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re: Go to gumbo besides chicken and sausage?

Posted on 11/15/19 at 8:51 am to
Posted by lsu2006
BR
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Posted on 11/15/19 at 8:51 am to
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smoked turkey gumbo.


Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11809 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 9:47 am to
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1. Poultry 2. Seafood. The only gumbo that strays from those categories is Gumbo Z'herbes.


Disagree. Adding okra to chicken and sausage gumbo or seafood gumbo changes the dish completely. While chicken or seafood is the protein, the texture, flavor and composition of the dish is completely different.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32733 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 10:00 am to
My uncle cooked a goose gumbo when I was a kid, that was good stuff.
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11809 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 10:23 am to
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oose gumbo


Goose and guinea are both very good. They make a very rich gumbo.
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
70065 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 11:44 am to
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While chicken or seafood is the protein, the texture, flavor and composition of the dish is completely different.




I agree. To me a seafood gumbo and chicken/sausage is almost a totally different dish.
Posted by GusMcRae
Deep in the heart...
Member since Oct 2008
3244 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 4:14 pm to
Turkey neck and andouille was my mother's specialty. You'd be surprised how much meat is on a big turkey neck.

Nobody has mentioned rabbit and sausage. I made a huge one for our big extended family Xmas gathering last year... like 6 rabbits and 10# of andouille. You can use domesticated rabbit, available at most big chain markets and/or specialty markets.
Posted by LSUEnvy
Hou via Lake Chas
Member since May 2011
12106 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 5:48 pm to
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grandmother would cook all the ones I gave her in a dark brown gravy and we ate it over mashed potatoes

Yes sir and rabbit is good that way too or a creole mustard sauce. I love shrimp and sausage gumbo but to many on here that’s a no no to mix land and sea.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48861 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 6:20 pm to
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Yes sir and rabbit is good that way too or a creole mustard sauce. I love shrimp and sausage gumbo but to many on here that’s a no no to mix land and sea.



Give me the creole mustard sauce.
Posted by Good Times
Hill top in Tn
Member since Nov 2007
23513 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 7:38 pm to
Creole Mustard Sauce? Please share.
Posted by LSUEnvy
Hou via Lake Chas
Member since May 2011
12106 posts
Posted on 11/15/19 at 11:21 pm to
Substitute rabbit and I’ll use heavy cream in lieu of sour cream but try both ways and see what you like.
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Posted by jaydoubleyew
Downtown
Member since Oct 2011
726 posts
Posted on 11/16/19 at 7:15 am to
Honestly my favorite gumbo has shrimp, chicken, okra, and sausage. Screw the rules if it tastes good.
Posted by Big James
Harahan, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2018
191 posts
Posted on 11/16/19 at 6:56 pm to
jaydoubleyew......I call this "everything but the kitchen sink" gumbo.... when prepared properly it can be very good.
This post was edited on 11/16/19 at 6:57 pm
Posted by ruzil
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2012
16949 posts
Posted on 11/17/19 at 1:52 pm to
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Red bean gumbo


Recipe please.
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
38778 posts
Posted on 11/17/19 at 2:07 pm to
Shrimp & okra gumbo and I like to add small pieces of catfish (1 inch chunks that break apart when cooked so very small). No need to add oyster and crab. I only do that for Christmas gumbo.
This post was edited on 11/17/19 at 3:16 pm
Posted by LSUaFOOL
Jackson, La
Member since Jan 2008
1864 posts
Posted on 11/17/19 at 3:14 pm to
I make a turnip gumbo with smoked sausage. Just a roux, turnip root, and normally use homemade deer sausage.
Posted by secondandshort
Member since Jan 2014
1028 posts
Posted on 11/17/19 at 7:23 pm to
Can you mix turkey in with a chicken and sausage gumbo or would the flavors/texture get weird?
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
8465 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 5:52 am to
Poule deau (Coots)
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15252 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 8:24 am to
I was at my late father-in-laws house up in Mansura many years ago and had fried 4 turkeys for the Thanksgiving meal and the ladies fixed several casseroles and side dishes to go with it.

Thursday night I put the carcasses in a huge pot with onion, carrot, celery, bay leaves, garlic and a slew of dry and wet seasonings and let that cook for over 12 hours simmering on his stove.

Next morning I started my big pot of gumbo to feed 30 people and used some leftover turkey, tasso, andouille, 3 ducks a neighbor gave us from a hunt and about one third sack of oysters (when oysters were sold by the 100 lb. sack), so about 6-7 dozen of them along with the oyster liquor.

My brother-in-law still talks about that gumbo every Thanksgiving when he's here for my big party.

I wound up making 4 gallons of gumbo and it was eaten that day along with fried turkey sandwiches and enough desserts to give the whole bunch diabetes.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69197 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 8:35 am to
Creole seafood gumbo, sans tomatoes
Posted by ErikGordan
Member since Oct 2016
866 posts
Posted on 11/18/19 at 8:49 am to
Creole gumbo like the one served Al Lol Dizzy's. They use veal bone-in stew bone which gives richness to the broth.
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