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- Making Gumbo!

First you make a roux,
You know what a roux is,
Don't you?
Brown the flour,
Brown it in the oil,
Keep on stirring,
It's going to turn gold,
This beautiful gold...
But keep on going, 
Till it's brown and thick
And the flour changes
To something else.
Now, add onion and garlic,
That green bell pepper,
All chopped, chopped.
Y'all do call them bell pepper
Up here, don't you?
And you need some 
Andouille.
Sausage and onion,
One of the smells.
Mmmmm hmmm.
Now, if you do it right,
If you keep on stirring 
Till you got that gold
That special brown,
That luscious color
Cooked flour
And onion and bell pepper
And garlic, 
That luscious garlicky onion smell,
That luscious sausage smell, because
This is a song about luscious.
Gumbo is luscious, and
I'm making gumbo for you.
I'm making you something good.

But I'm not finished.
We’re not finished.
You're not finished, are you?
Because, because,
What about them shrimps?
What about them oysters?
Can you say oyshh-ters?
Well, they do come last, or
Almost last, while it thickens,
That brown flour broth
 And you make the rice.
White rice. Carolina rice.
So, add them shrimp, they turn pink,
Turn off the heat,
Add those oysters.
The secret to gumbo is the file.
Fee-lay. Fee-lay
The secret to gumbo is the file.
The secret to gumbo is the file.
The secret to gumbo is the file.
Ground sassafras leaves.
And hey, just serve it in a bowl, like soup
Or stew, but really, it's just gumbo, and
Gumbo is its own true self.
I'm gonna make you
Something good.