I went to Central Market's cooking school tonight to learn how to make gumbo. This is a hands on class that has 16 people in it. They are divided up into four teams that will make: seafood gumbo, chicken gumbo, duck gumbo, and venison gumbo. I was on the team that made the venison gumbo. We cut the vegtables and followed the recipie, but due to time constraints the roux (4 different stages: blonde, peanut butter, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate) and the marinated meat were already prepared.
And this is the result! I think that this class is well worth taking. You definately eat a lot of food. We started out the night with spicy shrimp in remoulade sauce. They served Louisiana beer and played Cajun music. We then cooked and ate the four gumbos. After that, we topped it off with Blue Bell Mardi Gras ice cream and a cookie.