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Fish Gumbo
by Steve Burns

1 stick butter ( margarine)

1 cup celery, chopped

1 cup onion, chopped

1 cup bell pepper, chopped

2 cups okra, chopped

1 cup carrots, chopped

2 cloves garlic, sliced

1 can tomatoes, mashed

2 Tbs. salt

1 tsp. black pepper

2 bay leaves

1/2 tsp. thyme

1/8 tsp. Tabasco

4 slices bacon, fried crisp

1 box Uncle Ben's wild rice, oriental (see note at bottom)

2 lbs. fish, Bass, Catfish, Grouper, Snapper, Perch or other white fish

Boil fish in approx. 1 to 1&1/2 gals. water until tender enough to debone, approx.. 5 mins. Debone fish, and strain stock.

Melt butter and sauté' celery, onions, peppers, carrots, and garlic approx.. 5 mins. Add to stock with tomatoes and spices.

Crumble up bacon and add to stock with 1 tsp. bacon grease. Cook slowly until carrots and celery are half done. Add okra and cook until almost done. In separate boiler cook rice approx.. 15 mins. and add to stock with fish and cook until all are done.
(Can also add or substitute shrimp to this.)

NOTE: If you don't have the oriental wild rice , use regular rice but add 1/2 tsp. basil, pinch of celery salt and garlic powder.