Overton's Seafood Gumbo

Ingredients

some sliminess isgone
4 seafood stock -getables
2 c oil
6 okra
3 1/2 lb tomatoes
2 c onion
1 c celery
1 c peppers
2 tb garlic
2 tb vinegar
1 tb salt
1 t cayenne
2 t pepper
5 bay leaves
2 ts thyme
2 ts basil
2 ts oregano
3 roux
1 1/2 c flour
1 lb crab
3 lb shrimp
1 doz oysters
1 c onions
4 quartsof stock you will need about
4 pounds shells

Instructions

minutes.Addoysters and simmer about 5 minutes. Add green onions. Serve overrice with file`powder added to taste at the table. (File` powder shouldnot be cooked.) From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb 1994