I live in The Region. I live in The Region. Farther away from here, farther away from the style seems to be the trend.
Kinda what I said. I imagine, there's as many recipes as there are cooks, even in your "region". The one basic "rule" I have ever found is that you can either thicken it with File, or Okra, but both are not normally used. At some point though, it's no longer gumbo, it's something else. FWIW, gumbo comes from the African word for Okra...so...there's is that.
