re: Coach O let’s you know which gumbo is his favorite

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tomatoes

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We had sometimes put a few tomatoes cooked down in the gumbo and it was good. Never understood why some hated the tomato word associated with gumbo...

Then last week at Middendorfs Slidell, I asked for the gumbo and they warned me it was "tomato gumbo". I tried it and it was like a tomato soup with onions and seafood. No roux base, no okra; just awful. Like a mater/onion soup. So now I understand the objection to the tomatoes.

But still, a good dark roux, with the trinity; and almost anything taste good in there...