re: Gumbo filé - Yay or Nay?

No offense, but I don't have any tomatoes in my gumbo and neither did my dad, who taught me.

1 (5-pound) stewing hen
1 pound smoked sausage
1 cup oil
1½ cups flour
2 cups diced onions
2 cups diced celery
1 cup diced bell peppers
¼ cup minced garlic
3 quarts chicken stock
24 button mushrooms
2 cups sliced green onions
1 bay leaf
sprig of thyme
1 tbsp chopped basil
salt and cracked black pepper to taste
Louisiana hot sauce to taste
½ cup chopped parsley
steamed white rice

Been googling, and creole v cajun gumbo isn't popping up. I think the initial poster of that divide was confused, or being sarcastic. May be an OT poster.

Haha well then jokes on me

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Liz's 24 button mushrooms gets a pass?

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Don't forget about tyme and basil. Must be a gumbo recipe by Disney.

I use it in shrimp or seafood gumbo by sprinkling atop my bowl. Same with turkey gumbo sometimes. I rarely, if ever, use it in chicken and sausage gumbo.

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I use it in shrimp or seafood gumbo by sprinkling atop my bowl. Same with turkey gumbo sometimes. I rarely, if ever, use it in chicken and sausage gumbo.

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My personal rule is use when no okra. I find it's too much when okra is involved.

I only use okra in my seafood gumbo, so I never use file in that. Chicken and sausage or Turkey/sausage gumbos always have it when I cook those. I put about 1 tbs in after the cook is complete (large pot... as others say, a little goes a long way). If I were cooking a standard pot, then maybe 1-2 tsp

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My wife's gumbo has no roux and no file' and all of her vegetables are whirled in the food processor. Thinner than mine but I don't pass it up either.

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So it's a soup? My mom's is the same way.

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She's probably cuter than you.

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She is by default.

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So it's a soup? My mom's is the same way.

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Pretty much. A soup served over rice with potato salad on the side. Her potato salad is mushy too. Mine is cubed potatos.