Granny's gone and done it again

[CapricornFarm]

Very nice. Is it metal? resin?


hahahaaa! For such a small little thing, a comma wields great power!

Metal sign. Both of them are.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Got my first CL egg today! And 3 Tolbunt eggs!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I have to go cart out some water to Turkey Town. Bbl.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

No meatballs today. Meat still froze solid. So I made a box of bacon ranch pasta salad. Yummy.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Here’s one I made for gumbo not long back. I made one last night and smoked up the whole house.

https://instagram.com/p/Bp-vQwKlmHZ/

Your just browning flour ?

 

[campingshaws]

That's so sad Pert. Giving is the theme of the day, but someone has to receive for others to give. Especially for Grandpas to give. Too bad she can't bend a little and allow you to keep a good tradition alive, since it means so much to you.


She doesn't understand, does she? What a shame.


What are your proprtions... flour to whatever it is you are using. Do you add the fat gradually?


Since you can't link it, if you put just the names of your threads there, it would be easy for people to find them.

I heat about 2tbs of vegetable oil, and dump in about two cups of flour. That’s enough roux for a nice big gumbo. Mom seasons her flour, I wait til after I add water so I can make sure I’m not scorching it. If it gets scorched, you just have to start over. It starts clumpy but usually evens out as it cooks. Stir stir stir until it’s the color of cocoa powder. I start turning down the heat as it gets golden because the cast iron holds heat and keeps cooking. When it’s as dark as I can get I remove from heat, add hot water and mix it all together. When it’s a bit like thin batter I season it, then add it to my stock. Toss in chopped trinity (onions, bell peppers, celery- about 3 each and a whole sleeve of celery), a bit of minced garlic, and either shrimp or chicken and smoked sausage. Boil this for a few minutes, then simmer for a while. It usually needs a bit more salt at this point. Serve over plain right rice with a handful of saltines crushed on top.

There’s my gumbo recipe. It’s pretty big, even my “small” batch needed two pots.

 

[campingshaws]

Your just browning flour ?

That’s how it starts.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

So you use 2 C. flour for one pot of gumbo ?

 

[campingshaws]

So you use 2 C. flour for one pot of gumbo ?

Roughly. It’s not really measured, lol you know this about me.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Ya. LOL