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Originally Posted by vash
gumbo is fantastic. i love how it is open to interpretation. besides the roux, and holy trinity..the rest is fair game. IMHO. you go from household to household, the version changes.
like Paella.
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jambalaya is like Paella!
there is variation as you noted - mostly regional or urban/rural or different parts of France for the ancestry
what I find is that within a small area people specialize in diff'ernt dishes - for example, "La Neal" nex' door was famous for her rice - as a child I got a couple of tricks frum her befo' they died in hellfire (moved to Mississippi)