Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      pound         cooked shrimp -- shelled deveined
   3      tablespoons   butter or margarine
     1/2  cup           chopped onion
     1/2  cup           chopped green pepper
     1/4  cup           minced celery
   2      cloves        garlic -- minced
   1      tablespoon    flour
   1      can           sliced stewed tomatoes -- (1 lb.)
     1/8  teaspoon      dried thyme
   1                    bay leaf
     1/2  teaspoon      sugar
     1/8  teaspoon      hot pepper sauce
   1      teaspoon      Worcestershire sauce
                        several whole allspice
                        salt and pepper
                        minced parsley
                        hot -- freshly cooked rice

Preparation:

Cook shrimp. Remove shells. To make Creole sauce, sauté onion, green pepper, garlic and celery in butter or margarine until limp; add flour and cook and stir until flour is light tan. Add all other ingredients except parsley and rice and cook until sauce is thickened. Taste for salt and pepper and add more if needed. Stir in parsley. Serve over hot, freshly cooked rice.