This might be rather lengthy, but here goes. I was about 23 or 24 and knew how to cook. One day I decided to make Gumbo. Had all the ingredients cooking away. Smelled good so far. Added the shrimp and things began to smell bad. I went ahead and cooked it, but also cooked some chicken just in case. Well, when the Gumbo had cooked the amount of time the recipe specified, it smell to high Heaven. I had a big pot of it. I put a little bit in a bowl and put it on the landing for the outside cats. One of them came up the steps, took a whiff and flew back down. None of the others would even come close. We finally decided the shrimp was bad. To this day I can not stand Gumbo.