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Originally Posted by SkeptiCallie
(Post 14490694)
Boiled? BOILED? ? ? ?
Well, y'all. . . . I do think . . . ? Okra is frahd, son. Frahd as in a cast iron skillet on a hot day in August, no air conditioning, and (ah might add) in the South. Accompanied by fried corn (which is not actually fried, as anyone knows), blackeyed peas fresh from shellin' and bein' cooked with a slice of salt pork, and a plate of sliced homegrown tomatoes. Maybe even some homegrown green onions (or scallions to the ones on summer break from college). And invite me to dinner (dinner being the meal that is served at noon). Been too long. . . . A lifetime ago. :( And summer squash. Instead of blackeyed peas we always had fresh string beans. And biscuits. Wow. It's been a very long time since I've had a "dinner" like this (yup, dinner's at noon.) |
Originally Posted by cblaisd
(Post 14498069)
:raiseshand:
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Originally Posted by dd992emo
(Post 14497433)
You'll know how fresh your okra is by how much your hands itch after preparing it...
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I have never liked her. Everything she does is just a ploy to make money. She is a very altruistic selfish person. As for her book club, well I never saw so much rubbish in there. And we have her to thank for Dr. Phil too.
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Originally Posted by Silver Fox
(Post 14500619)
I have never liked her. Everything she does is just a ploy to make money. She is a very altruistic selfish person. As for her book club, well I never saw so much rubbish in there. And we have her to thank for Dr. Phil too. :D
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Originally Posted by phillygold
(Post 14490648)
I grew up eating okra...boiled and added to my Mom's codfish stew. Yes, it was slimy...and I still have memories of it sliding off of my fork...but I grew to appreciate it.
As I have gotten older, I have tried it fried...and enjoyed it. (Frying makes almost anything taste good). I served some to my family over the weekend (boiled), and they started to gag. In fact, both spouse and child have threatened to leave if it ever appears again. So okra....love it or hate it? |
Growing up in Malaysia okra was quite a staple dish, so yeah I love it! It's best eaten grilled with portugese-style fish, or the spicy shrimp paste version that removes the sliminess of the dish.
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Fried Okra or a Indian Curry which uses Okra is delish
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Seems pickled okra was more of a hit than pickled garlic. I like them both :D
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I eat fried like its popcorn.....I have to make it from scratch and have to spend a fortune in NZ to get it.....the trials of a southern boy that doesn't get back home often enough...
As for the other preparations, the only way that I don't like it is boiled with canned tomatoes....too slimy....and my grandmother used to put a big dollop on my plate to eat.....mixed with enough crumbled cornbread, it was less slimy and then edible.... |
My okra is finally coming in. i have 15 plants that are only about 4' tall. it is at least a month late, and the plants a foot or two short. we had a very bad june & july in dc, which i presume screwed it up.
it is very easy to grow. biggest problem is it is well liked by deer and ground hogs. |
Stewed okra I can take or leave, but there's a delectable Indo-Chinese appetizer/bar snack of spicy deep-fried okra medallions. Super yummy!
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Originally Posted by daloosh
(Post 14492689)
My god I hate okra. Slimy, slippery texture that's just gross. At some point in my youth, my parents started to eat okra. It would make me gag. At least I was old enough that they didn't make me eat it, and I shortly escaped to college.
That said, I'll eat anything fried, sometimes even okra... daloosh Okra is hearty food. I love me some okra. |
my first flight to europe in the mid 1970's was on Sabena. Okra was the veg served awith the entree.... Also my first experience with Okra. I had to ask what it was. I am solidly in the hate in camp. Although I can stand it in a spicy gumbo -- I would never eat it alone.
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Bhindi bhaji (http://www.indianfoodforever.com/veg...ndi-bhaji.html) is great with a curry.
Never cooked it myself, but the Indian restaurants I frequent do it very well! |
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