Mary Mahoney's Restaurant Seafood Gumbo recipe - from the A Taste of the Spirit - Book II Family Cookbook

Ingredients

• 6 tbsp. flour
• 5 tbsp. bacon drippings
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 finely chopped celery
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• (1) 28 oz. can tomatoes
• (1) 15 oz. can tomato sauce
• 5 - 6 cups water
• 3 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 2 lbs. shrimp, frozen or fresh, peeled and deveined
• 2 lbs. crab meat, fresh or frozen
• (1) 16 oz. package frozen okra
• 3 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 pint oysters (optional)