Jerry Wayne Odom Jr

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup oil
• 2 large onions chopped
• 1 cup celery chopped
• 1 bunch green onions chopped
• 1 gallon water
• 1/2 cup parsley chopped
• 2 lbs shrimp
• 1 lb crabmeat
• 1 pint oysters
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper

In a gumbo pot mix oil and flour to make a roux.   Add onions, celery and saute well.   Stir in green onions.   Add 1 gallon of water and boil slowly for one hour.   Add parsley and shrimp; cook for 20 minutes on a low fire.   Add crab meat and oysters.    Add salt and pepper to taste.   Server over rice.   If okra gumbo is desired, cook down cut up okra until it is not slimy.   Add to gumbo during the boiling period.