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well we are excited to welcome a new gas
to the daytime kitchen we have Shawanda
Mari welcome to your show thank you so
much and you wrote to me telling me a
little bit about your story and I said
we have got to get this woman on the
show you are a culinary storyteller
right yes what is that
well the story of every culture is in
their food yeah so you know New Orleans
and Louisiana in particular has a very
rich history and culture uh-huh and so
no better way to explain that then
through food yeah I love that okay so
you're from New Orleans area yes and you
are you do Creole right now Creole is a
as a culture is that right Co is a
culture Creole is a language of people a
culture is Creole history the earrings I
have on a Creole earrings yeah I was
watching your YouTube channel just a
little bit and we're talking about the
Creole earrings yes and they're
something that's a tradition that was
passed down from generation to
generation yes Creole was a dish yeah
it's cooking right
well yeah Creole is dish Creole
basically is the culture that developed
in the Louisiana territory prior to the
Louisiana Purchase so it's a mix of all
the people that settled in an area that
brought whatever they brought from their
old country to the new country and
contributed to the culture the food the
music the language yes so you're trying
to keep this story alive
something's called the New Orleans
Creole story pot yes tell me about that
New Orleans Creole story pot is an
experience it's a culinary experience as
a historical and cultural experience
I provide Dining Services in also public
speaking for people that are interested
in tasting New Orleans here in Southwest
Virginia or anywhere actually
aha so I bring a slice of New Orleans to
people's dinner table or home I have
cooking classes I've had cooking parties
where people can actually learn how to
prepare Creole food yeah and it's just
fun I work with kids sometimes I'll
dress up in attire 300 times higher you
think it's like something that's dying
off you know this this culture that
people don't really know about I think
it's very much alive it has never really
died oh that's it's there but people
really don't know it so I'd be able to
identify it okay interesting
yeah they don't know it's me I'll be
able to identify it but it's very strong
the language is endangered so I'm
working to incorporate some aspects of
the language into what I do as well
that's so cool I like that alright so
we're gonna learn much more from
Shawanda coming up and you can find out
more at Creole story pot comm and you're
gonna share a recipe with us aren't you
yes alright
it's gumbo right yes we can feel a gumbo
I love it
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we are back in the daytime kitchens with
Shawanda Murray and we are talking about
authentic Creole and you're gonna make a
gumbo for us yes yes I'm gonna make feel
a gumbo okay and what is that
well female gumbo is a gumbo that's made
from where the feeling is a sassafras
leaf that was introduced to a Creole
culture by the indigenous people they
were grinded and it's used as a
thickener to make the dumbo a little bit
fuller ah so we have here and so where's
that that's this this is the feeling
okay yeah and also introduced by the
indigenous are the bay leaf Oh
it gives it extra flavor rich flavor
yeah so much flavor so Creole seasoning
shrimp crab meat and then what they call
the Trinity we called it the seasonings
when I was growing up the trimming is
more trendy term seasonings bell pepper
onions and celery we have some grind
some smoked sausage in ham and some blue
crab from Louisiana let's get into it we
make it let's build it in it that's
exactly what it is you have to build it
but first before you build you have to
make your room okay sorry so we have
we're going okay so what is the rule the
rule is actually flour and oil that you
mix together you start off with roux and
it's the foundation basically of the
meal it's something of the dish it's the
foundation to be build on top of it it
creates a thickening agent as well for
it and it also gives you lots of flavor
so your roux is very important okay good
whew it takes about 45 minutes already
going okay and then once the roux is
done what happens once the roux is done
then you take your veggie your veggies
if you don't mind can you hand me some
of those okay you take your veggies so
here's the bell pepper we'll put a
little bell pepper in okay onions drop a
little that in okay okay okay and you
would also add garlic I don't have the
garlic cut up right now but you would
also add the garlic normally if this
would fit up really really really big
and you have to turn turn turn stir stir
stir never leave it alone because it'll
burn okay but I made a nice chocolate
roof
rulz come in different colors they do
different colors depending on how you
want your your your dish to taste and to
look alright for time sake we get that
all cooked in right and together and
then what do we put our proteins in here
then you add yeah then you add your
proteins you add your sausage and your
shrimp and you know you would add
everything to it but you would also add
a stock you would make a stock out of
shrimp or so or some type of seafood you
would add your shrimp this is just for
times sake of course yeah gumbo tastes a
lot longer to make this do you want to
plate it up so we can see what it looks
absolutely absolutely I'll go ahead and
plate this up and how much does this
usually serve once you get everything
together
oh goodness you can serve a whole family
and friends and your neighbors down the
street somebody mumble you know
everybody comes over when it's the gumbo
time yeah start off with your rice okay
and then once you do your rice you go
ahead on and grab a ladle and just pull
up whatever you get is what you get
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exactly my grandmother used to tell me
just put the ladle in and pull it up
don't go picking through my shrimp
grabbing on my meat share this recipe
with our viewers so if you want to try
it at home you know it's it's not
something that's going to make very very
quickly but it's worth it oh look at
that
oh sorry our website you can look for
that website that recipe and then you
can go on to the New Orleans Creole
story hot what do you think Brittany oh
I'm excited about this mmm me too man
that's so good
all right Wow