"Jack Tyler" > wrote in message
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> Wayne Lundberg wrote:
> > Your note is inspiring me to get to New Orleans sometime soon. My mouth
> > watered at the thought of blending some of those wonderful Cajun
delights
> > with Mexican stuff!
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> > Wayne
> >
> You would have enjoyed dinner at my house last night, then. I have an
> old cast iron gumbo pot and use it frequently. Last night we had
> chicken and andouille sausage gumbo... nice dark roux... lots of okra,
> chicken thighs and greasy cajun sausage. I should have served it with
> tortillas.... but it was just white rice, chopped green onions and
> garlic French bread.
>
> Jack

Your note triggered off a memory of not long ago, the last time I made a
pork stew with a gravy that is made exactly as a nice dark roux... And white
rice is just right. Don't remember where I got the basics, but I've been
making a variation of it many times over the years.

Wayne

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