Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 pt Okra
6 tb Bacon grease
2 Medium onions; chopped
2 Celery stems; chopped
1 Green pepper; chopped
1/4 c Flour
2 c Tomatoes
4 tb Worcestershire
1/8 ts Cloves
1/2 ts Chili pwd.
1 tb Salt
1 ts Pepper
1 ts Oregano
1 ts Thyme
1/4 c Parsley; minced
1 qt Water
1 1/2 lb Shrimp*; peeled deveined

Cut and fry okra in bacon grease. Add onion, celery, green pepper.
Blend in the flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until
mixture is bubbly and vegetables are tneder. Add tomatoes,
Worchestershire, cloves, chili pwd, salt, pepper, oregano, thyme
parsley water and shrimp* (may substitute or add other seafood as
available--the best gumbo I every ate included fresh crab, shrimp,
and red fish--). Simmer one to two hours. Serve over rice. (This
recipe from my former sister-in-law, Sandee Hunt, who was a great
cook.)

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