Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/4  cup           butter or margarine
   1      small         green bell pepper -- chop
   2      tablespoons   flour -- all-purpose
   1      teaspoon      Tabasco sauce
   2      cups          liquid -- (water/seafood
                        -- juice)
     1/8  teaspoon      thyme
   2      cups          cut okra
   1                    bay leave
   2      cups          peeled -- cubed tomatoes
   2      cups          shrimp -- crabmeat, oyster
                        -- combo
   1      large         onion -- chopped
   3      cups          hot cooked rice

Preparation:

1. Melt butter in large saucepan; blend in flour and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until dark brown. 2. Add liquid, okra, tomatoes, onion, pepper, Tabasco, thyme and bay leaf; bring to a boil, then cover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring frequently. 3. Add seafood and cook, covered, 10 to 15 minutes longer. 4. Remove bay leaf and serve in soup bowls with mound of hot rice in center.