[Sca-cooks] Summer foods...including Gumbo recipe

Sue Clemenger mooncat at in-tch.com
Mon Jul 31 05:56:34 PDT 2006


Oh, probably.  Possibly.  At multiple times the cost, and not nearly as
fresh.  It'd depend on the grocery store.  Butterfly Herbs is just
easier--things available in bulk, plus they've got the best coffee in town.
;o)
--Maire, definitely partial to their House Blend coffee....mmmm....
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From: "Stefan li Rous" <stefanlirous at austin.rr.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Summer foods...including Gumbo recipe


> Mairie commented:
> <<< Hmmm....that looks like it might be good for our next guild
> night.  Does it
> reheat okay? >>>
>
> More or less. The okra tends to get squishy-ier. But then I prefer my
> okra that way compared to crunchy.
>
> <<< I've heard about gumbo, but never really actually eaten it.  We
> have a tiny little restaurant in town that does cajun and creole
> stuff, but I haven't been in in years.  >>>
>
> Gumbo can be found frozen and canned in the stores, although it isn't
> is good as fresh.
>
> <<< They're in the back of this dive bar, and
> there's an awful lot of cigarette smoke.... >>>
>
> Yes, I was rather happy when Austin eliminated the smoking from bars
> and such as well as the restaurants. There's a bar here, Texas Chili
> Parlor, which serves excellent chili and  chili enchiladas and such,
> but I didn't like the smoke and it was pretty impossible for my wife.
> So, now we can go there again.
>
> <<< --Maire, who can get file powder at her local herb store
> (Butterfly--
> same place I buy my coffee, cubebs, and grains of paradise....) >>>
>
> It's not available with the other spices in your local grocery store?
> I guess we're closer to Louisiana, although we are still five hours
> away. What else is file powder used in? Gumbo is about all I can
> think of, right now.
>
> Stefan
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