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Chicken and okra both in a gumbo?
Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:12 am
Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:12 am
I usually put okra in my chicken and andouille gumbo. This guy at work from Louisiana is trying to tell me no true cajun would put okra and chicken together and that okra is only for shrimp gumbo.
What other silly superstitions have you heard similar to this?
What other silly superstitions have you heard similar to this?
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Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:15 am to Powerman
shrimp and okra is a staple, but I grew up on chicken and okra gumbo. I lived in Breaux Bridge and Maurice Louisiana my whole life (actually in the country outside of both places). I know Cajun, and chicken and okra is as Cajun as they come.
Perhaps he comes from a creole background, though.
Perhaps he comes from a creole background, though.
This post was edited on 8/26/17 at 7:50 am
Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:16 am to Powerman
I bet he put tomatoes in his gumbo, too
Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:48 am to Powerman
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This guy at work from Louisiana is trying to tell me no true cajun would put okra and chicken together and that okra is only for shrimp gumbo.
Where in Louisiana is he from?
Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:50 am to Powerman
Yes for me. I like okra and chicken both.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:09 am to CoachChappy
I want to say the raceland area.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:17 am to Powerman
yes, yes, yes
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:24 am to Powerman
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guy at work from Louisiana is trying to tell me no true cajun would put okra and chicken togethe
Are you cajun? If not you can do whatever the hell you want!
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:32 am to t00f
If you claim to be Cajun, you can do whatever the hell you want, too...just somebody across da bayou or parish line will say you are crazy.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:40 am to Powerman
Well, we all already know my preference, but I don't think there's a rule. I think in different areas of South LA, you'll find different customs.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:45 am to OTIS2
quote:Dat too Otis
If you claim to be Cajun, you can do whatever the hell you want, too..
Posted on 8/23/17 at 11:07 am to Powerman
The only proper preparation of okra:
In my part of the world, there are three types of gumbo that are differentiated by the main ingredient. They're all roux based, but with varying darknesses. Chicken and sausage gumbo is the best and is proof that the universe loves us and wants us to be happy. Seafood gumbo, which is pretty good but can't hold a candle to its yardbird cousin, is further proof that the universe loves us and wants us to enjoy the delicious bounty of the sea.
Then there's okra gumbo, which is proof that the universe is an ugly and terrible place hellbent on destroying everything good in our short pain-filled lives.
The three gumbos are NEVER mixed where I'm from. So, no okra and shrimp or okra and chicken. It's just the way that it's done. As others have said, though, if you go two parishes over those heathens are going to be doing it all wrong.
In my part of the world, there are three types of gumbo that are differentiated by the main ingredient. They're all roux based, but with varying darknesses. Chicken and sausage gumbo is the best and is proof that the universe loves us and wants us to be happy. Seafood gumbo, which is pretty good but can't hold a candle to its yardbird cousin, is further proof that the universe loves us and wants us to enjoy the delicious bounty of the sea.
Then there's okra gumbo, which is proof that the universe is an ugly and terrible place hellbent on destroying everything good in our short pain-filled lives.
The three gumbos are NEVER mixed where I'm from. So, no okra and shrimp or okra and chicken. It's just the way that it's done. As others have said, though, if you go two parishes over those heathens are going to be doing it all wrong.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 11:16 am to Powerman
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no true cajun
Is that like a true LSU fan on the tRant?
I was always told the word gumbo mean okra in African.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 11:20 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Then there's okra gumbo, which is proof that the universe is an ugly and terrible place hellbent on destroying everything good in our short pain-filled lives.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 11:24 am to Powerman
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I want to say the raceland area.
Don't know what he's talking about. I'm from Raceland and we always had fresh okra in our gumbo.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:19 pm to CoachChappy
I don';t speak African. It's what you prefer!!
Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:48 pm to Powerman
In before FDB Civil War erupts:
IMO, it is your gumbo and can have whatever you want in it.
That includes light roux, dark roux, peanut butter in your roux, chicken, sausage, shrimp, turkey, oysters, redfish, green trout, turtle, crawfish, nutria, possum, onions, celery, peppers, tomatoes, ground sassafras leaves, eggs, rice, potato salad, quinoa, turnip greens, mustard greens, collards, poke salad, whatever.
A final thought - Very few folks are "True Cajuns", since there was almost always likely a protestant from Lake Charles or Monroe in the woodpile and not nearly as many as you think have actually paddled a pirogue down the Bayou to the accompaniment of a button accordion singing Jolie Blonde in a strong French accent.
I was going to say something about webbed toes, but that is simply not true, also in bad-bad taste.
IMO, it is your gumbo and can have whatever you want in it.
That includes light roux, dark roux, peanut butter in your roux, chicken, sausage, shrimp, turkey, oysters, redfish, green trout, turtle, crawfish, nutria, possum, onions, celery, peppers, tomatoes, ground sassafras leaves, eggs, rice, potato salad, quinoa, turnip greens, mustard greens, collards, poke salad, whatever.
A final thought - Very few folks are "True Cajuns", since there was almost always likely a protestant from Lake Charles or Monroe in the woodpile and not nearly as many as you think have actually paddled a pirogue down the Bayou to the accompaniment of a button accordion singing Jolie Blonde in a strong French accent.
I was going to say something about webbed toes, but that is simply not true, also in bad-bad taste.
This post was edited on 8/23/17 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 8/23/17 at 5:50 pm to Powerman
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tell me no true cajun
Why do people say this like its a bad thing? Cajun cooking does a few things really well, but its not like the cajun way is always the best.
This post was edited on 8/23/17 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:51 pm to Powerman
Hen & sausage gumbo with smothered okra in it is a staple in Cajun country. Drop some eggs in dat & you have the best gumbo combination known to man.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:53 pm to CoachChappy
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I was always told the word gumbo mean okra in African.
I was literally taught this in middle school.
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