Mary's Seafood Gumbo

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Mary's Seafood Gumbo

Recipe By :=20
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Game Gumbos & Stews

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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5 Pounds Okra
1 Can Tomatoes (no. 2) or 1 lb.
2 Onions, large -- chopped
5 Pounds Shrimp -- cleaned
1 Can Frozen crabmeat
6 Crabs (or more as desired)
Salt & pepper to taste
Red hot pepper sauce
Oil or shortening
Garlic, bay leaf -- thyme>>>
3 Fresh tomatoes or
As desired (optional)

Use large aluminum pot, NOT IRON. Wash, stem and cut okra into 1/2" pcs.
Season with salt & pepper. Smother okra in as little oil as possible. When
almost done, add onion. Cook onion until tender, add tomatoes. Let simmer,
add remaining ingredients and simmer until done.

If there is a favorite vegetable of the South, it is surely okra. Gumbo
gets its name from the Choctaw Indian word 'Kombo' for any thick soup made
with okra.

bill.spalding@jbs.com

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