🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:05:12 -0600, "WhoMe" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>"NoNameLurker" <LiverAlone@CheeseMine.Com> wrote in message 
>news:Xns9EA1C1C64D2F5LiverAloneCheeseMine@69.16.185.252...
>>> While venturing to Red Lobster on Friday I discovered they eliminated
>>> gumbo from their menu. (A seafood restaurant without gumbo -- what is
>>> the world coming to?) That got me to thinking, who has really good
>>> seafood gumbo in the Dallas area? (I live in East Dallas --
>>> Fishmongers is about the limit for my excursions into Southern
>>> Oklahoma)
>>
>> I thought the seafood gumbo at Pappadeaux's was pretty good.  Not too much
>> roux (in fact, pretty thin, if you get down to the nitty-gritty).  But if
>> you're not too much into the texture/thickness of the sauce/broth, it had 
>> a
>> really good flavor and excellent variety of ingredients.
>>
>> Lurker
>
>Having grown up in New Orleans at one time (3-4 years back) I had a high 
>opinion of Pappadeaux's.    Of late (past 12- 6 months or so) upon returning 
>to DFW I've been drastically disappointed in all of PD's fair.
>
>Seems the bean counters got between the chefs and the food.  I called their 
>corporate offices on the problem and basically all I received was a lecture 
>on just how little I knew on what was truly New Orleans fair.
>
>BTW the main problem with their gumbo is not necessarily the roux but that 
>they cut it with liquid to stretch the budget.
>
>If you want a true Gumbo I have a copy of my grand mother's recipe somewhere 
>here about that I'll be happy to post.

I've gotten the same feeling about Pappadeaux's that I got about Joe's
Crab Shack: the party and the flair have pushed the food to a low
priority.

I'm sure we'd all be grateful if you posted a good gumbo recipe.
Nothing beats family.