Recipe - Crab And Okra Gumbo

4 Crab; HardShell
1 pound Shrimp; cooked
One half pound Ham; raw
2 tablespoon Oil
2 tablespoon Flour
3 sl Bacon
6 ounce Tomato paste or
14 ounce Canned Tomatoes
4 Scallions
1 small Garlic Clove; chopped fine
1 One half qt Boiling Water
1 pound Okra; cut small
Salt; to taste
Pepper; to taste
Cooked Rice *

Clean the crabs, remove all meat from claws and body, and cut into pieces;
each crab will make 4 to 6 pieces. Shell the shrimp. Cut ham and bacon into
small pieces. Mix the flour and oil in a pot. When brown add bacon and ham.
Cook for a few minutes, and add crab and shrimp. Let this mixture cook
until it becomes a good brown. Add onion and garlic to crab and shrimp.
Pour in water slowly, then add okra, seasonings and tomato paste. Cook
slowly, stirring frequently, about 1 hour, or until it begins to thicken. A
lid should be kept on the pot. Serve hot with dry, cooked rice. If it gets
too thick, more water can be added.
Posted to recipeludigest by James and Susan Kirkland kirkland@gj.net on
Feb 02, 1998