Grandma's Chicken Gumbo

[BettyR]

Yes I've used turkey and it's great. Smoked turkey is even better. I think you can put just about anything in gumbo and make a good meal out of it.

 

[chicken pickin]

So I made the gumbo yesterday using one of my young roosters. I followed the receipe you gave except I did sweet itailian sausage not smoked sausage and I omitted liquid smoke(Im not a smoked fan) I loved the meal and poured it over Jasmine rice. I thought it was really good. My DH thought it needed a little more flavor my kids ate it but said it was only so-so and my mother ate it also and she didnt like it. It was my first go at making and eating gumbo. I will try other reciepes and see if I can find one that suits my familys taste. Thanks for helping me get started.

 

[bigmike&nan]

Betty,

Really sorry about your son. My wife who is the "healthy one" of us had 3 separate hospital stays last year. Unusually bad flu which was misdiagnosed at the ER, five days later she is back at the ER and a decent doc caught it, her appendix had perforated. Long story short we had to treat with antibiotics and once the huge infection was down then they took it out, but Hurricane Sandy made us wait an extra month. All's well now. Me, my eyes aren't getting any better but with a better living plan and a better specialist I have my eye pressure way down (to 8 and 9 ??) and I feel good. I still send out Amber Alerts when I'm gonna be driving. LOL...

Miss seeing your stuff. I don't get around here much any more.

Mike

check out these little knuckleheads, I got my wife bantam polish eggs for Mother's Day. They are a constant source of joy for us. Growing fast, they are now 7 weeks old.

 

[bachbach1]

Smoked turkey it is, I will give it a try, I will let you know how it turns out.

 

[BettyR]

So I made the gumbo yesterday using one of my young roosters. I followed the receipe you gave except I did sweet itailian sausage not smoked sausage and I omitted liquid smoke(Im not a smoked fan) I loved the meal and poured it over Jasmine rice. I thought it was really good. My DH thought it needed a little more flavor my kids ate it but said it was only so-so and my mother ate it also and she didnt like it. It was my first go at making and eating gumbo. I will try other reciepes and see if I can find one that suits my familys taste. Thanks for helping me get started.

With that type of gumbo the smoked flavor is what flavors the soup! Gumbo was brought to this country by slaves, they didn't have a lot of ingredients to put in their Gumbo but they did have fire and could add flavor by smoking the meat first before putting it in the pot. The word "Gumbo" in African for okra which is also an African addition to our culture. Most Gumbo recipes have okra in them but when I was growing up we only used it in "special" Gumbos because if we used it all the time we would run out before growing season came back around.

Sorry it didn't turn out the way you hoping...

Betty,

Really sorry about your son. My wife who is the "healthy one" of us had 3 separate hospital stays last year. Unusually bad flu which was misdiagnosed at the ER, five days later she is back at the ER and a decent doc caught it, her appendix had perforated. Long story short we had to treat with antibiotics and once the huge infection was down then they took it out, but Hurricane Sandy made us wait an extra month. All's well now. Me, my eyes aren't getting any better but with a better living plan and a better specialist I have my eye pressure way down (to 8 and 9 ??) and I feel good. I still send out Amber Alerts when I'm gonna be driving. LOL...

Miss seeing your stuff. I don't get around here much any more.

Mike

check out these little knuckleheads, I got my wife bantam polish eggs for Mother's Day. They are a constant source of joy for us. Growing fast, they are now 7 weeks old.









Your babies are really cute!!! I'm glad you and your wife are doing better. When my son was bedridden I didn't have the time to go online but now that he's on the mend I have more time to spend with the things I enjoy, like visiting with my online buddies. LOL

Smoked turkey it is, I will give it a try, I will let you know how it turns out.

I'd love to hear how it turns out.