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These theories are intermixed in the local legend of the Frying Pan Revolt, or Petticoat Insurrection.

According to legend, in 1722, female French colonists gathered in New Orleans at the home of Governor Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, to protest the lack of familiar ingredients.

Bienville's housekeeper, Madame Langlois, taught the women how to improve the basic gumbo.

Langlois used okra, an ingredient to which the women had previously been introduced by their slaves.

Langlois introduced ingredients common in Choctaw cuisine – rice, shrimp, crawfish, and filé powder.