Have you ever heard of gumbo?

[Mickey Mouse Kid]

Have you ever heard of gumbo?

Here is how you vote since there is to yes's:

If you call gumbo "gumbo soup," then pick the yes that says "Yes, I have heard of gumbo soup."

If you just call it "gumbo," pick the option that just says "Yes".

Oh, and can you tell me what colour the juice, and the basic ingredients that <b>you</b> use? (I am really curious )

(I am from Louisiana, so I know about Gumbo, but not Gumbo soup. )

 

[#1hockeymom]

its Okra... just like a "chowder" ingredient would be potato

 

[Mickey Mouse Kid]

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[KathyTX]

Classic Cajun "comfort food!"

First, you start with a roux....

Includes okra, tomato, rice, maybe shrimp or crawfish, and LOTS of onion.

I've never heard it called soup, though.

Here's what looks like a pretty typical recipe:
Shrimp and okra gumbo

3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
3 tablespoons of flour
l large chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
5 or 6 cloves, chopped garlic
1 cup of chopped green pepper
1 can of tomato sauce
1 can of tomatoes ("Rotel" tomatoes for a spicier taste!)
1 pound, fresh sliced okra (or 2 boxes of frozen sliced okra)
2 pounds of fresh shrimp
2 - 3 cups water
salt & pepper to taste
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
1 bay leaf


For seafood gumbo, add to the above:
1 small can of crabmeat or 3 fresh gumbo crabs
1 jar oysters

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Slowly stir the flour into heated oil in a heavy cast iron skillet. Continue to stir until the flour is dark brown. Add the next 4 ingredients; stir until onions are clear.
Add tomato sauce. Stir until it gets crumbly or dry. Fry okra in another skillet until it is no longer sticky or stringy. Add tomatoes and fried okra.
Cook slowly, adding 2 to 3 cups of water--a little at a time. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in one teaspoon of sugar.
Cook for about an hour on a low fire, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking to the bottom of pot; adding water if necessary. Add the shrimp and the bay leaf (and if desired, the oysters and crabmeat).
Cook another 30 minutes to an hour, adding seasoning to taste.
Serve over boiled or steamed rice.

 

[Mickey Mouse Kid]

I am just curious.
I live in Louisiana, so I know about Cajun foods.

I am just wondering about how many other people know what gumbo is, and I am wondering how they eat it.

 

[Evil Princess]

I know of it, only cause I went to New Orleans for the first time this summer.

New Orleans was a nightmare for me, food wise!! (I don't eat fish and I hate spicy foods, I'm horribly plain when it comes to food). My boyfriends family loved it

 

[Pin Wizard]

I've heard of chicken gumbo soup...Campbells. YUCK! It looked gross, and I wasn't going to have any!

 

[DocRafiki]

There are people who haven't heard of gumbo? My dog's name is Gumbeaux. Of course, I'm from NOLA and even have one of those crazy -eaux last names, so what can you do?

 

[KathyTX]

I don't have a crazy -eaux last name, but my family IS from East TX (sort of Cajun northwest!)

 

[Mickey Mouse Kid]

Originally posted by Evil Princess
I know of it, only cause I went to New Orleans for the first time this summer.

New Orleans was a nightmare for me, food wise!! (I don't eat fish and I hate spicy foods, I'm horribly plain when it comes to food). My boyfriends family loved it

I am plain when it comes to food, also.

I don't even think I have tasted fish, and I kinda like shrimp.

 

[Octoberbride03]

Of course I've heard of Gumbo. And i've never been anywhere near LA. I've seen it served quite a bit in restaurants in the Philly area(where I'm from originally). Never had it myself cause my stomach aint used to Cajun. Though i seriously doubt that Gumbo in PA is nearly as spicy as Gumbo in LA.

Maureen

 

[powellrj]

Originally posted by KathyTX
Classic Cajun "comfort food!"

First, you start with a roux....

Includes okra, tomato, rice, maybe shrimp or crawfish, and LOTS of onion.

I've never heard it called soup, though.

Here's what looks like a pretty typical recipe:
Shrimp and okra gumbo

3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
3 tablespoons of flour
l large chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
5 or 6 cloves, chopped garlic
1 cup of chopped green pepper
1 can of tomato sauce
1 can of tomatoes ("Rotel" tomatoes for a spicier taste!)
1 pound, fresh sliced okra (or 2 boxes of frozen sliced okra)
2 pounds of fresh shrimp
2 - 3 cups water
salt & pepper to taste
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
1 bay leaf


For seafood gumbo, add to the above:
1 small can of crabmeat or 3 fresh gumbo crabs
1 jar oysters

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Slowly stir the flour into heated oil in a heavy cast iron skillet. Continue to stir until the flour is dark brown. Add the next 4 ingredients; stir until onions are clear.
Add tomato sauce. Stir until it gets crumbly or dry. Fry okra in another skillet until it is no longer sticky or stringy. Add tomatoes and fried okra.
Cook slowly, adding 2 to 3 cups of water--a little at a time. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in one teaspoon of sugar.
Cook for about an hour on a low fire, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking to the bottom of pot; adding water if necessary. Add the shrimp and the bay leaf (and if desired, the oysters and crabmeat).
Cook another 30 minutes to an hour, adding seasoning to taste.
Serve over boiled or steamed rice.

I make mine about the same but use chicken instead of the seafood. I learned about gumbo from countless hours of Justin Wilson on PBS.

 

[browneyes]

I call it gumbo, but I don't make or eat it (I don't eat seafood or okra).

 

[Desiree]

Heck yea! We live on that stuff down here! Especially in the winter! Yummmm.. Gumbo sounds good right about now. Chicken and Sausage is good too.

 

[smileybrat]

I've heard of it but that's all I know about it but by the description I wouldn't like it, not liking shrimp or okra

 

[Lewski709]

There is Gumbo and there is Gumbo Soup. Totally different. I prefer Gumbo. I like mine with lots of garlic. I use ham, shrimp, stewed tomatoes, rice and spices. It is very yummy and easy. You will find many variations and andouille sausage is in some gumbo as well. Gumbo is thicker than soup.