re: Boiled egg in the shell in gumbo

I've only recently started hearing about boiled eggs in gumbo...shelled or not. When did this start?

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Catholics did not eat meat on Fridays util about the 60s.

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Yep. In 66 the doctrine was changed to allow meat eating on Fridays except for during Lent or other Holy Days of Obligation that fell on Fridays.

Meat had become such a big part of the American diet that the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops decided to rescind that rule.


When I was a kid, every Friday was some form of seafood for our meals. I was born in 52 so that's a lot of Friday meals of fish, shrimp, crabs, oysters over the years.