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Corn in gumbo???
Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:30 pm
I have several fresh ears of corn and lots of fresh okra. I have put okra in several times but was thinking of putting corn in my chicken and sausage gumbo. Any body ever tried it? Will I be banished if I do it like the pastalaya guys are?
Thoughts? Experiences?
Thoughts? Experiences?
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Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:32 pm to lsaltee
Not traditional, but why not, especially if you have some fresh from the garden.
Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:35 pm to CaliforniaTiger
Its for a small cook off so I just want to make sure it won't ruin it. And do I pre boil it or put it in raw?
Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:41 pm to lsaltee
I honestly see nothing wrong in principle. Perhaps in tradition, but think about this for a minute. If we were living back in the 1800's and there was fresh corn readily available in acadiana, and all these poor people were putting what they had in the pot, do you not think corn would go in there as well? Now, let's come back to modern day and corn had always been readily available to people in Acadiana, how much you want to bet it would be a sin NOT to put corn in a good chicken gumbo?
Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:46 pm to lsaltee
As much as I love good fresh corn and gumbo, I wouldn't want it together. The textures of the rice together with the corn would bother me. I don't like corn and rice together. Also, it's too much starch for the gumbo in my opinion.
The other thing is that it would be such a waste of good fresh corn to bury it in the strong flavor of gumbo. It would ruin the corn.
The other thing is that it would be such a waste of good fresh corn to bury it in the strong flavor of gumbo. It would ruin the corn.
Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:51 pm to Gris Gris
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As much as I love good fresh corn and gumbo, I wouldn't want it together.
At first I thought the same. But, a crawfish and corn gumbo sans any rice has me thinking that might work.
Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:52 pm to Gris Gris
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As much as I love good fresh corn and gumbo, I wouldn't want it together. The textures of the rice together with the corn would bother me. I don't like corn and rice together. Also, it's too much starch for the gumbo in my opinion.
The other thing is that it would be such a waste of good fresh corn to bury it in the strong flavor of gumbo. It would ruin the corn.
Good points, and of course it's personal taste and non traditional, but I've had yellow corn in chicken stew with a dark roux and it wasn't bad.
Posted on 7/20/12 at 6:58 pm to Mike da Tigah
So I could use the cooked corn for rice...
Hmmm
Hmmm
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:06 pm to lsaltee
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So I could use the cooked corn for rice...
I'd say put in the raw corn when the gumbo is ready and turn off the heat. No reason to overcook the corn.
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:13 pm to glassman
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But, a crawfish and corn gumbo sans any rice has me thinking that might work.
Not me. Sounds awful. Corn in a white bisque with crawfish, yes. In gumbo, no.
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:15 pm to glassman
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At first I thought the same. But, a crawfish and corn gumbo sans any rice has me thinking that might work.
I'm not sure it would really taste like gumbo but it would be tasty
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:23 pm to lsaltee
Put me in with the "would be terrible" crowd.
Now, a nice crab and corn or crawfish and corn bisque? Yes, please.
EDIT: I've got it. Forget everything else. It's fresh corn, so you can scrape the milk off the cob. Cook a maque choux with it, and toss some crawfish or shrimp in right at the end.
Now, a nice crab and corn or crawfish and corn bisque? Yes, please.
EDIT: I've got it. Forget everything else. It's fresh corn, so you can scrape the milk off the cob. Cook a maque choux with it, and toss some crawfish or shrimp in right at the end.
This post was edited on 7/20/12 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:33 pm to Gris Gris
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Not me. Sounds awful. Corn in a white bisque with crawfish, yes. In gumbo, no.
Never know until you try it. Take off the blinders. Food traditions are made to pushed.
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:41 pm to lsaltee
In the frozen food section of the grocery stoe they sell a gumbo mix that has okra and corn. I've never used it but they sell it. So somebody somewhere is corning up their gumbo.
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This post was edited on 7/20/12 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:43 pm to glassman
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Never know until you try it. Take off the blinders. Food traditions are made to pushed.
Glass, I'm not interested. The texture of corn mixed with rice grosses me out. I don't like corn mixed with much, other than veggie soup or in it's own casserole.Maque choux is as far as I go. Had it in chili once. Didn't like it in that at all. Succotash really bothers me. I will not eat it. I think a dark roux on good fresh corn would be an obliteration of the point of eating good fresh corn. Corn has a delicate flavor. Why bury it in heavy flavors?
This post was edited on 7/20/12 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:44 pm to Gris Gris
GG, pour up another gin and all will be fine.... 
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:45 pm to Gris Gris
GG, pour up another gin and all will be fine....
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:45 pm to OTIS2
I haven't had one yet. That might be the problem.
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:45 pm to OTIS2
So good I said it twice. 
Posted on 7/20/12 at 7:49 pm to OTIS2
Yeah...it wasn't that good, Otis. You must be well into the cocktail hours.
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