Andy wrote:
>
> Incredible co-incidence! I defrosted two cups of gumbo for lunch! Couldn't
> find the file powder, dammit, but it tasted just as good as the day I made
> it!
>
> Politically correct folk would insist that gumbo is okra in an African
> language and without okra it's not gumbo. Oh well, someday I'll make


I tired okra (frozen) for the first time about 30 years ago. I thought it
was pretty tasty, even if it was a little slimy. I didn't know it was
supposed to go into gumbo. I have had gumbo a few times since and enjoyed
the okra in it. It's just not very common around here. I can't recall
ever seeing it fresh in the supermarket.