The Recipe Thread [tm--CajunCook]

gavinj said

It's the other way around as far as I'm concerned. Okra is ok (just ok) to use if you don't have any File.

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I hear ya...I was just answering the question as it was asked. I use file in many, many dishes besides gumbo. I guess it's a Creole thing...(and its reputation as a mild hallucinogenic).