Comments on: Homemade Filé Powder

By: Linda S

Linda S — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:14:46 +0000

I dried some sasafrass in a dhydrator. Will this work the same as hanging outside? We have had so much rain that I don’t think anything would dry outside here. I am in North Louisiana and have loads of the trees on my property. I am trying to learn some of the lost arts such as this one, so that I can pass them on to my grandchildren.

By: Charlotte Johnson

Charlotte Johnson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:52:01 +0000

I am in Alabama, I have never saw a sassafras tree to my knowledge, I sure would like to get a tree, if any of you that have trees have small ones coming up around it and would help me by sending a few of the rooted sprouts, I would be glad to pay what you need for your trouble, and postage.

Thank you
Charlotte Johnson

By: Charlotte Johnson

Charlotte Johnson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:50:21 +0000

I am in Alabama, I have never saw a sassafras tree to my knowledge, I sure would like to get a tree, if any of you that have trees have small ones comming up around it and would help me my sending a few of the sprouts, I would be glad to pay what you need for your trouble, and postage.

Thank you
Charlotte Johnson

By: CSW

CSW — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:32:19 +0000

My father was born in Alabama, and his maternal grandmother was from New Orleans. When my father was four, the family moved out to California, where I was born and grew up. But we grew up with our Southern traditional cooking, and our Christmas turkey always ended up in a gumbo, made the day after. My grandmother passed on to my mother the secret of a good gumbo. “Always add the file after you take it off the boil”, and the file was the essential part of the gumbo. There was no gumbo in our house without the file. Locating the file is getting more and more difficult, so it’s great to be able to know how to make your own! Thanks

By: mcee lee

mcee lee — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:56:41 +0000

tony c. says the real deal is picked on the full moon of august
and dried than powdered up. i`ve been doing that for years and
it`s ya-ya…….

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:31:30 +0000

Thanks for such great pictures. I just received some Sassafras leaves and wouldn’t you know it…my dehydrator broke so I’ve got them in the oven on warm to dry. This will be my first time to grind my own file`. We’re going to plant some trees so hopefully we’ll have our own crop to harvest in a couple of years. Thanks again!

By: becky ray

becky ray — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:32:39 +0000

can you tell me if there are any of the choctaw indians around the city. i am from west coast but have choctaw indian in my heritage.

By: Nola Cuisine » Blog Archive » Fil&#233 Gumbo Recipe

Nola Cuisine » Blog Archive » Fil&#233 Gumbo Recipe — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:55:33 +0000

[...] finally got around to making a Filé Gumbo to take my pure Sassafras Filé powder for a test spin. I found that the flavor is much more subtle, and the thickening power is about 10 [...]

By: Nola Cuisine » Blog Archive » Sassafras Trees & Fil&#233 Powder

Sun, 17 May 2009 14:27:38 +0000

[...] always wanted to make my own Filé powder from scratch but didn’t have access to a Sassafras tree. Last fall I found a tree near [...]

By: Nola Cuisine » Blog Archive » Fil&#233 Powder

Nola Cuisine » Blog Archive » Fil&#233 Powder — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:50:07 +0000

[...] sized Sassafras tree in a park near my house which I harvested some leaves from. I will post soon (here is the post), with pics of my homemade Filé powder here in [...]