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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:11:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's funny to see all of the non-cajun states telling us that we should be using okra in our gumbo. Also....trinity https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/276423/image_jpg-2195049.JPG Next you’re going to tell me that you use jarred roux |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:12:15 AM EDT
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If you leave out the okra, you need the file powder (ground sassafras leaves) to thicken up the gumbo and give a hearty feel to it and help stick with the rice.
Also, amount of okra/file depends on blond vs chocolate roux as the blond roux will thicken the gumbo more. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:14:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Next you're going to tell me that you use jarred roux Bout the same as cookin up a batch of roux and keeping some back for later. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:51:45 AM EDT
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Good okra is bad ass. It’s also bad ass in gumbo.
Sometimes I use it in gumbo, sometimes I don’t. It ain’t a religious thing for me. I don’t know if it’s African, or chocktaw, or what… I just know that I’ve had gumbo both with and without okra all over LA, and that I like it both ways. Near as I can tell, gumbo is made differently by just about anyone that makes it, and its origins are from making something good to eat out of whatever was available. Okra is a common garden ingredient for my Louisiana and East Texas in-laws, and I suspect that’s true for a lot of rural folks in Louisiana. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:06:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bout the same as cookin up a batch of roux and keeping some back for later. And so it begins...  Trying this recipe. Thanks for the idea, OP! https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/authentic-new-orleans-style-gumbo/#recipe |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:10:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And so it begins... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/527962/IMG_20211207_095113-2195296.jpg Trying this recipe. Thanks for the idea, OP! https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/authentic-new-orleans-style-gumbo/#recipe Just keep stirring Just keep stirring (You must repeat that in Dory from Nemo voice) |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:19:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I grew up right across the river from Bridge City (the gumbo capital of the world) where they have the gumbo festival every year. https://www.bridgecitygumbofestival.org/ There's a chicken and sausage gumbo pic right on their site in the gallery. No okra anywhere to be seen. Now tell me, if okra HAS TO be in gumbo, wht in the hell would there be NO OKRA in the freakin' Gumbo Festival's picture of GUMBO? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Apparently you're not from Louisiana I grew up right across the river from Bridge City (the gumbo capital of the world) where they have the gumbo festival every year. https://www.bridgecitygumbofestival.org/ There's a chicken and sausage gumbo pic right on their site in the gallery. No okra anywhere to be seen. Now tell me, if okra HAS TO be in gumbo, wht in the hell would there be NO OKRA in the freakin' Gumbo Festival's picture of GUMBO? Because if you cook it correctly, you will cook the Okra down to where you dont see it. Family is from Monroe and Lafayette. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:48:00 AM EDT
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 I guess we have an ARF okra or no okra now. The correct answer is NO, you bunch of godless heathens.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:55:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Okra is green demon snot.  You, sir are no Alabamian.... depart back to your yankee land..... |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:26:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Apparently you’re not from Louisiana… This. No okra, no gumbo. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:32:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because if you cook it correctly, you will cook the Okra down to where you dont see it. Family is from Monroe and Lafayette. Nobody puts okra in chicken and sausage gumbo unless they have alzheimers or something. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:34:28 PM EDT
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Yes, okra in gumbo..
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:37:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because if you cook it correctly, you will cook the Okra down to where you dont see it. Family is from Monroe and Lafayette. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Apparently you're not from Louisiana I grew up right across the river from Bridge City (the gumbo capital of the world) where they have the gumbo festival every year. https://www.bridgecitygumbofestival.org/ There's a chicken and sausage gumbo pic right on their site in the gallery. No okra anywhere to be seen. Now tell me, if okra HAS TO be in gumbo, wht in the hell would there be NO OKRA in the freakin' Gumbo Festival's picture of GUMBO? Because if you cook it correctly, you will cook the Okra down to where you dont see it. Family is from Monroe and Lafayette. Monroe doesn’t get you any street cred in this fight. Might as well be somewhere in Wisconsin. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:43:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just keep stirring Just keep stirring (You must repeat that in Dory from Nemo voice)  Took my eye off of it for one second, and my dark roux is now too dark after I added the chicken broth. Any fixing suggestions? I worked with a guy from LA, and he was genuinely pissed that there was a seasoning that you could buy that was labeled 'blackened.' He said the only way to achieve that flavor was over fire. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:04:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Took my eye off of it for one second, and my dark roux is now too dark after I added the chicken broth. Any fixing suggestions? I worked with a guy from LA, and he was genuinely pissed that there was a seasoning that you could buy that was labeled 'blackened.' He said the only way to achieve that flavor was over fire. Blackened seasoning is just a spice that is intended to replicate Paul Prudhomme's blackened redfish flavor profile. The seasoning has nothing to do with the cooking method. For that, you'll have to follow the recipe for blackened redfish. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:11:06 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Okra is God's vegetable to sort out the yankee trash from the south. If you cook okra and end up with snot, you're a dumbass.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:12:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bell pepper? No. Stick to doing what y'all do bestdriving 67mph in the left lane. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The Holy Trinity is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Trinity is Onion, Bell Pepper and Celery. No okra in gumbo for me. Bell pepper? No. Stick to doing what y'all do bestdriving 67mph in the left lane. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:27:56 PM EDT
[#18]
The question should be potato salad in the gumbo bowl, Yes/No?
