Recipe - File Gumbo Lafayette

1 pack Okra,frozen, cut or sliced up (10 oz.)
1/3 cup Beef Frye drippings
1 cup Green onions w/tops,chopped
1 cup Celery, minced
1 Clove garlic, minced
One fourth cup Flour
2 cup Hot water
1 cn Stewed tomatoes (16 oz.)
Salt to taste
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
1 Bay leaf
Tabasco to taste
1 cn Salmon (15 One half oz.)
1 ds File' or to taste
1 1/3 cup Cooked rice

Thaw okra and saute in BeefFrye drippings or veg. shortening for 10 min.
stirring occasionally. Add onions, celery, and garlic and cook abt. 5 min.
more. Stir in flour. Add hot water, stirring constantly, and cook until
slightly thickened. Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, and by leaf and cover.
Simmer for additional 20 min. on low heat. Remove bay leaf and add Tabasco
sauce. Debone and skin salmon and add to gumbo. Heat thoroughly. Add dash
of file' just before serving. Serve in soup bowls or plates over hot cooked
rice.

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