Does anyone know what the Gumbo ingredient File Powder is?

[daginge]

Does anyone know either where I can buy it in the UK or a substitute for it?

[BBWCHATT]

Da - I live in the USA so I am not sure - but you may find it in a good spice shop there.


or you can order it directly from Zatarains - they are famous here for their Cajun products:

http://shop.zatarains.com/zatarains�-gumbo-fil �-p-1547.html


or from an eBay seller:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Zatarains-Gumbo-File-Louis iana-Cajun-Food_W0QQitemZ270086971835QQihZ017Q QcategoryZ14314QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZVi ewItem


This describes what it is an it's history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil%C3%A9_powder

[daginge]

Thank you kindly! I will investigate further!

[Clanad]

It's ground sassafras leaves... used in really hard-core Cajun cooking. Think Hank Williams, Sr.
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie
And fil� gumbo,
'Cause tonight
I'm gonna see by ma cher amio
Pick guitar,
Fill fruit jar
And be gayo
Son of a gun,
We'll have big fun
On the bayou

Used primarily in gumbos, Jambalaya and a crawfish pie... The leaves have a very slight root beer aroma. Said to have been taken from the Cherokee Indians who taught the settlers to make stews and soups thus thickened.
Marketed under Tony Chachere here in the U.S.

[BBWCHATT]

Clanad - Did you forget about the even more famous one - Zatarain's? :)

[daginge]

Thank you all!