On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:26:53 -0500, James Egan >
wrote:

>In the recipe below there is an ingredient listed as:
>
> 1 1/2 tbsp File' Gumbo
>
>Is this a typo? If so, any idea what the ingredient might be?
>
>-Thanks

File' is ground to a powder Sassafras "LEAVES" not root as someone
else mentioned. It has a double usages in gumbos. If your gumbo does
not contain Okra, as yours does not, than the File acts as a
thickening agent as the gumbo cooks. If you make a Okra based gumbo
you can, as I do, add a spoon or 2 of File powder at the table to,
IMHO, add more complexity to the taste.
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