re: Does it matter what fat you use to make roux?

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Where do you get your duck fat? online or local grocer?

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kroger around here has it for like $8 but you get 1 1/2 cups out of it so 3 gumbos from 2 bottles makes it more like $5.33 per gumbo pot.

also butcher shops tend to carry it around town and its much cheaper from them. like $3-$4 for a cup.

like gris gris i like to 'sample' the roux-dough while i'm integrating it with the stock and when you taste a roux-covered onion prior to adding it you can DEFINITELY tell the difference in oils.

eta and maybe its my imagination but duck fat roux seems to get darker much faster.