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Sour gumbo question
Posted on 12/1/20 at 9:32 am
Posted on 12/1/20 at 9:32 am
Hearing that putting lid on hot cooked gumbo causes it to sour? Is this true?
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Posted on 12/1/20 at 9:33 am to bengaltigersfan
no.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 9:35 am to bengaltigersfan
quote:I think the lid prevents the tomatoes from properly bonding with the peanut butter.
Hearing that putting lid on hot cooked gumbo causes it to sour? Is this true?
Posted on 12/1/20 at 9:39 am to bengaltigersfan
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Hearing that putting lid on hot cooked gumbo causes it to sour? Is this true?
....what?
Posted on 12/1/20 at 9:49 am to bengaltigersfan
I think maybe what you are referring to is putting a hot pot of gumbo in the fridge with the lid on. That could potentially cause it to sour as it will take longer to get down to a safe temperature. I see no way possible for a lid to sour cooking gumbo unless a large amount of lemon juice was added prior to lidding...
This post was edited on 12/1/20 at 9:51 am
Posted on 12/1/20 at 9:53 am to bengaltigersfan
I think you are kind of confusing some things here.
A gumbo will taste sour if it spoils.
This will cause a huge fight but I will start anyway.
When I finish cooking my gumbo to serve the next day I transfer it from the big pot to aluminum pans and refrigerate allowing it to cool quickly and preventing it from spoiling.
Some people just throw the pot in the fridge, lid on, etc and sometimes it does not cool in the appropriate amount of time and will possibly spoil.
Foam in the pot after taking out the fridge is a good sign that it is/was spoiling.
A gumbo will taste sour if it spoils.
This will cause a huge fight but I will start anyway.
When I finish cooking my gumbo to serve the next day I transfer it from the big pot to aluminum pans and refrigerate allowing it to cool quickly and preventing it from spoiling.
Some people just throw the pot in the fridge, lid on, etc and sometimes it does not cool in the appropriate amount of time and will possibly spoil.
Foam in the pot after taking out the fridge is a good sign that it is/was spoiling.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:05 am to bengaltigersfan
I'm guessing this idea is likely not a cooking issue, but a cooling issue. Gumbo does fine being kept warm on a stove with the lid on for long periods of time. But when it comes time to cool down and store, don't want it lingering in the danger zone for too long, so take the lid off or transfer.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:05 am to bengaltigersfan
I had never heard of this but a coworker told me about it. He is adamant this is true so I decided to post question here to see if he was an idiot or not. Sounds like he may be an idiot.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:09 am to bengaltigersfan
Sounds like someone is confusing gumbo with crawfish.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:10 am to SmokedBrisket2018
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Foam in the pot after taking out the fridge is a good sign that it is/was spoiling.
Went to a pot-luck dinner one night and one of the people brought a pot of turkey neck stew----which I love.
When he walked in with the pot and passed me I could smell what could best be described as a well used outhouse.
When he opened the pot, the odor only got worse and EVERYBODY said they weren't eating that. Well, he got peeved and showed us by eating 2 bowls worth. Before the night was done he was crapping and puking at the same time.
Come to find out, he cooked it late at night in an aluminum pot and when it was done he put the lid on it and left it on the stove until morning before putting it in the fridge, still in the pot. It had soured something fierce.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:11 am to SmokedBrisket2018
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Some people just throw the pot in the fridge, lid on, etc and sometimes it does not cool in the appropriate amount of time and will possibly spoil.
A big pot of hot gumbo in the fridge gives potential for spoiled milk and other issues from heating the fridge.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:20 am to Twenty 49
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A big pot of hot gumbo in the fridge gives potential for spoiled milk and other issues from heating the fridge
I just cooked 3 gallons of gumbo a couple days ago and my thing is when it's done, I'll put the lid on the pot off-center with a gap to let some of the heat escape.
When cool enough for me to touch the pot and keep my hand on it I'll transfer the contents to food safe containers and then refrigerate to cool it completely. I've never had food spoil and never warmed my fridge up enough to make anything in there spoil too.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:22 am to gumbo2176
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When he walked in with the pot and passed me I could smell what could best be described as a well used outhouse.
while not exactly the same story i made one of the best pots of gumbo of my life this weekend and we had a couple people over for bourbon and dinner. everyone but me had eaten some so there maybe 1/4 pot left and i was very much looking forward to it.
at some point the wife decided to take a box of beef broth out of the fridge and DUMP IT ALL into the gumbo "to make more out of what was left". i walked by later on and opened the pot to stir it and it looked like what can best be described as a public restroom in new orleans during mardi gras. the chicken & sausage were floating around like turds in diahrea water.
needless to say i lost my shite (too many bourbons) and nearly ruined the party until i managed to calm down by taking a few laps around the house moving firewood around.
tl;dr cad has lost control of his wife and has gumbo blue balls
This post was edited on 12/1/20 at 10:23 am
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:22 am to bengaltigersfan
Could this be from storing it in the fridge after cooking? If you put hot food in a fridge, with lid on, your food can possibly remain in the "bad temp zone" for too long, that is, it does not cool fast enough. Always crack the lid on warm food put in the fridge, and cover once food reaches the optimal temp for storage.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 10:30 am to CAD703X
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needless to say i lost my shite (too many bourbons) and nearly ruined the party
I do all the cooking at our house since I'm retired and my wife still works. I've been told by many that I'm a damn good cook and I do take pride in what I make, but don't tolerate people messing with my pot of food.
Don't think it needs salt and add it to the pot, or it's too thick and do what your wife did. I'll jump someone's shite in a heartbeat for messing with my food.
Of course I'm sure the Bourbon didn't help in your response.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 11:12 am to bengaltigersfan
My grandma on my dad’s side would put her gumbo to cool on the back porch at night when it was cold out, only if it had oysters in it. No oysters, it would cool inside.
Don’t know why but she did that as long as I can remember.
Don’t know why but she did that as long as I can remember.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 11:30 am to Nicky Parrish
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My grandma on my dad’s side would put her gumbo to cool on the back porch at night when it was cold out,
My late father-in-law would do the same thing. I can't tell you how many dishes of food were left on his screened in deck on a table out in the country over the Thanksgiving gathering.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 12:37 pm to CAD703X
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I think the lid prevents the tomatoes from properly bonding with the peanut butter.
This will only happen if you skip the microwave and ketchup steps (IN THAT ORDER).
Posted on 12/1/20 at 12:46 pm to bengaltigersfan
The frick
Posted on 12/1/20 at 1:35 pm to bengaltigersfan
Just had a gumbo spoil due to keeping lid on warm gumbo. Wife was pissed.
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