eggs in the gumbo...

[southern151]

This may be old news but, I'll share one of my gumbo additives.

As soon as your roux begins to break down with the water/broth, whatever you add, put some eggs in there to boil. This is before you add anything else. Just like doing hard boiled eggs. Boil for 16 minutes. Remove and peel. As you begin to add your other meats, onions and peppers, add the peeled eggs back in the pot and let cook for the duration. They really take on a lot of flavor while in the pot.

Just thought I'd share.

[CatDaddy]

Originally Posted by southern151

This may be old news but, I'll share one of my gumbo additives.

As soon as your roux begins to break down with the water/broth, whatever you add, put some eggs in there to boil. This is before you add anything else. Just like doing hard boiled eggs. Boil for 16 minutes. Remove and peel. As you begin to add your other meats, onions and peppers, add the peeled eggs back in the pot and let cook for the duration. They really take on a lot of flavor while in the pot.

Just thought I'd share.

I love eggs in anything made with a Roux. Espically a shrimp crab and egg stew. I never tried boiling them in the pot tho.. Ive always boiled them seperatley then put them in. Good stuff

[Ray]

I love tater salad with gumbo.

[bay_slayer]

Originally Posted by CatDaddy

I love eggs in anything made with a Roux. Espically a shrimp crab and egg stew. I never tried boiling them in the pot tho.. Ive always boiled them seperatley then put them in. Good stuff

I had this for supper tonight!! with the tater salad

[Big Flounder]

I know people that crack the egg and drop it in uncooked. Pretty good too. You have to be carefull when you stir though or you will have scrambled eggs in there.

[huntin fool]

I never heard of it til friday night when a feller was braggin bout his wife's cajun gumbo, saying that she adds eggs

[txjoker]

I have heard that the eggs in the gumbo came about due to practicality. In the old days, there was hardly any meat. So, people added eggs for protein to substitute instead of the meat whether it was chicken, beef, etc.

[longsidelandry]

I love eggs in a gumbo.

[SULPHITE]

Had eggs in my gumbo friday, Sat, and tonight...I could still eat another bowl!! Oh...dont forget the tater salad!!

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

Had eggs in my gumbo friday, Sat, and tonight...I could still eat another bowl!! Oh...dont forget the tater salad!!

Gotta have tater salad, gumbo isn't the same without it.

[B-Stealth]

Eggs, I will have try em out.


"I love eggs from my head down to my legs, you gotta love em the incerdible edible egg."

[cabwiz2]

The first time I saw anyone put eggs in gumbo was the year I met my wife. One of her aunts was cookong and cracked open a few eggs and let them fall into the pot. I ran and told my wife that her aunt was either drunk off her butt or high as a kite. She laughed when i told her about the eggs and said they do that all the time. I was absolutly shocked that they stayed together.

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by cabwiz2

The first time I saw anyone put eggs in gumbo was the year I met my wife. One of her aunts was cookong and cracked open a few eggs and let them fall into the pot. I ran and told my wife that her aunt was either drunk off her butt or high as a kite. She laughed when i told her about the eggs and said they do that all the time. I was absolutly shocked that they stayed together.

The first time I saw somebody do that was last weekend at the camp. My grandpa cracked an egg and put it in the ladle then held the ladle in the water just to where the juice wouldn't get in it and cooked the egg like that then dropped it in the gumbo. I didn't know what the hell he was up to, I was like you, I thought he was drunk lol.

[txjoker]

potato salad and gumbo? Are you guys serious?

[southern151]

Originally Posted by txjoker

potato salad and gumbo? Are you guys serious?

Sounds weird but DAMN!!! It's that good!!

I was at a friend's house when they did the egg cracking deal, once. It was all good till the next guy came by and stirred it! That yoke made one heckuva mess in that gumbo. Tasted fine but the color was all wrong.

I'm tellin ya, boil em...crack em...soak em. They come out great!

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by txjoker

potato salad and gumbo? Are you guys serious?

Come over TX... i'll fix ya up a boll or dis hea gumb.....ooooohhhhh sooooo goooooodddddd....

[Red Devil]

Got some going right now.

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by southern151

I'm tellin ya, boil em...crack em...soak em. They come out great!

That's the way I like em!

[coachlaw]

Y'all, I couldn't think of anything more disgusting. Why would we put something that came out of a chicken's cha-cha into our food. The only thing an egg should be in IS a live chicken. Think of it y'all. It's a chicken period. Why eat that? If I ever opened a pot of gumbo and found eggs in it, I'd probably die from an aneurism. It's bad enough that the whackos here in Texas put eggs in tuna and potato salad. That's just wrong. I have to carefully inspect each serving to ensure no egg is in there. If you want egg, eat egg salad. And please, keep those sulfur stinking irregularly ablong orbs of nastiness away from me!

Eggs are good for one thing: Baking. That way you can't tell there are any eggs in there. The flour etc. covers them up.

[all star rod]

A lot of people in South LA does it. I am not much of egg eater unless you cook it scrambled. To me, the two things that makes me sick is when someone is eating a boiled egg or raw weiner!!!