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To learn more about the Sauce Boss and his projects, visit:
Sauceboss.com, Planetgumbo.org and
Facebook.com/BillSauceBossWharton

GUMBO RECIPE

2 cups flour 1 pound smoked sausage,
1 cup oil sliced
1 chicken, cooked, de-boned 2 medium zucchini, sliced
and shredded 1 pound okra, sliced
1 gallon chicken stock 1 pound shrimp
2 large onions, diced 1 pint oysters
Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton serves up blues with a “bite!" Photo by Eric Ilasenko 2 large green peppers, diced 1 pound crawdads
of the homeless. Since 2003, the Sauce Boss has performed ½ bottle of Liquid Summer
over 115 shows for Planet Gumbo and served over 12,000 Hot Sauce
bowls of gumbo as part of this initiative. Additionally, Planet Make a roux: mix 2 cups of flour into 1 cup hot oil. Cook
Gumbo volunteers fed over 250 homeless men, women and on high, stirring constantly until chocolate brown. Add the
children monthly at The Shelter in Tallahassee, FL, from April chicken, chicken stock, onions and green peppers. Bring to a
2004 through September 2015 – that’s over 30,000 bowls boil, then simmer down, uncovered. Add salt to taste and…
of gumbo, along with cooked veggies, fresh fruit and bread. (drum roll) Bill Wharton’s Liquid Summer Hot Sauce. Slice
They now serve 80 meals monthly at Tallahassee’s Hope and add the sausage, zucchini and okra. After the okra is
Community Family Shelter. almost done (about 10-15 minutes), turn up the heat and add
“We are a gumbo!” Sauce Boss proclaims. His fans come shrimp, oysters and crawdads. Cook for 3 minutes, or until
for music but leave with much more. The Sauce Boss offers up the seafood is just barely cooked. Serve over rice and splash
sustenance and redemption in the form of music, food and, with more Liquid Summer Hot Sauce. Feeds 8-12 people.
above all, brotherhood of all mankind.

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