you say i'm obsessed like it's a bad thing...

[thesilia]

GUMBO GUMBO GUMBO!  because that is pretty much all i'm obsessed with.  i'm too mellow to freak out or obsess over anything less crucial to life than gumbo, really.  accordingly, i'm a complete and total waste of weed.  the only difference between a baked thesilia and a non-baked thesilia is that the baked thesilia keeps her eyelids closed

Comments

[childthursday]

Every time you post about gumbo, I find myself making gumbo within forty-eight hours. You have developed a genius plan for taking over the world.

I hate okra, in any form, bu I agree: it's not gumbo without it. I just pretend it's not there. LA LA LA. Blame my college making fried or boiled okra a staple of the Cafeteria Meal. Without any decent seasoning, too.

[thesilia]

hehe! it's my secret plan, so don't let it out.

yeah, okra overload is a darn shame, and i don't condone the abuse of okra by cooking it poorly. however, it's awesome, and essential, in a gumbo. :)

[agent_dani]

I particularly like the locations sidebar when I click the location link - a bunch of Starbucks locations and one Ikea store. "Corporate Mothership" is very appropriate.

[thesilia]

ROFLWAFFLE!

[kristenred]

So very weird that you would post this - for some reason I have been thinking about you and gumbo the last few days.

This was something that shocked me when I started reading gumbo recipes - I'd never *had* gumbo without okra before. I didn't know that you were allowed to omit it.

I was going to ask about butter and flour, but I'll wait. Until you aren't quite so frisky.

Hee.

[thesilia]

butter counts as oil. you have to cook the water out of it before it'll brown, but butter is fine for making roux. :)

if it weren't so blasted hot, i'd be making gumbo when i got home. i've had a hankerin' but the weather isn't cooperating. all i need at this point is a decent thundershower to blow through, i'll seize on the flimsiest excuse.

[acoupleloonies]

[pedantic]
I'm pretty sure you mean "gumbo without okra is like oatmeal without oats" and not the other way around. ;)
[/pedantic]

If you were to make a simile for "okra without gumbo..." for oatmeal, you end up condemning things like apple crisp and oatmeal cookies, and I won't stand for that!

[thesilia]

hahah! you're absolutely right! i meant "gumbo without okra"... i must be working too hard. sheesh.

[thewaterbaby]

Okay I'm confessing here, but I hear it's good for the soul.

I made gumbo with roux from a jar. But it had okra in it too.

I do love okra by the by, but it has to be cooked right. There is a Philippine soup called sinigang that has okra in it and it's heavenly.

[thesilia]

confession is good! :) i'll have to see if i can find that soup somewhere. there's a great pan-asian place by my house with a variety of nationalities represented in the cuisine. i'll see if they have it. :)