Nancy Young wrote:
> "dtwright37" > wrote
>
>> BTW, I haven't read in this thread (though I may have missed it) that
>> anyone else has pointed out that the word "gumbo" means "okra" in one
>> or more African languages. The seeds came over on the slave ships.
>
> Obviously I heard about that at some point, because somewhere
> in my head was that there was an inalienable link between
> okra and gumbo.
>
> Thanks for the info, I have bought frozen okra and the recipe does
> call for it to be browned with the other things you mentioned (except
> it doesn't call for bell pepper!) and added to the roux.
>
> nancy

Thanks for that, Nancy. I was just going to toss it in. Okay. I got
frozen okra, too. I'll defrost it tomorrow night.

kili