🚀 go-pugleaf

I always liked Atchafalaya River Cafe when it was where Joe's is now in 
Arlington. Would love to see a real gumbo (and jambalaya too) recipe posted!

"WhoMe" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message 
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> "NoNameLurker" <LiverAlone@CheeseMine.Com> wrote in message 
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>>> 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)
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>> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> BTW the main problem with their gumbo is not necessarily the roux but that 
> they cut it with liquid to stretch the budget.
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> 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.
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