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Showing posts with label guingumbo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guingumbo. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

On That Word "Gumbo": Okra, Sassafras, and Baudry's Reports from 1802-1803

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As I mentioned in an earlier blog article , some maintain that the word gumbo derives from the African term guingombo , meaning "okr...
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Shane K. Bernard holds degrees in English and History from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a doctorate in History from Texas A&M University. He is the author of several books on south Louisiana history and culture. Shane lives in New Iberia, Louisiana, a short distance from the celebrated Bayou Teche.
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