Ever Make Gumbo Without Rue?

dafrickisarue?

I've browned the flour in the oven and made it without oil. Tastes OK but I like it better with oil (I still brown thew flour in the oven).

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and gumbo without roux is called soup

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this is the correct response.

you mama was from alabama and didn't know how to make a ROUX.

No gumbo police enforcing gumbo laws, at least that I know of. But, as stated many times on this board, Bozo's has an excellent roux-less gumbo.

However, we do have grammar/spelling police, 'rue' means street in French, to regret in English. Roux is a fat & flour mixture.

yeah, but when was the last time you tried making gumbo with pavement as an ingredient?

Okay, I'll take my medicine. Roux. I knew I was spelling it wrong when I wrote it. I thought, "That's how you spell street in French" because of the street signs in the French Quarter. Total brain freeze. Sorry.

I'm actually 5th generation native of New Orleans and it is clear I've lived in Alabama too long.

I asked my mother last night how could you make a gumbo without ROUX and she said that my Mamaw used a lot of okra. I remember it having the dark color and thickness of okra, but I haven't eaten it since I was a kid, so I'm a little skeptical myself. I remember it being good though. If I try it, I'll post the recipe.

How do you get a dark brown gumbo without a roux? Assuming no kitchen bouquet is used.

So who from outside of New Orleans taught you how to make it?

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So who from outside of New Orleans taught you how to make it?

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Myself. No tomatoes. I wouldn't ever do that.