Paging Stadium Rat

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I know you had a beta version cooking for the gumbo calculator, you ever make any headway with that?

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Not really. I'll have to make some decisions about how to proceed. The thing is, there are so many different gumbos, and so many different methods, I know I'd just be setting myself up for loads of criticism and corrections.

I'm no expert on gumbo, but I have been taking some notes on all the different discussions on here. For example, until recently, I never knew there was such a thing as "Chauvin Gumbo".

Gotcha, I was looking at it from a pot size/servings perspective, but I can see the pit falls.

What if you had different tabs for different "thickeners?" ... roux,okra,file ... or in the case of a Chauvin style gumbo, or a Gumbo Z'herbes, none? ...

would it be possible to have it set up that it could adjust to more than one thickener? Such as okra & file ... roux and okra ... roux and file ... there are only so many combination of thickeners or lack thereof ..

Roux
Okra
File
No Thickener
Roux & Okra
Roux & File
Okra & File
Roux, Okra, & File

Once you have your stock-thickener ratio set, could you then just run with the seasonong and ingredient variables, and the subsequent yield/pot size/serving results?

You have stumbled upon the problem with a gumbo calculator (GC)

I would say the GC needs to be as basic as possible. Like the jamabaya calculator (JC), the GC needs to be made for people who do not know how to make gumbo. I use the JC all the time as a means of a shopping list depending on my group size, but know how to make jambalaya. Also, I don't follow the instructions verbatim although I did once to see how it would turn out.

Individual chefs can experiment with the GC as they wish, but at its core the GC should be clear directions for a basic gumbo.

It's all on you, Mr. Rat.

I think we can help with the brainstorming and logic,but i'm no where near as proficient with Excel and spreadsheets as you are.

I think this thread's been anchored where we can't bump it up ... likely because the title of the thread is "paging Stadium Rat" ... they frown on doing that.