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RE: Gumbo cookoff

Posted by triode3 (M) on May 17, 2024 at 04:24:23

In Reply to: Gumbo cookoff posted by tlea on May 16, 2024 at 19:38:34:

Yes, New Iberia.

I am not sure why the cookoff has more heat than normal. I do not know anyone that cooks gumbo with so much pepper as the cookoff. Personally, Acadiana Cajun food is known for _spice_ not _heat_ unless you go to the cookoff, or the pepper festival.

I really do not prefer the gumbo in New Orleans for two reasons, the roux is not dark enough, or the roux is not four and oil based, but tomato based.

I think if you were ever back in south louisiana, Acadiana specifically, there are a lot of really good gumbos to be had outside of the cookoff that are not full of heat. Look around Lafayette and Breaux Bridge for some small mom and pop shops for Cajun and Creole cooking.


Back to the original idea... I have had really good potato salads there. I just do not love them in gumbo...although I know plenty of people who put them on the side of a gumbo, not in it, and take a bite every other time they take a spoon full of gumbo. Huh, maybe they put too much pepper in their own gumbo :)

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