re: Your favorite gumbo ingredients?

Oysters, they go well in seafood and chicken gumbo, they add a richness and flavor you can't get from anything else. If someone doesn't like oysters they are a tasteless cretin who doesn't deserve good gumbo, so to hell with them.

The old Roussell's on Airine Hwy in Laplace had the best chicken, andouille and oyster gumbo ever, I miss that place every time I drive through Laplace.