Mary's seafood gumbo

1. Use large alumionum pot, not iron.
2. Wash, stem and cut okra into ½" pcs. Seasoni with salt and pepper.
3. Smotheri okra in as little oil as possible.
4. When almost done, add onion.
5. Cook until tender, add tomatoes.
6. Let simmer, add remaining ingredients and simer until done.
7. If there is a favorite vegetable of the south, it is surely okra.
8. Gumboi gets its name from the choctaw indian word "kombo" for any thick soup made with okra.