Ingredients:

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