*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                           Mary's Seafood Gumbo

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Soups                            Seafood

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   5       lb           Okra
   2       lg           Onions -- chopped
   1                    Can frozen crab meat
                        Salt and pepper -- to taste
                        Small amount of oil
   3                    Tomatoes -OR-
  14 1/2   oz           Can diced tomatoes -- drained
   5       lb           Shrimp -- deheaded
   6                    Crabs -- or more
                        Tabasco sauce
                        Garlic
                        Bay leaf
                        Thyme

  Use large alumionum pot, not iron. Wash, stem, and cut okra into
  1/2" pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Smother okra in as little
  oil as possible. When almost done, add onion. Cook until tender,
  add tomatoes. Let simmer, add remaining ingredients and simmer
  until done. If there is a favorite vegetable of the South, it is
  surely okra. Gumbo gets its name from the Choctaw Indian word
  'Kombo' for any thick soup made with okra.
 

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