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:37:12 PM EDT
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Quoted: Simple question: does okra belong in gumbo? Not just no, but heck no. Gumbo = holy trinity + meat(s) + seasonings + roux. Okra either needs to be pickled, fried so it's not slimy garbage, or you can put it in creole. That's about it. And don't get me started on whether or not tomatoes belong in etouffee. That crap stays in creole too. THIS is gumbo: https://birthedintofatherhood.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/mardi-gras-gumbo.jpg THIS is nasty ass creole: https://www.indoindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/okra-gumbo.jpg Stop screwing with my cajun food ya' bunch of weirdos. Gumbo starts with a fine dark roux that smells of chocolate and burns if you look away for a second. Jambalaya okra is sometimes used if no file is around it even then I'll turn to zatarans powdered file before okra. Only place okra belongs is battered and fried! |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:39:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
The question should be potato salad in the gumbo bowl, Yes/No? |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:44:16 PM EDT
[#21]
Can I get a hell yes on that lol
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:52:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gumbo starts with a fine dark roux that smells of chocolate and burns if you look away for a second. Jambalaya okra is sometimes used if no file is around it even then I'll turn to zatarans powdered file before okra. Only place okra belongs is battered and fried! You forgot pickled. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 2:16:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Apparently you’re not from Louisiana… |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 2:21:24 PM EDT
[#24]
In seafood gumbo I like to have okra. I can do without it in a chicken and sausage gumbo.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 2:36:43 PM EDT
[#25]
Apparently, Texans know nothing about LA food.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 2:39:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: Simple question: does okra belong in gumbo? Not just no, but heck no. Gumbo = holy trinity + meat(s) + seasonings + roux. Okra either needs to be pickled, fried so it's not slimy garbage, or you can put it in creole. That's about it. And don't get me started on whether or not tomatoes belong in etouffee. That crap stays in creole too. THIS is gumbo: https://birthedintofatherhood.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/mardi-gras-gumbo.jpg THIS is nasty ass creole: https://www.indoindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/okra-gumbo.jpg Stop screwing with my cajun food ya' bunch of weirdos. Cooking is not algebra or geometry. Cooking is art. Okra is yammmmm! I hate pumpkin. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 2:43:53 PM EDT
[#27]
Quoted: Simple question: does okra belong in gumbo? Not just no, but heck no. Gumbo = holy trinity + meat(s) + seasonings + roux. Okra either needs to be pickled, fried so it's not slimy garbage, or you can put it in creole. That's about it. And don't get me started on whether or not tomatoes belong in etouffee. That crap stays in creole too. THIS is gumbo: https://birthedintofatherhood.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/mardi-gras-gumbo.jpg THIS is nasty ass creole: https://www.indoindians.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/okra-gumbo.jpg Stop screwing with my cajun food ya' bunch of weirdos. Hate to tell you, but there is Okra in both pictures |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 2:49:41 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I fry mine and put it in the gumbo. It's good either way. 
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Posted: 12/7/2021 3:20:08 PM EDT
[#29]
Don’t like okra, don’t put it in… but keep your damned tomatoes out!
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Posted: 12/7/2021 8:33:48 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In seafood gumbo I like to have okra. I can do without it in a chicken and sausage gumbo. Okra in a seafood gumbo is a classic
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Posted: 12/7/2021 8:47:35 PM EDT
[#31]
If you don't use okra you are just making meat soup/b, a worse pot of beanless chili.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:12:41 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you don't use okra you are just making meat soup/b, a worse pot of beanless chili. I’ve been cooking gumbo for over 40 years, and I’ll put my okra-less gumbo up against anyone’s. Okra is a mostly New Orleans thing, although many Cajuns do use it. But it is not in any way a required ingredient for “authentic “ gumbo. LC |
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