What's with all the freaking okra bashing in GD..?

[ScreamingMeemie]

Okra lovers have feelings too you know. If this keeps up, I'm leaving!!!!!!!

:evilgrin: ;) ;-) ;-) :evilgrin:

[VelmaD]

1. okra rocks

Okra is proof there is a benevolent supreme being and that it loves us.

Fried okra is a little slice of heaven on earth. Even the batter-dipped kind you get in restaurants. But the best is my mommas. Just rolled in corn meal and deep fried nice.

Mmm...drool.

Darth Velma

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. That's what I do I fry it, and green tomatoes and serve them together...

mmmmmMMMMMMmmmmm, don't even need anything else. It is the ingredient in Gumbo as well..


.....I think I'll start an okra blog...????

[0rganism]

2. Tell me, please, what's good about okra?

It always seems extra slimey and foul, the only way I've been able to eat it is in really spicey gumbo, because gumbo has all kinds of wierd stuff that masks the flavor. But I figure there must be some reason why people eat okra. I want to appreciate okra, really I do.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Get somebody to fry it up nice and crisp, and you shall surely change

your mind about this misunderstood little vegetable. My kids even love it. That's saying alot!!!!

[Maddy McCall]

30. Amen, sistah

This southerner's got your back. Ain't nothing finer than fried okra, fried white squash, field peas, and big pone of hot water cornbread.

[Pobeka]

33. What's the basic technique for hot water cornbread?

Never heard of that before. Always looking for new recipies...

[Maddy McCall]

35. Here's a recipe link:

http://members.aol.com/Ladyfolks/hotwater.html

I never used a recipe, so I wouldn't be able to tell you how to do it, but I could show you :-)

But the recipe linked above is VERY similar to the way I make it, my mother makes it, and my grandmother--who taught us both--used to make it.

You have to try it...it is DELISH!

[Pobeka]

36. Thanks!

:hi:

[roughsatori]

3. Then take the damn Okra with you!

:P

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. See if I ever have you over for dinner...

double:P and a ;)

[roughsatori]

18. Well you probably cook it with animal fat

and I am a vegetarian. But I think I would rather eat uncooked pork then that green viscous slimy thing you lovingly call Okra. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Yep, lots and lots of animal fat!!!! But if you hadn't been so mean I

would have cooked it in vegetable oil for you....but, nope, not now!
;-)

[Maddy McCall]

31. Okra's not slimy when it is fried in a cast-iron skillet well-done with

a bit of cornmeal sprinkled on it before it hits the grease. My mom uses crisco, and it is still delicious.

Hey, I just ate grilled zuchini for the first time, against my better judgement, and it was delicious. Try okra and don't be a food snob!

:-) :-) :-)

[Maine Mary]

5. Stuiped Q. from the NE

What the heck is Okra? My ex-hubbby from Arizona used to talk about it but I've no clue what it is. Is it a veggie?

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Yes a delicious vegetable...read on...

http://mvf.neurophys.wisc.edu/ravi/okra/




grilled okra





beautiful okra blossoms



even okra crafts!!!

Poor little unappreciated vegetable... ;-)

[bloom]

12. when I grew it - it looked more like this:

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Yes, there was a variety like that on the web page as well...I was quite

amazed that someone had enough time to put together an entire okra website. I googled it for fun,, and was amazed.

[berry]

29. What a wonderful website--I've just wasted an hour there.

I especially liked learning about the virtues of okra for health.

I do think that neglected, under-appreciated veggies make great lounge topics. When I have more time, I think I'll start a rutabaga thread. Cumberland, Wisconsin has a Rutabaga Festival in August that I caught one year, but I'm still pretty ignorant about it.

[ForrestGump]

7. It was Southern California. I didn't know any better.

I steamed okra. It was like a scene from Ghostbusters - "I've been slimed!" I couldn't believe it.

Big mistake.

I've since had fried okra - I like it, especially with ranch dressing as a dip - and I also developed a liking for okra, tomatoes, and corn over rice (much better for you than the fried stuff). And it's essential in gumbo, of course.

[WilliamPitt]

8. Okra rules

:)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. Especially if you cook it with my special recipe

:D

[Pobeka]

34. Well, is that special recipe a secret?

Inquiring minds...

[bloom]

10. LOL

I like okra, too, DAMMIT!!!

:bounce: :eyes: :bounce: :eyes: :bounce: :eyes: :bounce:

[JitterbugPerfume]

15. I aint eatin OKRA

just kidding . It is GOOD fried

[searchingforlight]

16. I LOVE okra and, oh, by the way, how is your husband's poison ivy?

I love okra fried, boiled, anyway.

My family loves it best as a creole dish with onions, tomatoes, green peppers, cumin, gumbo file and chili pepper. Mix up a big bowl of mashed potatoes and serve over the potatoes and YUMMMMM.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. He finally broke down and let me buy the Zanfel ($39.95,,ouch!) He used

it today and the itching is gone!!! It's amazing. It was just spreading and getting worse so he gave up the tough man act and used it. Thanks for asking! :-)

[short bus president]

17. I had a side of fried okra with my Allen & Son barbecue for lunch

:9

Can't beat that combo.

[Maine Mary]

21. OK. How about Fiddleheads?

I'm an equal opportunity veggie hater cause I think they all suck cept taters, corn, (onions, peppers, garlic, onions, and herbs- veggies?) , so please, don't accuse me of bias. ;-)

But has anyone heard of Fiddleheads? (I don't like them either BTW) The reason I ask is that I think it's another regional thing. I had never heard of Fiddleheads till I moved from NJ to Maine. It's a big thing around here in early springtime.

[searchingforlight]

23. Fiddleheads are the tops of ferns picked just as they come up in

spring. They are very tasty!!

[DemoTex]

22. Okra! Fried, stewed, in gumbo ... love it!

MrsGrumpy, we are confronted with culinary Philistines. Don't waste good okra on them. It's pearls before the swine. Save it for me, please.

[yeti]

24. Okra is evil.

Okra lovers may have feelings, but they are all bad, slimy feelings.

[jmowreader]

25. Then you may have my ration of Okra

I have tried it cooked every way it is possible to cook it. I did not enjoy it.

Okra is the Vegemite of the South: you're raised on it, and you're the only ones who can stand to eat it.

[DemoTex]

26. The only thing BAD about okra is picking it.

Itch! Itch!

[finecraft]

27. Pickled okra is the best!

Of course that could be because I just finished pickling 10 pounds of fresh okra I bought at the farmers market today! :)

[leftist_rebel1569]

28. I've never had okra. So there

:P

[madfloridian]

32. Here is an okra just for you.