zxcvbob wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:

>>
>> This one to be exact:
>>
>> http://recipes.egullet.org/recipes/r772.html
>>
> [snip]
>
> There's no okra in that recipe! You *can* leave it out, I guess, but
> then the filé powder is *not* optional.

Sorry. I should have mentioned that I actually did add okra which is
usually available here, because I've never seen filé powder sold in
the local stupidmarkets where I shop.

> You have to have one or the
> other. (don't add both, but you can still have a bottle of filé on the
> table, along with the S&P and Tabasco sauce.)

Quite so. Chris and a few other r.f.c.-ers told me that too.

>
> Here's my recipe. I don't really follow the recipe, but I look at it
> occasionally when I make gumbo so I don't forget anything:
>
> Bob's Turkey Gumbo
> (adapted from a recipe in _Chile Pepper_ magazine)

<snipped for space>

Thanks again Bob. Gonna try this one too.
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy