re: Another Seafood Gumbo Failure

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12 cups is 3/4 gallon, right? so, 5-6 lbs of shrimp?

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There's no reason that amount of shrimp shells and heads wouldn't work for you to make a tasty stock.

Use the amount of shrimp you think that would make a good gumbo and freeze the rest for later use.

Also, like others have mentioned, I never make a seafood gumbo without adding "gumbo crabs" to the pot. When I buy live crabs I'll cull the smaller ones and clean them to freeze and use that to get the flavors going in my seafood gumbo.