SC - Disuse of Old World gourds

[Erin Kenny]

> 
> Actually, as a child I can remember my grandmother always having a pot 
> simmering on the stove.  Into it went all kinds of odds and ends....potato 
> peelings, onion stuff, celery leaves, the skins of tomatoes when she was 
> making tomato sauce, meat trimmings, etc.  best darned soup in the 
> world....she clarifed it with a beaten egg white then added whatever meat 
> and stuff before serving with loaves of hot crusty bread
> 
> Dragonfyr


Sure, that's also an old Cajun tradition as well.  Gumbo is 
basically okra with the "leavings pot" broth and whatever meat you
have at the time.  I've been told by a swamp friend that it's 
wonderful but be sure to strain everything with your teeth before
you eat it.

Gunthar
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