What makes a gumbo and gumbo and not a stew?!


Question: What makes a gumbo and gumbo and not a stew!?
Just wondering what the defining ingredient or method is to declare something a gumbo!. I make a seafood stew that everyone calls a gumbo but I call it a stew!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Gumbo is the name of one recipe!.!.!.the stuff that has okra in it!.!.!.!. :P It varies from family to family and restaraunt to restaraunt but you will find a few key ingredients in every variation that makes it gumbo and not "just a" stew!.

Gumbo is a stew, but stews aren't gumbo!.!.!.

btw, it's not the roux that makes it gumbo because roux is used in a ton of stews, plain old beef stew for one!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Its the technique of making the rioux, (gravy) by browning flour in butter, sort of like "roasting" the mix until it becomes a rich brown color!. Liquid is added slowly, to form a rioux, which is the basis of the gravy in the gumbo!. Okra adds extra thickness to it as well!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

While a good roux is important to proper gumbo, the one defining ingredient is gumbo file (i!.e!., ground sassafras)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The ingredient okra is what makes it gumbo!. Tomatoes are added along with other vegetables and meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

unfortunately the definitive is okra yuck! that's what thickens the gumboWww@FoodAQ@Com

The secret is in the roux!. Shh!.!.!.don't tell anyone 'cause they'll be doing it as Emeril would say!. Or maybe it's the andouie sausage!Www@FoodAQ@Com

The roux is what makes it gumbo!. It's a special type of gravy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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