@heirloomkitchen.club: Louisiana boasts two distinct gumbo traditions, and neither side is yielding ground. Creole gumbo, born in the vibrant city, emerged from the fusion of French, Spanish, African, Caribbean, and Native culinary influences. Conversely, Cajun gumbo originated in exile. It was brought south by French Acadians, who were forcibly displaced from Nova Scotia in 1755 and later settled in the bayous of southwest Louisiana. Same state, same word, yet two entirely different pots. We’re not picking a side. Just appreciating these recipes with a rich past. #LouisianaGumbo #CreoleCuisine #CajunCooking #FoodHistory #SouthernFood
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Friday 14 August 2026 21:21:30 GMT
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Lvng_Wtr :
Actually creole gumbo in New Orleans is a very very dark roux and Cajun gumbo is a lighter roux like a darker peanut butter color.
2026-10-23 06:57:28
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Eric Carroll :
The only gumbo is Cajun gumbo. I will be taking no questions.
2026-08-15 15:50:36
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Luke :
Lighter and butter based? Baby that’s etouffee
2026-08-29 10:25:53
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𝕹𝖔𝖘4.𝕬2 :
anyone from New Orleans knows we do not put tomatoes in our gumbo. Just a fact...
2026-10-23 14:03:24
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Justin Bowen :
Hot take. Creole gumbo is better. I make mine with crawfish, shrimp and andouille. I also use lobster stock for the umami. Come at me. It’s won awards.
2026-08-23 02:53:12
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LittlestNico :
the correct answer is putting a serving of both in front of me to eat
2026-10-07 15:00:10
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Jenny Rhea Jordan :
Never tomatoes in the gumbo. And chicken/sausage OR seafood, but not both. Little scoop of potato salad on the side. 😋
2026-08-15 00:42:26
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FvkitVpa :
Choctaw here.....our use of the word "kombo" was an adopted term actually employed as a marketing tool to sell our filé in the french markets but traditionally not our word for filé. The sassafrass tree we called "kvfi" (CAH-feh), but the actual dried leaves that make the filé we called "kombo akshish" meaning "gumbo's root" because it wasn't a gumbo without filé. It was a marketing ploy to help sell to the french and later American colonists but not a Choctaw word.
**P.S.**
Tomatoes go in everything creole EXCEPT GUMBO
2026-08-28 18:27:43
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K LeBoeuf Chatagnier :
I’m 48 & only grew up on seafood okra gumbo & duck gumbo in Houma. I never knew there was a chicken & sausage gumbo until I was about 12 years old.
2026-08-15 15:44:26
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Cary Ferro :
My family is one that puts tomatoes in our Cajun gumbo. And okra. Folks say it’s not traditional, but I don’t care. My Memaw taught me and her French speaking mother in law taught her.
2026-08-15 01:22:44
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ShokQuest :
Tomatoes do not belong in gumbo.
2026-09-21 22:59:09
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ᛑᛗᛛ haydn ᛑᛗᛛ :
Creole, Cajun, all gumbos is good gumbos
2026-10-10 05:26:50
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txairconditioning :
One is Creole or city the other is Cajun or country.
Both are delicious.
Enjoy.
2026-08-14 22:41:47
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wearyenthusiasm :
I don’t discriminate, give me both! 🤤
2026-08-15 14:17:24
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LavenderHaze013 :
don't know how I ended up on creole/Cajun Tok but I'm here for it and hungry and I'll have a plate please 😂🥰
2026-10-08 18:01:56
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Lacaveman :
This is a misconception, it became popular in Nola but it was being made up and down the gulf coast for years before that, back when Louisiana covered all the way Pensacola
2026-08-15 01:33:04
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browelder :
And chilli doesn’t have beans.
2026-08-15 01:46:35
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Npfolse :
Gumbo NEVER has tomatoes. No need to reply.
2026-08-25 19:10:57
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Heirloom Kitchen Club :
Tomatoes in your gumbo, yes or absolutely not? Tell us which pot you grew up eating from.
2026-08-14 21:22:06
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Travelnurse7 :
I am Creole and no one in my family has ever made a butter roux or put tomatoes in Gumbo. I didnt hear about tomatoes going in gumbo until tiktok. My grandma made okra or file gumbo with shrimp, crabs, smoke sausage, hot sausage, and some other kind of meat.
2026-08-26 04:40:06
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SailorPoota :
It needs to have okra to be gumbo, argue witcha motha not me ™
2026-08-28 19:13:45
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kydastunner :
creole gumbo is lowkey better it’s the one my family passed down for decades i love it
2026-09-15 23:32:51
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ddb :
if you put tomatoes in gumbo.....WE PULL YOUR CAJUN LICENSE
2026-08-15 19:36:03
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CH101532 :
Never had a gumbo with tomatoes - that's an etouffee or (insert protein) creole.
2026-08-16 13:51:38
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