Mardi Gras party!

[gmonkey42]

The party was so fun. 2010 Student Body is officially awesome. I got lots of compliments on my gumbo. It was totally worth standing at the stove for 45 minutes stirring the roux. I did dark roux this time and it really did taste better. Well, dark-ish. I was running out of time and didn't want to turn the temperature any higher because I was afraid I'd burn it. It was somewhere between peanut butter and milk chocolate color; that's almost dark enough for authentic gumbo. I should have made more gumbo, there were more people than I expected. I put out little insulated cups to try to ration it but it was thick enough that people just ladled it onto their plates. It's supposed to be soup! That's what those cups are for! Ah well, as long as they liked it :D