gumbo

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The first preparation for the gumbo is making the roux.

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  1. noun Chiefly Southern U.S. See okra. See Regional Note at goober.
  2. noun A soup or stew thickened with okra pods. Also called okra.
  3. noun Chiefly Mississippi Valley & Western U.S. A fine silty soil, common in the southern and western United States, that forms an unusually sticky mud when wet.
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  • I ate some of Jake's gumbo, and it was a little too spicy for me. —  Garwood, Julie - Mercy
  • The first forty-five miles the roads were nothing but black gumbo, and we used eight gallons of gas driving that forty-five miles. —  Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag
  • I had shrimp gumbo, and I stopped in the antique shop and bought you a pencil tray for your desk—Depression glass, circa 1930 Oh, thank you! —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_16_The_Cat_Who_Came_To_Breakfast
  • This was only the second time LaFleur had made gumbo, the first on the firefighter scale of eating.
  • Mother's (I recommend the gumbo, the biscuits and the Bloody Mary; I wish I'd tried the Debris Poboy) —  TheKitchenSinkRecipes.com
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  1. Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Tshiluba ki-ngumbo, okra.

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  1. Also gombo; apparently of Indian or negro origin.
  2. apparently of some native origin (?).
 

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