Seafood Gumbo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. shrimp, peeled
1 qt. oysters, shucked
1 lb. lump crabmeat
1 c. bacon grease
1 c. flour
2 onions, chopped
1 large bunch green onions, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
2 (16 oz.) cans tomatoes
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
10 c. water
6 bay leaves
6 Tbsp. Worcestershire
3 1/2 Tbsp. salt
1/4 c. parsley, chopped
1 tsp. celery seed
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. tarragon
1 Tbsp. black pepper
1 Tbsp. red pepper
2 (16 oz.) pkg. okra
file powder

Preparation

Heat
the
bacon
grease
in an iron pot until smoking. Stir in\tflour
and
make
a
dark brown roux by stirring over medium heat
about
45
minutes.
Add chopped onions and bell pepper and cook
until
limp.\tHeat
10 cups water in a large pot, then
add roux mixture to pot.
Add all other ingredients except seafood and file powder. Simmer at least 3 hours.
Add shrimp 20 minutes before serving and oysters and crabmeat 5 to 10
minutes
before serving.
Serve
in
bowls\tover rice and sprinkle with file powder.