Saturday, December 7, 2013

Gumbo Roots

I've made two other gumbos since the last post.  One was an all-seafood gumbo which came out well.  The second was a chicken and sausage.  One thing I learned from the seafood gumbo recipe was that if it doesn't have okra that it's not gumbo.  That is because okra in Senegalese is ngumbo, and so okra is a requirement.  I'm OK with that.  I've grown to like it. 

My daughter found this recipe  (http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/senegalese-style-seafood-gumbo) in which the author found the roots of gumbo.  No roux in this one.  This uses something called palm oil, which is a brilliant red color.  It's also all seafood.  I liked it a lot although my taster was less enthusiastic.  It didn't stop here from eating her fill however.

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