Looks good, but I’ll stick with gumbo. Brought you self over fo’ some, mon. I don’t never fo’get the filee.
;^)
Curious from the Hank Williams song, I once asked my parents what File was. To my surprise, they both knew it well.
I say surprise since Mother never used it and she cooked just plain Southern. When they said it was made from sassafrass leaves I was even more surprised as Mother had made sassafrass tea many times. We typically washed the roots and sliced off pieces. It is also what root beer is made from.
I later asked a couple of other people and they also knew what it was. They said it was actually more common around here, (NW, Florida) than Louisianna.