Seafood Gumbo Recipe

1 cup flour

3 large onions , chopped

3 ribs celery , chopped

6 cloves garlic , minced

2 quarts water

3 bay leaves

Tabasco, Emeril's hot pepper sauce , or habanero hot sauce to taste

salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

worcestershire sauce to taste, I use several Tablespoons

2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce

(6) pre-cooked dungeness crabs , cleaned and shucked, keeping the crab claws to be added to gumbo

1 bunch green onions , chopped (I omit this ingredient sometimes)

1/3 cup chopped parsley

3 pounds raw prawns , medium size and cut in-half or a smaller size left whole (peeled and deveined)

1 pound small scallops

1 pound firm, boneless fish fillet (I use cod or halibut ), cubed into bite-size pieces

** clams and mussels (in shells) can be tossed in but if the gumbo gets reheated, both of these will toughen in texture