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Default Question about chicken gumbo

jmcquown wrote on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:37:06 -0600:

j> 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?
??>>
j> file powder is ground sassafrass root.

Shouldn't that apostrophe actually be an acute sign on the e?
Don't know if will transmit but filé is pronounced feelay.

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