I've had gumbo in New Orleans.. I've had it in Birminham, AL.. I've had folks from back home cook it.. I've ate it on a tugboat in NY prepared by the Tug captain who's first language was Cajun French and his second was English.. I've had it in Montgomery, AL made by a man from Lafayette...

The one thing I'll say is this.. No two people start, cook, or finish it the same.. No two gumbos taste exactly the same...

I'm not one to say who's was better or who's was worse either.. The tug captain's was by far the best..

(11-09-2021 11:37 AM)BirdofParadise Wrote:  Potato salad has become almost a "must" with gumbo. About 50/50 as far as "in the bowl" vs. "on the side."

Curve ball.

Egg salad.

It will change your life.

Gotta ask, mustard potato salad or mayo based potato salad?

(11-07-2021 10:20 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  If such threads are common in the SunBelt, then this fan will really love it here! Gumbo is great, and make it often. Etouffee is on another level. I recall the 1-AA playoffs at home v. Georgia Southern, and invited a few of their fans from the TalonTalk boards to our tailgate. Made a huge pot of Shrimp Etouffee and hopefully made those folks feel as welcomed as we were made a year earlier when the game was in Statesboro. Nice to be reuniting with some old rivals with shared history.

Ya'll dragging Tribal along again?

(11-09-2021 12:04 PM)CAJUNNATION Wrote:  

(11-09-2021 11:37 AM)BirdofParadise Wrote:  Potato salad has become almost a "must" with gumbo. About 50/50 as far as "in the bowl" vs. "on the side."

Curve ball.

Egg salad.

It will change your life.

Hmmmmm.

(11-09-2021 12:10 PM)sdcritter Wrote:  Gotta ask, mustard potato salad or mayo based potato salad?

Who doesn't add some mustard into the mayo base?

What is really different is I know some Avoyelles Parish Cajuns who never have gumbo without a sweet potato on the side.

(11-09-2021 11:07 AM)jstogasterisk Wrote:  Does anybody have any opinions on potato salad in there gumbo? I live with a cajun girl and had never heard of it until I started dating her. Now I won't eat my gumbo without it.

I usually cook up my sausage first, then chicken in the sausage grease, then add a little oil to that plus my flower to make my roux. Onions, celery, bell pepper, tons of garlic go in with a few bay leaves. Add some chicken stock (homemade preferred) then let it roll.

Well let’s be a little clear: I, like a lot of folks, like my potato salad on the side. I will add dollops into the gumbo a bit at a time. You don’t want it dissolve too much lol, but when it gets just right….ca c’est bon, yeah! So it’s not like people dump a whole side of the potato salad into the bowl at once. Least I’ve never seen that and I’ve been around a LOT of gumbo eating.

(11-09-2021 02:31 PM)FrankyP Wrote:  

(11-09-2021 11:07 AM)jstogasterisk Wrote:  Does anybody have any opinions on potato salad in there gumbo? I live with a cajun girl and had never heard of it until I started dating her. Now I won't eat my gumbo without it.

I usually cook up my sausage first, then chicken in the sausage grease, then add a little oil to that plus my flower to make my roux. Onions, celery, bell pepper, tons of garlic go in with a few bay leaves. Add some chicken stock (homemade preferred) then let it roll.

Well let’s be a little clear: I, like a lot of folks, like my potato salad on the side. I will add dollops into the gumbo a bit at a time. You don’t want it dissolve too much lol, but when it gets just right….ca c’est bon, yeah! So it’s not like people dump a whole side of the potato salad into the bowl at once. Least I’ve never seen that and I’ve been around a LOT of gumbo eating.

This is the way.

(11-09-2021 12:10 PM)sdcritter Wrote:  Gotta ask, mustard potato salad or mayo based potato salad?

Mustard, clumpy and ON THE SIDE!!!

Campbell's Chunky chicken sausage gumbo.

(11-09-2021 08:14 PM)GreatAppSt Wrote:  Campbell's Chunky chicken sausage gumbo.

Kindly leave.

I gotta say the potato salad threw me for a curveball.

(11-09-2021 08:21 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  I gotta say the potato salad threw me for a curveball.

Depends on my mood if I put potato salad in my bowl or off to the side, but a slice of french bread is a must for me. Dunk that beautiful bastard into that gumbo juice, oh my lord.

I did this. Baked my own bread with rosemary from the herb garden. Sliced a piece and toasted it in a skillet with butter. Dunking that in those juices was pretty damned heavenly. I do the same when I make fish stew.

(11-09-2021 08:24 PM)Complacent Cajun Wrote:  

(11-09-2021 08:21 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  I gotta say the potato salad threw me for a curveball.

Depends on my mood if I put potato salad in my bowl or off to the side, but a slice of french bread is a must for me. Dunk that beautiful bastard into that gumbo juice, oh my lord.

I thought that was just common practice. Are there people that don't do that?

(11-05-2021 10:14 AM)sdcritter Wrote:  Well I'll be darned!

https://www.amazon.com/SAVOIES-Gluten-Fr...B075VFVRZY

Wife has gluten issues. Made a pot tonight. For being gluten free it was rather good.

I’ve used Cup4cup to make roux and rice flour to make it. This is far better.