Title: Commander's palace seafood gumbo
 Categories: None
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      6 tb Flour
    1/2 c  Shortening
      6    Cloves garlic, chopped
    1/2 c  Diced onion
    1/4 c  Chopped bell (green) pepper
    1/2 c  Chopped celery
      2 lb Peeled raw shrimp
      1 cn (8 oz.) tomato sauce
      3 qt Water
      1 lb Claw crabmeat
    1/4 bn Chopped parsley
    1/2 ts Thyme
      3    Bay leaves
      1 cn Or
      1 pk Frozen okra
    1/2 pt Oysters with juice
           Salt & Pepper to taste
 
  ~ Yields 1 gallon
  
  Make a roux with the flour and shortening. Add garlic and cook until
  golden brown. Add onion, bell pepper, celery and cook until
  transparent. Add shrimp and tomato sauce, simmer 10 minutes, stir in
  water and blend well. Add all other ingredients except okra and
  oysters. Cook 1 hour, add okra and cook 20 minutes. Add oysters and
  cook 10 mins longer. Serve in s soup bowl over steamed rice. Posted
  to FOODWINE Digest 22 Jan 97 by ALICIA GOLDMAN
   on Jan 22, 1997.