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Gumbo
by Corinne Breaux

    The best way to have Gumbo is probably to go to a friend’s weekend place which they might call “The Camp” way out in the country near the Atchafalaya Spillway Basin, accessible only by gravel road.  Go around Halloween night, or New Year's Eve when the friends are making a huge Gumbo and having a party followed by a bonfire.  If the friends know what they are doing, their Gumbo will look something like this:

              

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...and their bonfire will look like this:

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NOTE:  I have seen some recipes on the internet for "Kosher seafood gumbo" involving redfish.  As far as I know, there is no such thing as Kosher seafood gumbo.  Seafood gumbo contains shrimp, oysters and/or crab.  I have NEVER seen seafood gumbo featuring only chunks of fish.   It is possible to make an excellent Kosher gumbo using chicken and/or Kosher sausage, not chunks of fish.