Gumbo

"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards) 10/25/2020 at 16:02 • Filed to: None

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I’ll eat this a couple hours from now

I continu e to try to imp rove my gumbo roux. I had a decent hang of it before my daughter’s Celiac diagnosis. Now I’ve got the right flour substitute for this particular job (sweet white rice). I think I gotta just say fuck it and burn a batch, just to see how far it can go before it goes bad. But I haven’t yet. So here’s my progression this time. Could have gone a bit farther. As you can see from the top pic, got a bit further to go.

Beginning

Later

Not quite chocolate milk

About chocolate milk

Not bad

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Cash Rewards 10/25/2020 at 16:21

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I've let gumbo roux get twice as dark as that and been fine.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Cash Rewards 10/25/2020 at 16:24

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Looking good so far. S ucks about your daughter and celiac, I bet she's bummed but glad to know why she was feeling like crap all the time.   You putting shrimp and/or crawfish in your gumbo?

Cash Rewards > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/25/2020 at 16:34

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Yeah, but rice. Using gluten free bread crumbs is tricky compared to regular. Same heat and time and you got a blackened mess. I'm working my way slowly back up with the rice flour and seeing how far I can push it. 

Cash Rewards > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 10/25/2020 at 16:36

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She got diagnosed a few years back when she was 4. Made such a huge difference. And took forever to figure out. But happened at a good age in that she was old enough to understand that gluten =feel like shit and not gluten= not feel like shit, and to take care of herself (not each shit she’s not supposed to). B ut, not old enough of have such an emotional attachment to favorite foods that would have made it difficult. And we’ve done a pretty good job of replicating her favorites.

Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped > Cash Rewards 10/25/2020 at 19:25

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Darker Roux! We take ours to dark chocolate .

No matter, Gumbo is AWESOME, add some File

45 minutes of 50 oil and 50 flour, non-stop stirring.

Cash Rewards > Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped 10/25/2020 at 19:59

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It turned out great, and yes, file at the end.

The thing is rice burns sooner than wheat, and faster. Every time I get a little darker and see how far I can get the rice flour to go before it burns. I don’t think I’ll get it as dark, but i still go some room to go

hillrat > Cash Rewards 10/25/2020 at 20:06

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My wife was diagnosed with a wheat allergy about 7-8 years ago and I feel your pain. I will say that it has pushed me as a cook; finding substitutions & realizing how many things are Laden with flour and/or bread for no apparent reason.

Cash Rewards > hillrat 10/25/2020 at 21:17

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Gluten free on a shoestring is great; their bread book is fantastic. For celiac the biggest pain in the ass is barley. Avoiding wheat is easier since it gets called out as a allergen fairly frequently. But malt flavoring is everywhere, and just listed under "natural flavors". 

hillrat > Cash Rewards 10/26/2020 at 07:06

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Yeah, I have a fairly easy ride on this issue. After the first year or so we knew what to look for and have been able to make adjustments and there's a ton of gluten-free stuff readily available now too.