Cooking’s holy trinity….

Gumbo... one of life's epicurean wonders! 

What’s fun about cooking is lively discussions about what constitutes  the foundation of any style of food.

In French cuisine they refer to the ‘food holy trinity’ of carrots, onions and celery.

the other trinity
In New Olreans, the common combo is somethng slightly different: onions, bell pepper and celery…. and nowhere else is this so clearly evident than in the making of GUMBO… one of God’s greatest creations.
However, sometimes more is better… I would add garlic to the list. One can not really have too much garlic, if properly prepared.

I have noticed that many ‘short cut’ recipes remove one trinity or another… and that is to bad. Even simple “Tetrazinni” deserves some onion, carott and celery.

Food is such fun, isn’t it?

Roger Freberg

About 8 years ago, I posted my  Seafood gumbo recipe…  share it with someone you love.