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Gumbo

Gumbo (Louisiana Creole: Gum-bo) is a stew that is popular among the U.S. Gulf Coast community, the New Orleans stew variation being the official state cuisine of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Gumbo consists primarily of a strongly flavored stock, meat or shellfish (or sometimes both), a thickener, and the Creole "holy trinity": celery, bell peppers, and…

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Alternative names
Gombo
Main ingredients
Stock, roux, okra, filé powder, meat or shellfish, celery, onions, bell peppers
Place of origin
United States
Region or state
Louisiana
Serving temperature
Hot
Type
Stew

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Gumbo

Nodes104
Edges103
Triples220
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019231
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 75
Gumbo → Africans, Afro-Creole Culture, Agriculture, Alan, AltaMira Press, Americas, Bienvenue, Brasseaux, Cajun Cuisine, Cajun Foodways, Cambridge University Press, Carl, Colonial Louisiana, Country, Creolization, Cynthia Lejeune, Daniel, David, Davidson, Eighteenth Century
related to Cajun vs. Creole gumbo · 19
Gumbo → Acadia, Cajun, Cajuns, Canadian, Combinations, Creole, Enslaved Africans, French, French-speaking, Louisiana, Louisiana Creole, New Brunswick, New Orleans, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Seafood, Spanish, The
related to Development · 17
Gumbo → According, Although, An, Called, Caribbean, Cynthia Lejeune Nobles, French, House-Wife, In, John Sibley, Laussat, Mary Randolph's The Virginia, Ochra Soup, Pierre Clement, Spanish, The, West India Dish
related to Etymology · 16
Gumbo → According, Additionally, Africa, Bambara, Bantu, Central Africa, Choctaw, Kimbundu, Louisiana French, Luba-Lulua, One, Scholars, Some, The, Umbundu, West Africa
related to Gumbo z'herbes · 14
Gumbo → Afro-Caribbean, French, French/Spanish/West Africans, German Catholics, Germany, In, It, Lent, Lenten, Maundy Thursday, Preparation, The, This, When Catholics
related to background · 12
Gumbo → Africans, Alabama, Cherokee, Choctaw, French, German, In, Louisiana, Mobile, Native Americans, Spanish, The
related to Origin · 11
Gumbo → African, Although, As, Caribbean, Enslaved African Americans, French, German, Louisiana, Native American, Scholars, Spanish
related to Social aspects · 10
Gumbo → Also, In Cajun Foodways, Local, Louisiana, Many, Nobles, Paige Gutierrez, Since, The, With
related to Thickeners · 10
Gumbo → According, Food, Ground, If, Many Cajuns, Okra, Roux, The Oxford Companion, This, Traditionally
related to Preparation and serving · 8
Gumbo → According, As, Because, Louisiana, Meat, Nobles, Okra, When

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louisiana dish okra filé new roux often added creole seafood french ingredients used orleans powder cajun stew served meat isbn

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GumboAlternative namesGombo1.00infobox
GumboMain ingredientsStock, roux, okra, filé powder, meat or shellfish, celery, onions, bell peppers1.00infobox
GumboPlace of originUnited States1.00infobox
GumboRegion or stateLouisiana1.00infobox
GumboServing temperatureHot1.00infobox
GumboTypeStew1.00infobox
Gumbois averitable art form in Louisiana0.90text
Gumbois afeature in both urban and rural areas of Louisiana.In rural Acadiana in southern Louisiana0.90text
Gumbois aofficial cuisine of the state of Louisiana0.90text
Gumborelated to backgroundLouisiana0.60section
Gumborelated to backgroundThe0.60section
Gumborelated to backgroundAfricans0.60section

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