Help- Gumbo

[rm76]

In cajun country, there is no okra in gumbo -- that is if it is a roux gumbo. There is however something called okra gumbo. This is more creole and uses no roux. I have seen this only with chicken and sausage. The okra is what thickens this recipe. It takes a lots of okra, cooked down first to where it is not slimy -- not just the small amount that you will find in those roux gumbos where people put okra in it. This probably can be made with or without tomatoes, although the wife makes hers without. It is quite good but should not be confused with the cajun roux gumbo -- 2 distinct dishes.

 

[charliepapa]

In cajun country, there is no okra in gumbo -- that is if it is a roux gumbo. There is however something called okra gumbo. This is more creole and uses no roux. I have seen this only with chicken and sausage. The okra is what thickens this recipe. It takes a lots of okra, cooked down first to where it is not slimy -- not just the small amount that you will find in those roux gumbos where people put okra in it. This probably can be made with or without tomatoes, although the wife makes hers without. It is quite good but should not be confused with the cajun roux gumbo -- 2 distinct dishes.

IMO, the term above "okra gumbo" is redundant.

Oh well, I guess I just don't remember getting a copy of the gumbo rulebook when I started cooking. All I had was the direction of my grandmother who was a Delcambre born in Jefferson Island, LA.

The evidence (on the internet as well as everything I've been told since birth) supports the fact that in some way, the word gumbo means that okra is in it, whether it has roux in it or not. We can call it whatever we want, but it's kind of like calling a plain hamburger a cheeseburger with no cheese. What's the point?

 

[CrkdLtr]

I have a gumbo recipe that it's completely sacrilegious. It involves Filet, Tomato (in the form of Ketchup), Okra and a Roux.