Gumbo(For Ten) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 slices pork bacon
4 Tbsp. flour
1 1/2 c. chopped celery
2 c. chopped onion
1 or 2 pkg. frozen sliced okra
1 large can tomatoes or 2 (No. 2) cans tomatoes
salt as desired
pepper as desired
1 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 lb. shrimp
1/2 lb. raw bacon (in small pieces)
1 1/2 c. crab meat

Preparation

Brown 6 slices of bacon and remove from pan.
Add flour and brown.
Add celery, onion, okra, tomatoes and 2 quarts boiling water.
Boil and then simmer for 2 hours.
Add salt, pepper and sugar.
Stir with wooden spoon until mixture thickens.
Then blend in last of all raw shrimp, bacon and the crab meat.
Bring to a boil and simmer 30 minutes.