re: Treedawg's Chicken & Sausage Gumbo

This is a great Recipe for all that leftover Turkey (including bones and scraps) from the holiday meals..........

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roux + trinity = possibly the best smell ever.

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agreed, but the smell produced when Lea & Perrins is added to a Roux does rival it............

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Mine is da Vermilion Parish. Not so much trinity in gumbo there, just onions! Sorry

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Not that un-common, I have a couple buddies who are the same way. They say the old family recipes never used it. Always made me wonder if Bell Pepper and Celery may have not been readily available way back when in certain areas............either way, whatever floats your boat!!

ETA: Dude, your Avatar cracks me up every time I see it..........

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They say the old family recipes never used it.

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now in my jambalaya i sometimes just use tons of onions and a TINY bit of celery...no bell pepeprs. It's how i saw my dad make it, so maybe that was the old way?

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They say the old family recipes never used it.

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My mother and grandmother in Abbeville always used just onions in most cajun dishes. Not sure why, but that's what they learned from their mother's and grandmothers.

Those who grew up in the trilogy mode probably say the same. Maybe it's a geographical thing?

I expect parish lines and availability molded different cooking styles and ingredients. Travel and availabilty have changed things.

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I expect parish lines and availability molded different cooking styles and ingredients. Travel and availabity have changed things.

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Culteral differences as well. NOLA cooking and Abbeville cooking in no way resemble one another!

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Culteral differences as well. NOLA cooking and Abbeville cooking in no way resemble one another!

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you should walk a mile in my Redneck shoes..................

Treedawg do you cook those okra down first? I cook mine seperate to eleminate the slime effect they give off. Then add to my gumbo.

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do you cook those okra down first?

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only when making Seafood Gumbo.......

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I cook mine seperate to eleminate the slime effect they give off.

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I have never had a huge problem with too much slime either way. I have eaten some Gumbo with WAY too much Okra..........even for me (I frickin love Okra), and the "Slime effect" was a bit much.