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I did...
the gumbo looks good, I'm going to try it.
my contribution to your answers:
yes a roasting bag would work out fine. (off the subject but, I cooked the world record meatball, 356 pounds, in a giant roasting bag that I made form a roll of roasting bag material, my record has since been broken...