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Darkray16
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 Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:38 am Post subject: Gumbo ingredients in Seoul? |
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I would like to make some seafood gumbo, New Orleans style.
Specifically, can okra, and file be found in Seoul? If no file, is there any substitute I can use to make the roux? |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| I've never seen either ingredient anywhere in Seoul. Gumbo would be FANTASTIC and Koreans would LOVE that spicy food. |
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guava
Joined: 02 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| frozen okra is sold at import markets all the time and fresh okra is sold in season |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:01 am Post subject: |
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A roux is simply equal amounts of flour and oil stirred over the stove until brown.
The fil� is a different story and could take a while, cheri. The journey to authentic gumbo in Korea begins: Find the best Korean english speaker you can and see if you can get the words "dried ground sassafras leaves" or "powdered sassafras leaves" translated and written down to take to the market to try to find gumbo fil� or fil� powder.
Ask to have "okra" and "frozen okra" translated for you while you're at it.
Or, you could find out if sassafras is indigenous to Korea (sorry, don't think so), wait for summer to start hiking to find some, and make your own.
http://www.nolacuisine.com/2006/07/03/homemade-file-powder/
Interesting tidbit:
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| The fil� must always be added after the pot is removed from the fire. If allowed to boil, it becomes stringy and unpalatable. Okra and fil� should never be used together in a Gumbo or it will be as thick as mud. The Creoles in New Orleans used fil� only in the wintertime, when fresh okra was not available but many Cajuns prefer fil� gumbo year-round. |
So, finding one or the either should be sufficient for your quest. Next? Find the french bread!
More on how to make homemade gumbo fil�. (If you're east of Texas, that is.)
I Will Play For Gumbo... "A little like religion and alot like sex, you should never know when you're gonna get it next." |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| guava wrote: |
| frozen okra is sold at import markets all the time and fresh okra is sold in season |
Where have you seen okra? |
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