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Contents 1 Picture 2 Disambiguation 3 Comic? 4 Errors 5 Etymology

[edit] Picture

• Can anyone do something about that picture? What is it? Chicken gumbo? The bowl has gumbo ON it. - Jerryseinfeld 01:48, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

CHANGE - There are other references to Gumbo not here. Gumbo the New Orleans Saints mascot dog, and 'filé', the sassafras leaf dried to be in Gumbo (called Gumbo Filé). Both are important to the Cajun country people.

I added a reference to the mascot, but I don't think that the sassafras leaf could be a meaning of the single word "gumbo", so it's more appropriate to leave it as a link from the body of the article as it is now. If I am wrong, let me know. — Pekinensis 03:15, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Comic?

I'm confused how the 'Adventures of Gumbo' comic is noteworthy. It isn't a very good comic, nor a very comprehensive article. December 16, 2005

If the publisher won a trademark lawsuit with the owners of Gumbee, let alone Disney Corporation, which does business with the Dumbo mark, I'd say it would be very noteworthy.

[edit] Errors

This article is full of inaccuracies, mainly in its attempts to set down rigid definitions. For example the assertion that good gumbo never includes tomatoes is pure hogwash. Probably half of the best New Orleans and Louisiana cooks I know use tomatoes, although sparingly, in their gumbos. The 1985 Commanders Palace cookbook calls for tomatoes in its seafood gumbo recipe (with no roux base), while the 2000 Commanders Kitchen cook book does not call for tomatoes (this seafood gumbo recipe has a roux base). Some say the differences arise because Cajun and Creole gumbos are different. Really, it's a matter of taste.

Also, the assertion that many (in southeastern Louisiana) would consider okra an essential ingredient (without it you don't have gumbo) seems overstated. While the article mentions the use of okra and filé powder as thickening agents, it does not mention that a common practice is to use okra in primarily seafood gumbos and filé in primarily meat-based gumbos. --Jdclevenger 19:52, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Wholeheartedly agree (though I am somewhat guilty of this). Thanks for your contributions on creole food - very nice work, guy. --Kelt65 20:00, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Additionally, File powder may have been a staple of cajun cooking from the time even before okra was introduced to this continent: it was certainly not introduced as an "okra substitute."

[edit] Etymology

The Bantu etymology should be more prominent, since it is the original root of the word. Accordingly, the Gullah etymology ought to be moved down to the "Okra" section. Lambiam moved the Bantu etymology down to the "Okra" section, and 199.111.238.28 added the Gullah etymology to the main section on 10 April 2006. I've cleaned it up to be more consistent. Bodrell 16:30, 28 September 2006 (UTC)