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The Great Gumbo Excursion

We didn't quite know what we were getting into when we ate that first bowl of gumbo. But then, the thought occurred to me...and I snapped a picture. Today, I regale you with the tail of our Great Gumbo Crawl.

The Great Gumbo Excursion was conceived at the House of Blues when we tasted their gumbo and wondered: is this legit? The broth was so brown, it seemed rice and sausage heavy with a shortage of shrimp and absence of other sea food. It was still delicious and the small appetizer bowl for $7 was an apt entry into the gumbo game. What else could we find and what other music? We had one night in New Orleans and we were going to spend it eating as much gumbo as we could.

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