Great-Great Grandma Virginias Shrimp Gumbo and Season/spicy Crackers

[Pidgeot_Girl]

Great during holidays or whenever, but mostly on christmas :)

Shrimp Gumbo

3/4cup of canola oil
17 tablespoons of flour
2 cups of chopped onions and green onions
2 cups of chopped celery
7 cups of water
salt and pepper as needed
2 quarts of shrimp
add oil in large pan add flour a little at a time, continue to stir until flour is a golden brown, 15 to 30 minutes at this point it becomes ROUX.
add onions and celery in roux stir well.

add hot water and stir. cook on low heat for 1/2 hour.
add salt and pepper and greek seasoning to taste-all purpose greek seasoning (cavenders)
add shrimp(deer sausage,crab,chicken etc...)and cook for 15 minutes
stir occasionally.

Season/Spicy Crackers

1 box of fat free crackers
1 cup of canola oil
1 package of ranch dressing (powder)
2 tablespoons of garlic powder
1 tablespoon of crushed red pepper
1 tespoon of black pepper
1 tespoon of red pepper
mix in a big bowl and place in plastic bag

[DougBob]

yum yum, that sounds so good. I haven't had some good gumbo in quite a few years .:D

[Skud]

Ooooh...I'll just gnaw on my desk for a while now until some magically appears before me! :wink:

[Pidgeot_Girl]

ya my great great grandmother is no longer living so the recipe was passed for my grandma to my dad to my mom and then to me im going to make it sometime on a holiday maybe even my birthday and i dont want any help at all:D

[Apache Warrior]

Cooking is fun. Glad to see another person that knows how to do more than boil water. :D
Apache

[Minerva]

cooking Is Fun. Glad To See Another Person That Knows How To Do More Than Boil Water. :d
Apache

+1!:D

[DougBob]

Cooking is fun. Glad to see another person that knows how to do more than boil water. :D
Apache

Hey I can cook hotdogs :lol:

[Pidgeot_Girl]

Hey I can cook hotdogs :lol:




+1 lol

[Apache Warrior]

Hey I can cook hotdogs :lol:

Does that come under boiling water or grilling? :D
Apache

[LadyBug]

Hey I can cook hotdogs :lol:

He grills them...still not sure about the boiling water!!
:twisted:

[Duke{CLR}]

I will give this one a try this weekend. I will probably tweak the recipe a bit and use some local chicken sausage and put the shrimp in last.

I will post the results. :2thumbs:

[Apache Warrior]

He grills them...still not sure about the boiling water!!
:twisted:

Maybe I should have said boiling pot of beer. That's what the gourmets do. :D
Apache

[Skud]

I will give this one a try this weekend. I will probably tweak the recipe a bit and use some local chicken sausage and put the shrimp in last.

I will post the results. :2thumbs:

Pictures too, Duke? :ty2:

[Todd98]

Maybe I should have said boiling pot of beer. That's what the gourmets do. :D
Apache


:jam::dance::cheers:

[DougBob]

Maybe I should have said boiling pot of beer. That's what the gourmets do. :D
Apache

Well shut my mouf and call me a gourmets then. :2thumbs:

[Pidgeot_Girl]

Well shut my mouf and call me a gourmets then. :2thumbs:

lol

[Pidgeot_Girl]

Great during holidays or whenever, but mostly on christmas :)

Shrimp Gumbo

3/4cup of canola oil
17 tablespoons of flour
2 cups of chopped onions and green onions
2 cups of chopped celery
7 cups of water
salt and pepper as needed
2 quarts of shrimp
add oil in large pan add flour a little at a time, continue to stir until flour is a golden brown, 15 to 30 minutes at this point it becomes ROUX.
add onions and celery in roux stir well.

add hot water and stir. cook on low heat for 1/2 hour.
add salt and pepper and greek seasoning to taste-all purpose greek seasoning (cavenders)
add shrimp(deer sausage,crab,chicken etc...)and cook for 15 minutes
stir occasionally.

Season/Spicy Crackers

1 box of fat free crackers
1 cup of canola oil
1 package of ranch dressing (powder)
2 tablespoons of garlic powder
1 tablespoon of crushed pepper
1 tespoon of black pepper
1 tespoon of red pepper
mix in a big bowl and place in plastic bag


(6 pepper blend is what is used the brand we use is called Durkee)
this is for the 1 tablespoon of crushed pepper

im sorry its my mistake im a failer at typing:cry::oops:

[fylth]

if it says 'Instant' I can cook it. lol. but in all honesty, I'm a pretty good chef. one question, why no Okra in the gumbo?