regardless of whether the law requires one to put okra in gumbo, boiled okra is some goooooood eatin'!! 
Your favorite comfort food
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I can't match the length of time spent in LA that many on this board can. However, I did live in Carencro LA for a couple of years and have eaten many varieties of gumbo.
None of the gumbo's I ate in the area I lived contained okra. Perhaps adding okra is a regional thing?
Common ingredients were chopped onion, chopped bell pepper, chopped celery, red pepper, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, dark roux and hot cooked rice.
Added were combinations of crawfish, shrimp, chicken, emu, andouille and tasso.
Not a gumbo but very tasty is:
Potato and Brie Soup
10 cups beef broth
10 cups diced potatoes divided in half
1 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
1/2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
11/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 tsp. ground white pepper
6 ounces brie cheese
Heat broth to a boil in a 5 quart pot over high heat.
Add 5 cups potatoes, onions, bell peppers, salt, garlic, and white pepper.
Cook 15 minutes stirring occasionally.
Remove potatoes with slotted spoon to a food processor or blender, add brie and blend until smooth. Add mixture back to broth with remaining potatoes.
Cook until potatoes are tender and cheese is melted (10-15 minutes) stirring occasionally.
Serve hot.
None of the gumbo's I ate in the area I lived contained okra. Perhaps adding okra is a regional thing?
Common ingredients were chopped onion, chopped bell pepper, chopped celery, red pepper, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, dark roux and hot cooked rice.
Added were combinations of crawfish, shrimp, chicken, emu, andouille and tasso.
Not a gumbo but very tasty is:
Potato and Brie Soup
10 cups beef broth
10 cups diced potatoes divided in half
1 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
1/2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
11/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 tsp. ground white pepper
6 ounces brie cheese
Heat broth to a boil in a 5 quart pot over high heat.
Add 5 cups potatoes, onions, bell peppers, salt, garlic, and white pepper.
Cook 15 minutes stirring occasionally.
Remove potatoes with slotted spoon to a food processor or blender, add brie and blend until smooth. Add mixture back to broth with remaining potatoes.
Cook until potatoes are tender and cheese is melted (10-15 minutes) stirring occasionally.
Serve hot.
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aaahh yes, but chicory isn't a literal translation for coffee like okra is for gumbo.
please note that i don't want to get back into the okra argument....but i couldn't resist. :biggrin2:
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:
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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.
Thick, juicy, medium rare rib eye......no sauce of any kind.
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Bottle of red wine.
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Bottle of red wine.
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...
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.
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