERMIND

    LSUMASTERMIND Founding Member

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    my wife joked with me this morning about making some gumbo for my birthday, I didnt have to say a word, before she said, "I'll make reservations somewhere"

    I dont understand putting okra in gumbo it kinda changes the texture to me.
     
  6. CajunlostinCali

    CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

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    You can always come out here. I can show you how to cook Gumbo AND ribs! :grin:
     
  7. LSUMASTERMIND

    LSUMASTERMIND Founding Member

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    Make sure you throw away the receipt before you heat it up.:hihi:
     
  8. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Well, yeah! It's supposed to thicken the broth. Next you're going to tell me you don't put file into it either . . .
     
  9. HatcherTiger

    HatcherTiger Freedom Isn't Free

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    Shows you how our perspectives change over time. Gumbo originated as "poor folk" food. It is a way to "stretch" ingrediants and allows for an abundance of combinations of meats etc. My grandfather ("Poppa") was a young man during the Great Depression. Obviously people here in south Louisiana felt the impact and having something to eat was not always a guarantee. One of the things he spoke often about eating was mustard greens and ham gumbo. I tried it as a young kid and didn't like it. Another thing that his family did was to add boiled eggs to stews and gumbos, again a way to stretch food with what they had available. The man enjoyed mustard green gumbo like no other and every stew and gumbo he ate had to have boiled eggs with them. To this day everyone in my family boils eggs when we make gumbos or stews in his honor !
     
  10. StaceyO

    StaceyO Football Turns Me On

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    Okay, boiled eggs make me want to gag, but that line about making them in your granddad's honor is really sweet.
     

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