Commander's Palace Seafood Gumbo

Ingredients

• 6 tbsp flour
• ½ cup shortening or vegetable oil
• 6 cloves garlic (chopped)
• 1 white or yellow onion (diced)
• 1 green bell pepper (chopped)
• 1 bunch celery (chopped)
• 2 lbs peeled raw shrimp
• 1 8 oz can of tomato sauce
• 3 qts water
• 1 lb lump crab meat
• ¼ bunch chopped parsley
• ½ tsp thyme
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 8oz package of frozen okra
• ½ pt oysters with juice
• salt
• pepper
• Crystal Hot Sauce to taste