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[Miss Kitty]

Got Rice?

 

[Smiling JOe]

Got Rice?

Typically, I cook in a little rice, but rice in the Gumbo can leave it very starchy with a paste texture, especially if you cook enough to stretch out for a few days. Therefore, I cook rice separately, and place it in the serving bowl before pouring the Gumbo over the top. This clearly gives the Gumbo the best taste and texture.

I guess you now know why I moan and groan about "fast" food. I do resort to fast food when I am code Blue, but I always hate myself later.

Perhaps one day in the cooler season, I will cook up a 3 gallon batch and serve it up on the streets of Grayton. I think that would be really fun.

 

[drsvelte]

Technicaly speaking, mine is not Gumbo because I do not use okra to thicken. Instead I use a roux which gives a much richer flavor and does not present a slimey texture.

The key ingredient to gumbo is the roux, not okra. Okra is traditionally used in seafood gumbo, but not in chicken and andouille gumbo. So technically, your's is indeed a gumbo.

 

[Smiling JOe]

The key ingredient to gumbo is the roux, not okra. Okra is traditionally used in seafood gumbo, but not in chicken and andouille gumbo. So technically, your's is indeed a gumbo.

I never use a set recipe so mine varies each time, but I prefer fresh shrimp and andouille gumbo. I also make shrimp stock to use instead of water, so the shrimp is not covered up by the andouille. For the roux, I use maple flavored bacon grease instead of butter. I never said it was healthy Gumbo, just tasty. I cannot wait until winter!!

Drsvelte, your real name is not Gator is it?

 

[Miss Kitty]

I never use a set recipe so mine varies each time, but I prefer fresh shrimp and andouille gumbo. I also make shrimp stock to use instead of water, so the shrimp is not covered up by the andouille. For the roux, I use maple flavored bacon grease instead of butter. I never said it was healthy Gumbo, just tasty. I cannot wait until winter!!

Drsvelte, your real name is not Gator is it?

Cook it and they will come...how about October?

Drsvelte...I think this person is a diet doctor! Or maybe a whiz at liposuction!

 

[Beachlover2]

October is good for me - or the last week in December

I can bring the Guiness!!!!

 

[Miss Kitty]

This thread went from fav restaurants to "Fun people getting together to eat SJ's famous gumbo in the dreary month of October!' I'll bring the rice!

 

[drsvelte]

Drsvelte...I think this person is a diet doctor! Or maybe a whiz at liposuction!

Doctor, yes (PhD actually). But the svelte part comes from a long time ago obsession with triathlon which resulted in big weight loss and low body fat. Friends ( ) began calling me Dr. Svelte and I just used it as a internet username. Alas, I am a foodie at heart and the training and diet discipline slowly eroded over the years. Regrettably, I am now dr(notso)svelte.

We'll be here for some weekends in October. I can bring real Louisiana andouille for the pot

 

[drsvelte]

I cannot wait until winter!!

Why wait! I'm making a seafood gumbo tomorrow. Probably need to get a second mortgage for the jumbo lump crabmeat.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Why wait! I'm making a seafood gumbo tomorrow.

And spoil my swim suit figure? No way.