Yes, generally, though some other gumbos I make I use half butter and half oil.
What do you make yours with?
--Lan Sluder
Lan,
I use butter for roux. My grandma taught me how to cook home style food, and she never missed a chance to use butter. She even made butter sandwiches, just plain or with jelly. It's only natural that I'd use butter.
Now, I learned to cook mexican food in my neighbor's kitchen. He had something like eighteen brothers and sisters, and a few of his sisters were kinda cute. But they spent all their time in the kitchen because feeding that troop was a full-time job, so I hung out in the kitchen. The Atardo family used lard at every meal that I can remember. Lard has some great uses if your cardio system can tolerate it.
Dan
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