Gumbo(Southern Style) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 fat hen
1 small ham hock
1 large onion
1 large can tomatoes
salt
pepper
celery
salt
2 Tbsp. butter
1 pt. chopped oysters
1 c. okra
2 Tbsp. chopped parsley
2 Tbsp. flour thickening
onion
seasoning
paprika

Preparation

Slowly boil hen and ham hock together in 3 quarts water.
When done take out chicken.
Let cool; cut up breast in diced pieces. (Remove ham hock from stock.)
Fry large slice of ham; cut in very small pieces.
Skim off all fat from stock.
Fry onion light brown; pour tomatoes into skillet with onion.
Cook 15 minutes.
Add to stock.
Season with salt and pepper.
Put tomatoes, diced chicken and finely cut ham in stock; let cook slowly.
Add pint of chopped oysters (or same amount of crab meat or shrimp, finely cut), okra and flour thickening.
Serve with steamed rice.