New Orleans Gumbo

 Ingredients

• 1 turkey or fowl
• 1 lb fresh beef 
• 1/2 cup lard
• 1 yellow onion 
• 1 cup water
• 100 oysters with their liquor

Directions

1. Cut a turkey or fowl into smaller pieces with pulverized fresh beef
2. Put both meats into a pot with 1/2 cup lard
3. Chop onion and mix it in
4. Add enough water to cook the meat
5. After meat is soft, add in oysters with their liquor
6. Season to taste
7. Before taking soup up, warm until it becomes mucilaginous [thick]
8. Add in two spoonfuls of pulverized beef

Source — Creole Cookery Book.
Prepared by Morgan Winstead
Louisiana Anthology
June 10, 2018