Vegan Gumbo
I've been to New Orleans, Louisiana and I've had real gumbo. Many times. The hardest thing about making "real" seafood gumbo vegan is that there aren't currently any decent meatless analogues for shellfish, such as shrimp, crawfish or scallops. I know of some meatless substitutes for shrimp that can be found in markets that specialize in Chinese cuisine, but these are merely cosmetic substitutions — they have absolutely no flavor to them. I've tried adding them to this recipe but it didn't impart anything to the flavor, so it didn't seem worthwhile. One time I tried adding white hominy corn to the recipe to represent the missing shellfish, and that was interesting but not really worth repeating. Fake crab is a thing, but it's pretty nasty. Various vegan substitutes for fish are widely available, but to my knowledge these are all breaded cutlets that are meant to stand in for dishes like fish and chips, and are not readily suitable for stews or
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