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Alligator Gumbo.

Alligator Gumbo.

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Jul 25, 2022
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Overheard at the Chart Room, in the French Quarter: “When life gives you alligator, you make gator gumbo. That is the truth.”

That is not the truth. There is no such thing as gator gumbo. Why would there be?

Okay, probably somebody, somewhere, is making gator gumbo. I am happy to stand corrected. I am sure it is on a menu somewhere, and I am equally …

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