From the Daily Comet:
THIBODAUX — One of the city’s longest-running gumbo fundraisers is back for another year as St. John’s Episcopal Church continues its chicken-and-sausage gumbo sale.
Run by the Episcopal Church Women, the gumbo is sold from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Monday during Lent. The meal costs $8 and includes carrot or potato salad, French bread, iced tea and homemade dessert.
The fundraiser began more than 20 years ago when the church’s ladies were looking for an outreach program, said Nyada DeGravelles, a founding member.
The chief beneficiary is the local Good Samaritan Food Bank. The gumbo also serves to draw folks to St. John's to get to know us in the midst of an area that is heavily Roman Catholic.
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Co-Cathedral serves a seafood gumbo on Fridays, and the two congregations support one another in their fundraising efforts.
Gumbo and sweet tea. Now I'm hungry. :-)
ReplyDeleteHope you get a good crowd!
Penny, the people come. Every Lent, they come.
ReplyDeleteI've never et a good gumbo, I will confess. I really must rectify this at some point.
ReplyDeleteCathy, I wonder if you could find what folks in Louisiana would consider a good gumbo in London.
ReplyDeleteI doubt it, Mimi, though I'll bet there's Louisiana food to be found somewhere here. I should see if I can find it actually :)
ReplyDeleteCathy, you can find Zatarain's Gumbo Mix, perhaps even in London, or online, which makes a pretty damn good gumbo. Of course, you wouldn't have Louisiana seafood, but you could make a tasty chicken/sausage gumbo.
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