Southern Gumbo a la 'County Chairman'
From The Stag Cook Book: Written for Men by Men, 1922
Can use the same formula for Crab or Oyster Gumbo.
Presented as published in 1922. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The Stag Cook Book: Written for Men by Men (1922) by Carroll Mac Sheridan, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
SOUTHERN GUMBO A LA "COUNTY CHAIRMAN" A year-old fowl. Joint it as you would for frying. Soup kettle ready on the back of the stove with cold liratcr. Then, the frying pan — About one-half dozen thin slices of the best bacon. Reserve this for the kettle later. Bacon fat in the frying pan — fry the chicken very brown. As soon as each piece of chicken is brown place it in the kettle — ^then put the kettle over the fire. Let it boil. Add six small onions or three large ones. Sliced and fried in the bacon grease. Onions fried golden brown. Then to the onions add a can of tomatoes or the equiv- alent of sliced tomatoes. Keep stirring from the bottom to prevent burning. All must cook until it has thickened. While cooking add chili peppers cut fine, green peppers the same, also okra. Add one or two large bay leaves and seas(Mi to taste with salt and pepper. [172] WRITTEN FOR MEN BY MEN Onions, tomatoes and peppers should be added to the chicken in the kettle when they have cooked sufficiently. If fresh okra is not available use the best canned kind. About ten minutes before the Gumbo is ready add — One can of Golden Bantam Com
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