Chicken Gumbo

1 chicken cut in pieces 1 cup salt pork cubes ¼ cup onion 4 quarts water 4 tablespoons flour salt, pepper, cayenne 1 cup cream.

1 quart green okra.

1 tablespoon chopped red Pepper 1 bay leaf, sprig of thyme 4 tablespoons butter 1 cup rice cooked 1 clove garlic.

Cook salt pork in frying pan five minutes; add chicken, and saute a golden brown. Remove chicken; add onion, garlic, okra cut in slices, and saute one half hour. Add to chicken and cover with boiling water. Add red pepper, seasonings, and cook slowly until chicken is tender. Melt butter; add flour and cream; cook five minutes; add chicken mixture. Serve garnished with rice.

Oyster Gumbo

¼ cup onion.

¼ cup butter.

1 quart oysters.

4 quarts water.

1 chicken cut in pieces.

1 cup cooked rice.

1 tablespoon chopped red pepper.

1 quart okra.

2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour salt and pepper.

Melt butter, add chicken, and saute. Remove chicken; add onion, okra, pepper. Cook ten minutes. Add to chicken and cover with boiling water. When chicken is tender, add oysters and cook until edges curl. Melt butter, add flour, and thicken soup. Serve garnished with rice.

Crab Gumbo

Prepare same as Chicken Gumbo, substituting one quart crab meat for chicken and using the crab liquor.