Seafood Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 lb. butter
2 qt. water
2 1/2 lb. fresh okra
1 pt. raw oysters
6 Tbsp. flour
2 1/2 lb. fresh raw shrimp
6 fresh tomatoes
1 1/2 lb. fresh crabmeat
2 lb. fresh fish
salt to taste
pepper to taste

Preparation

Melt butter.
Add flour.
Make a smooth paste; stir constantly over fire until a rich brown, being careful not to burn.
Add water, tomatoes and okra (chopped fine).
Cook slowly for 1 hour. Add crab, oysters, shrimp (picked and deveined) and fish (minus bones and skin).
Cook for 15 minutes.
Add seasonings.
Soup should be thick.