Gumbo Shop on St. Peter is a painting by Rob Smith which was uploaded on June 10th, 2013.
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Title
Gumbo Shop on St. Peter
Artist
Rob Smith
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
Gumbo Shop on St. Peter St. your visit to the 'French Quarter would be incomplet with out this stop.The Choctaw Indians were already living in this swampy mosquito-infested piece of land, below sea level and shaped like a crescent on the Mississippi River. They introduced powdered sassafras or file_ which they called “kombo” to settlers as a staple for one of many styles of the indigenous soup we call gumbo – from the African word “kingumbo” meaning the vegetable okra. A gumbo usually contains either file_ or okra as a thickener. Just as gumbo is a blend of many cultures, so is the origin of the word. However, the base of most gumbos is “roux” – flour and fat with seasonings that is browned to provide an almost nutty flavor
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June 10th, 2013
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