my cousins wife cooked at the festival over in le marais perdu. she says the winning pot had okra and the second place lady filed a PROTEST. a gumbo protest. this is the best thing that has ever happened on this board

okra in chicken and sausage is a CRIME and i will die on this hill

my mama put okra in everything including the okra

Cher, you put what your mama put. That is the only rule there is. Everything else is just people who married in.

My one debunk: okra is a mucilaginous thickener, file is ground sassafras and also a thickener, and a roux is a thickener. A gumbo with all three is merely very thick. I would add that I tasted the winning pot at the festival and I have no notes.

WE FILMED THE COOK-OFF. ep 4. terry ate 11 bowls for content. terry is not doing well

Thread stays open. The first person to post a recipe with measurements in it goes in the stove. You know why.

RULING IS IN (its in the paper). okra stays. AND THE TWO LADIES ARE SISTERS. they left in the same truck. im not crying ur crying

ok i take it back about the crime. if mama put okra mama put okra

For the record: the committee could not tell the pots apart in four blind tastings. I have nothing further. This is the most satisfying resolution any thread on this board has ever had.

Locking nothing. Go call your sister.