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Originally posted by selogic:
I'm born and raised in Louisiana and I've never seen or heard of cooking the rice along with the gumbo . Obviously some people do it , but I like a lot of rice in mine so that wouldn't work for me . Different strokes ..

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

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Originally posted by honestlou:
I'm not used to seeing sausage and seafood in the same gumbo, but I guess there is no "official" gumbo.

As to the coonass comment, I can tell you that some people don't care and it's just a synonym for cajun, but some people do take offense. I think some people grew up having it used against them in a derogatory way, so they take offense to it.

Agree with this statement, you don't just throw the word around in mixed company and probably shouldn't use it unless you have a connection to the culture and understand it's meaning.

Funny story, when I was in about the 3rd grade my grandmother gave me a t-shirt that said "registered Coon-Ass" across the front with a cartoon Raccoon on it with his tail up in the air. I remember proudly wearing it to school in the late 70's in SE Texas. Doubt that would fly past the dress code these days

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

Yeah, same here. There is a big old scoop of rice under there, cooked separate then placed in the bowl with the gumbo spooned around and on top. I like to dig into the middle to get some clean rice with every bite.

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Originally posted by ersatzknarf:

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

Yeah, same here. There is a big old scoop of rice under there, cooked separate then placed in the bowl with the gumbo spooned around and on top. I like to dig into the middle to get some clean rice with every bite.

Oh ! Lawdy ! He'p me ! ! !

That just pushed me over the top - gotta have some

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Originally posted by StorminNormin:

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Looks great!

I put extra okra in mine.

I was going to say the same. I can’t wait to plant okra this summer!

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Originally posted by KMitch200:

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Originally posted by jhe888:
The gumbo looks good. What is the second soup?

That would be the Pokey soup.
http://timpyles.files.wordpres.../01/gumby-pokey1.jpg

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

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Originally posted by ersatzknarf:

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

Yeah, same here. There is a big old scoop of rice under there, cooked separate then placed in the bowl with the gumbo spooned around and on top. I like to dig into the middle to get some clean rice with every bite.

Oh ! Lawdy ! He'p me ! ! !

That just pushed me over the top - gotta have some

I am happy to report that I have a bowl in the steam oven reheating as I type