Recipe - Franks Place New Orleans Gumbo

1 cup Chopped onions
1 cup Chopped celery
1 cup Chopped green bell pepper
2 Cloves garlic,minced
One fourth cup Butter or margarine
One fourth cup Flour,allpurpose
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 ds Tabasco sauce
5 Bay leaves
1 cn Tomatoes,drained(16oz)
1 cup Tomato juice
5 cup Hot water
3 cup Shrimp,shelled/deveined
6 Small hardshell crabs
24 Shucked oysters
1 pound Okra,chopped
3 cup Hot cooked rice
Chopped fresh parsley

1. In large Dutch oven, gently saute onion, celery and bell pepper in
butter; add garlic and continue to sauce 5 minutes.

2. Remove from heat and slowly stir in flour.

3. Add salt, pepper, Tabasco, bay leaves, tomatoes and tomato juice; simmer
for 15 minutes.

4. Add the hot water, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and okra; cover and simmer 30
minutes.

5. Spoon a few tablespoons cooked rice in each of six large soup bowls;
ladle gumbo onto rice and garnish with parsley. From: Michael Orchekowski
Date: 25 Mar 94