Seafood Gumbo

Okra instead of filé powder is used to thicken this classic Creole gumbo, but with that exception, both the ingredients and cooking technique characterize what is undoubtedly the most popular gumbo throughout the Southern Gulf states. The name gumbo derives from the African Congo word for okra (guingumbo), and legend has it that when the French settled Louisiana, it was a certain Madame Langlois who bartered with the local Choctaw Indians for the secret of filé powder (made fr