"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 8/8/2014 2:21 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> The only gumbo I ever ate was the kind that Campbell's soup made which
>> I'm sure is nothing at all like real gumbo. I have made the real stuff
>> and other Cajun cuisine. I thought husband would like it since he lived
>> in LA and was raving about how good the food was there. But I think the
>> problem was that I bought not only a cookbook by Chef Paul Prudhomme but
>> also his seasonings. I don't normally cook with seasoning blends like
>> that and nothing I made was liked. I didn't even try the stuff because
>> it smelled vile to me.
>
> His cookbooks are just fine. But true Cajun or Creole cooking isn't done
> with seasoning blends. If you'd actually followed his recipe (which does
> not call for his seasoning blends) you might have... well, never mind.
> You wouldn't like gumbo.

The recipes did call for the seasoning blends which was the only reason I
bought them. I was very disappointed after I opened the book. I bought it
shrink wrapped at the drugstore on clearance. Also the seasoning blends
were on clearance around the same time. Obviously not hot sellers