regardless of whether the law requires one to put okra in gumbo, boiled okra is some goooooood eatin'!!
aaahh yes, but chicory isn't a literal translation for coffee like okra is for gumbo.This argument is like saying all New Orleans coffee has chicory in it, it doesn't.
If you didn't say it was a must you darned sure came mighty close to it son.Tied @ 2
Thin slices from a few tender pods added late . Nobody that I know of in my family uses it for thickening , at least not when us "city folk" visit:smile: . I never said it was a must . I also stated that many "gumbo vets" don't use it either .
I think you got a lot of crawfish in youWhile I'm not a "gumbo expert" and it doesn't really matter , you're sort of missing the boat if you aren't adding some okra . Gumbo means okra . Most people don't know it and a lot of "gumbo vets" don't use it but , it is supposed to be included . Happy simmers .:cool2:
Leave it alone , Nick (and LCN) , please.
What about collard greens instead of okra?A very good Chicago Style pizza would also make my list of comfort foods. But without okra.
Funny but , we used to have "southern style" pizza place here in Montgomery . They did some crazy things with pizza and one of them was a country pizza - Catfish & Collard Greens with a cornbread crust . Sadly , no okra pizza .:wink:What about collard greens instead of okra?
Who needs the pizza? Just give me the greens, onions and ham on a bed of rice with some pepper sauce. Add a couple slices of cornbread, a tall glass of iced tea and it's food, dude!Bayou and LCN, I would have no problems at all with a thin cornbread crust topped with collards or turnip greens, onions and chopped ham, sprinkled with a little pepper sauce. In fact I wish I could have that for lunch today.
Personally I would never use human waste as a fertilizer in my garden. I know the Chinese do but that is them and this is just me. Too many dangerously high toxins and bacteria can be present in raw sewage.Who needs the pizza? Just give me the greens, onions and ham on a bed of rice with some pepper sauce. Add a couple slices of cornbread, a tall glass of iced tea and it's food, dude!
Speaking of collards, my wife has a collard plant out in the back yard, and it sits right close to our septic tank, so it grows pretty fast. We pick and bag several bunches off it every year. Last year we filled 8 gallon sized freezer bags off that one plant. The trunk was so thick it looked more like a collard tree than a plant. Every winter it would go dormant, but would rejuvenate in the spring. We ate off that one plant for 4 years in a row. Last year, the trunk finally collapsed and died. This is the first year for our present plant, but it's already almost 4 feet tall. I'm just hoping the drought won't kill it...