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Offline GusRobin

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1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #-1 on: April 19, 2020, 09:30:20 PM »
Got bored being a shut-in so I decided to make something I haven't done before. So i made some Gumbo.
Found a recipe online and away we go.
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After the chicken and sausage were sliced up, and sauted.


The meat, stock, roux, spices and veggies added


If I say so myself, it turned out great. Best part is I have enough left over for another meal.
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« on: April 19, 2020, 10:13:00 PM »
Looks good Gus.
Gumbo is one of my favorite dishes, although I haven't made any for quite some time.
I always load mine up with okra and tomatoes.
Thanks for the Idea. I have okra from last years garden in the freezer, so I think it is time to put it to good use.
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2020, 06:13:50 AM »
Nicely done!
Just so you know and I don't really have a problem with it but adding tomatoes to gumbo for some in Louisiana is a surefire way to start a fight. Lol......
You did eat it over rice right?

Also, a lot of people not from Louisiana get jambalaya and gumbo mixed up. I've even seen soupy jambalaya and they think that's how it's meant to be.
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2020, 08:37:57 AM »
Looks good Gus, you know where I live and front pourch is big enough for you to drop me off some  :D :D
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2020, 06:39:29 PM »
Gumbo is my clean out the refrigerator go to.
Smoked leftovers do great. I’ve used chicken,pork butt, brisket, ham, pork loin , only constant is sausage.
Seafood gumbo is for special occasions, costs too da!! Much to make often!
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2020, 08:43:09 AM »
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2020, 10:27:46 PM »
Gumbo two big errors used tomatoes and used chicken.
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2020, 11:28:37 PM »
Quote from: Bayoucajun on April 23, 2020, 10:27:46 PM
Gumbo two big errors used tomatoes and used chicken.

I'm as catholic as anyone when it comes to ingredients (ask anyone about my chili rants) and I prefer Cajun to Creole (so I definitely agree about the tomatoes) but it's really not an error - just a preference. It may be a misinformed preference but in the great scheme of things it ain't necessarily "wrong." The only thing about gumbo that can be considered "wrong" is if you burn the roux.

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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2020, 11:50:07 PM »
Quote from: Bayoucajun on April 23, 2020, 10:27:46 PM
Gumbo two big errors used tomatoes and used chicken.
The chicken and the tomatoes were not used, they were brand new.
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2020, 08:44:21 AM »
2  ways you make gumbo the way they make it in Acadiana, and the way everybody else makes it. Picking on u about useing chicken. Real cajuns never use chicken to make chicken gumbo, would get excommunicated if that method was used. 2 dishes you do not use tomatoes in gumbo or jambalaya.
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2020, 09:27:21 AM »
Quote from: Ka Honu on April 23, 2020, 11:28:37 PM
Quote from: Bayoucajun on April 23, 2020, 10:27:46 PM
Gumbo two big errors used tomatoes and used chicken.

I'm as catholic as anyone when it comes to ingredients (ask anyone about my chili rants) and I prefer Cajun to Creole (so I definitely agree about the tomatoes) but it's really not an error - just a preference. It may be a misinformed preference but in the great scheme of things it ain't necessarily "wrong." The only thing about gumbo that can be considered "wrong" is if you burn the roux.

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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2020, 09:30:32 AM »
Quote from: GusRobin on April 23, 2020, 11:50:07 PM
Quote from: Bayoucajun on April 23, 2020, 10:27:46 PM
Gumbo two big errors used tomatoes and used chicken.
The chicken and the tomatoes were not used, they were brand new.

LOL!  :thumbup: :thumbup: ;D
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2020, 11:04:19 AM »
Quote from: Bayoucajun on April 23, 2020, 10:27:46 PM
Gumbo two big errors used tomatoes and used chicken.

Well, I guess what I make is not gumbo, but whatever it is, I like it, and will continue to make it that way.  ;) ;)
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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2020, 12:44:08 PM »
Way back in the 50's gumbo was a regional food enjoyed mostly in south La. Now it is enjoyed all over the US.   Most gumbo recipes are just incorrect. Another one is crawfish etouffee, probably know one on this board  ever ate crawfish etouffee. 

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Re: 1st try at Gumbo
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2020, 02:58:40 PM »
  Gus yours looks just fine even with the tomato's... I'd eat it for sure. 
 I just had gumbo from LeJunes Market by the Bay Cafe' a few minutes ago.  They make it like what I have had all my life (Seafood Gumbo) which is Crab,shrimp,Okra in a brown roux over rice.  I think they start with trinity,  I do know it's very good.  We get it at least once a week. 1/2 PoBoy and gumbo $9.95..  And he just started making crab balls... Lord have mercy! 
   Like Turtle said DO NOT BURN THE ROUX its the one thing that can't be fixed.  My aunt would say don't stop stirring... and if it burned you would be stirring a new batch ! 
  My mom married a guy(Paul Carroll) from Opelousas LA. he was born and raised there.  He made the weirdest "gumbo" I ever saw but it was really good... It was apparently his grandmothers recipe going way back. (If alive he would be around 100 now)  He went heavy on sausage,chicken, Okra... I'm not sure about the spice's otherwise.
   But here's the catch, No roux... :o The first time he fixed it my son said "I thought we were having gumbo" ?  Paul just smiled and said "Boy that is gumbo right there yeah".  Paul didn't know why the roux was missing just thats the way it had always been in his family.
    Bayou Cajun, You have me interested about the crawfish etouffee. I have a family members scattered between Lafayette and Alexandria and I worked all down in the bayous on oil boats way back when so I think I've had the real thing... ? Got a recipe?   
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