Imagine if there was a kitchen appliance that all you had to do was add flour and oil, turn it on, and it did all of the stirring and cooking for you to make a great roux?
Gasp all you want. Yes. I'm Cajun and I buy my roux.
I've never in my life cooked gumbo from a recipe, but being born and raised in Cajun country, I know the first step to any good gumbo is roux. However, early on I learned how inept I was at that particular task...