First, you make a roux. Actually you cook the sausage first. Chicken and sausage gumbo!

[DemoTex]

[kentauros]

1. Nice countertop and stove!

[DemoTex]

7. Soapstone ..

Just like chemistry lab.

[Raven]

2. Are you snowed in? Can I come over?:-)

[DemoTex]

9. I was snowed in last night and this morning!

I missed my Photoshop and digital photography classes in Atlanta today because of the road conditions. But, yeah!, come on down!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear DemoTex!

OK...you win!

I'm hungry!

How about a written recipe for us visually challenged types? Huh? Huh?

I'd love to make that, but I need words!

Yum.

:9

Nice kitchen too...

[DemoTex]

6. Peggy, I'll post the recipe tomorrow ..

I started typing it up tonight and realized that it is very complicated .. not complicated to cook, just complicated to put into written form. The basic recipe is chicken, sausage, stock (chicken, turkey, ham), vegetables (bell pepper, onion, celery, canned tomatoes, green onions, parsley, sliced okra), Cajun napalm (the roux!), and spices.

Watch here tomorrow for a detailed recipe.

Mac

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I can wait, and thank you!

I have a wonderful and not complex spaghetti recipe, and when I wrote it out, I realized how complex it was to write!

So.......whenever you have time will be wonderful...

:hug:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

4. This weekend Mr 'pede is

doing slow cooked thick pork chops (tomorrow) and split pea soup on Monday (I'm off and can snoopervise)
Next weekend will be GUMBO

I heard you are heading back to Deschutes for the season :hi:

[DemoTex]

8. I'll open the lookout on 5/23

Close on 10/9. I'll miss my kick-ass kitchen (which I designed and did about 75% of the work on). But I like lookout cooking too. And yummy MREs!

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. food porn

yum :9

[DemoTex]

11. I guess it is a bit voluptuous ..

Maybe that is why I've gained 15 pounds since the end of fire season (and why I have to lose that 15 and a few more before fire season 2010 starts!).

[MineralMan]

12. Where's the garlic, cher?

[trof]

13. "First You Make a Roux"...Cajun cookbook circa 1954.

Sadly now out of print.
You're fixins look good.
Do you cook the 'trinity' IN the roux?
Miz t. doesn't, but a friend of ours does and it's really good.

Fait le bon temps rouler.
:-)

[DemoTex]

17. The "holy trinity" goes in the Cajun napalm, and then you stir like a fool ..

I started adding the onion/celery/bell pepper (bless you my son) to the roux a few years back. I use the cast iron Dutch oven that I fry the chicken in (discarding the oil) to make the roux along with the chicken bits. When the roux is about the color of a brown paper bag (I can't do darker without burning), I add the trinity. The high sides of the Dutch oven make it easy. I stir the vegs in the roux over moderate heat for about one glass of Shiraz.

Last night I seasoned the chicken with Old Bay (before frying and the dredge flour). I'm not saying it was the best pot of gumbo I've ever made (and I've made a few), but it was damned close!

Know what I mean?



BTW: The reason I make so much is to take most of it to my 90 y/o dad. He is doing much better than last fall, but the problem is still there. He is optimistic .. he just bought a new Ford F-250 long-bed (needs something for his fishing gear!). And he would eat gumbo morning, noon, and night if we let him.

BTBTW: OKRA. I have ruined a pot of gumbo with okra before (stringey mess). Now I always sauté the sliced okra (yesterday was in the reserve from the sausage cooking) over moderate heat for a while .. just short of letting it brown. That does the trick.

[trof]

14. Sausage...Andouille?

Or Conecuh?
http://www.conecuhsausage.com/default.aspx

[DemoTex]

18. Conecuh is GREAT!!!!

We use that at the beach (Grayton). I prefer 1. Williams, 2. Conecuh, 3. Doziers (Fulshear, Tx), and 4. Andouille .. in that order.

Glad to know Conecuh ships. Thanks for the link (no pun intended!).

[Aristus]

15. That looks delicious, Mac!

:9

Chicken and sausage gumbo has got to be a little slice of Heaven...

[david13]

16. Wow, that sure does look pretty. Forest Fire Lookout Assn? My

brother was a member of that. I don't know why.
I might have mentioned about a year ago about visiting one of the lookouts here in CA by motorcycle?
Anyway, now I'm definitely hungry.
dc

[DemoTex]

19. I work an Oregon USFS fire lookout during fire season.

[nolabear]

20. THAT is a thing of beauty.

I made gumbo last weekend for the Super Bowl. Obviously, it worked. Yours looks fabulous.

[Odin2005]

21. Mmmmm... Cajun food!!!