We're cooking and visiting while eating gumbo today

We are Cooking and visiting with friends tonight. We cooked a gumbo. What kind you ask? An okra, hen and sausage gumbo.
Oh boy it has been cold lately. I know I live in the south but this year, as for the rest of the country, this year hit record lows. We had temperatures in the teens. You northerners must be laughing right now, ha-ha, teens.
So that means you need lots of warm food and what's any warmer than gumbo. Gumbo is fairly cheap to cook depending on what you fix. If you cook chicken and sausage gumbo it is cheaper than shrimp and okra or seafood gumbo.

How I make a Gumbo

Gumbo is made with a roux. Today you can buy roux in a jar, it's that easy. Put as much roux as you like and add water- according to directions and add onions, garlic, bell pepper, some celery (not much celery). Let the roux come together with the onions, garlic, bell pepper, celery- do not cover yet, as the roux didn't boil yet, let it boil first before you cover it or it will boil over and it's a big mess. You need to add seasonings- salt (sea salt), pepper, a couple of bay leaves, if you like, some gumbo file'... what ever seasonings you like. Let this roux mixture cook for about 2 hours, the longer the better. After it's cooked long enough add your chicken and sausage or what ever you decided to cook.

Invite friends and family

Now the fun part is to invite friends and enjoy the conversation and food together.

Conversation topics:

Our conversation topics lately with our friends are

The new baby, The children, Finances, Husbands and Wives (lol), you know- life.
Enjoy.