[Sender]

I used to work with a guy from Houma LA. He is a big, bearded guy, someone you might expect to know gumbo. And he does. Once in awhile, he would make seafood gumbo for the whole office. He said it takes 11 or 12 hours to make, so he had to stay up all night if he brought it in the morning. We all chipped in $5 for a bowl, and it was money very well-spent.

[Grampa Dave]

If I make Gumbo from scratch (no previous prepping and minimal prepared ingredients), I start out about 10 am and it will be ready at about 6 pm.

[chris37]

Now that be some good soundin’ gumbo, cher!

[jwparkerjr]

My dad went to work at the shipyard in Pascagoula, MS, in 1958. He kept hearing about one of his fellow workers who made a big ol’ batch of seafood gumbo about once a month. He invited dad over to have some. Dad said he was shocked at what he saw in the gumbo. Things like fish heads, complete with the eyes! And to top it off he said it was so hot with spices that he couldn't get to the water fast enough, only to discover the water just seemed to make it worse! That was his first, and last, encounter with homemade seafood gumbo!