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Post by brownrexx on Jun 26, 2019 8:14:12 GMT -5
Much joking is done about okra. Lets see how many people actually like Okra
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 27, 2019 7:21:35 GMT -5
Surprisingly only 7 people have voted but based on those votes, it looks like more people LIKE okra than don't like it!
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jun 27, 2019 7:46:04 GMT -5
I just saw this. I like Okra baked, broiled, fried, boiled. Gumbo ain't gumbo lesson you've got some okee in it.
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Post by carolyn on Jun 27, 2019 8:37:21 GMT -5
I am, I guess, neutral... I don't want to say I dislike something until I have tried it several times in different ways or of different varieties. I tried deep fried somewhere and I think they overfried it. it was just too dark for me.
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Post by september on Jun 27, 2019 15:15:57 GMT -5
I have not had a decent chance to try it, so I'm in the neutral camp right now. I think I would like it, but the first time I grew it, I let it get too big and old since I didn't know when to pick it. The next time, the plants collapsed from some kind of stem rot when they got to be about two feet high, it may have been a cool wet year. Right now, I have a frozen pkg that I bought to try in soup or stew, but keep forgetting it's there. If I could find an early bearing variety, I might try growing it again.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jun 27, 2019 18:03:29 GMT -5
I am, I guess, neutral... I don't want to say I dislike something until I have tried it several times in different ways or of different varieties. I tried deep fried somewhere and I think they overfried it. it was just too dark for me. Texas restaurants have a bad habit of over battering and frying Okra way to dark. When I fry mine at home I put a small amount of flour, a little corn flour and a few good shakes of "slap ya Momma." Then I fry till is just a light brown. Soft inside, a little crunch outside.
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Post by whistech on Jun 27, 2019 20:28:16 GMT -5
I love okra any way it's fixed. One of my favorite ways is to grill it.
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Post by Gianna on Jun 27, 2019 20:49:17 GMT -5
I refuse to answer on the grounds it might incriminate me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 22:07:21 GMT -5
Any way but raw. Fried, boiled, roasted, grilled, in soups or stew. The stuff is one of best garden crops; less trouble and more certain of a crop than most other plants.
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 28, 2019 7:06:59 GMT -5
I am an okra newbie but am learning new ways to prepare it. This is one of our favorites since I do not deep fry anything. carolyn, you might want to try this because it only gets as dark as you would like. I like it golden brown. OVEN SMASHED OKRAIngredients • 1 pound fresh okra • 3/4 cup milk • 1 large egg • 1 cup fine yellow cornmeal • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt • 1/2 teaspoon pepper • 2 tablespoons canola oil Preheat oven to 400°F with baking sheet in oven. Gently smash fresh okra with a rolling pin. Whisk together milk and 1 large egg in a bowl. Add okra; let stand 3 minutes. Combine fine yellow cornmeal, kosher salt, and pepper in a bowl; dredge okra in mixture. Add canola oil to hot pan; tilt pan to coat. Add okra. Bake until crisp, 25 to 30 minutes, turning once.
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Post by carolyn on Jun 28, 2019 15:41:30 GMT -5
I am, I guess, neutral... I don't want to say I dislike something until I have tried it several times in different ways or of different varieties. I tried deep fried somewhere and I think they overfried it. it was just too dark for me. Texas restaurants have a bad habit of over battering and frying Okra way to dark. When I fry mine at home I put a small amount of flour, a little corn flour and a few good shakes of "slap ya Momma." Then I fry till is just a light brown. Soft inside, a little crunch outside. well, boy howdy! it was in Texas when I got them that way. over battered and over deepfried.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jun 28, 2019 18:06:56 GMT -5
carolyn , They fry squash the same way here. They willl slice it 1/4" thick, which is way to thick, then double batter and fry till its way dark. Squash in my opinion, should be sliced thin, lightly dusted with flour then fried till it's just a light brown. I go about the procedure as if I were making Tader Chips. Texas also claims to be the Chicken Fried Steak capital of the world, but there are a ton of restaurants here that plain suck at making one. It's either pounded so thin you could see through it with more batter than steak or it's a decent thickness, but tough as a boot. I'm real choosy about where I order one. Oh and don't get me started with the fake patties they call steak.
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Post by carolyn on Jun 28, 2019 20:10:23 GMT -5
carolyn , They fry squash the same way here. They willl slice it 1/4" thick, which is way to thick, then double batter and fry till its way dark. Squash in my opinion, should be sliced thin, lightly dusted with flour then fried till it's just a light brown. I go about the procedure as if I were making Tader Chips. Texas also claims to be the Chicken Fried Steak capital of the world, but there are a ton of restaurants here that plain suck at making one. It's either pounded so thin you could see through it with more batter than steak or it's a decent thickness, but tough as a boot. I'm real choosy about where I order one. Oh and don't get me started with the fake patties they call steak. that is just wrong. gag. needless to say I won't order them again when we go again.
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 29, 2019 7:12:31 GMT -5
carolyn , if you grill food, whole okra pods are really good grilled. Just cut off the tops, put them on a plate with olive oil and roll them around. I don't remember how long I grill them but just until they become soft. I really like okra cooked this way. We do not eat a lot of fried food so fried okra is something that we only eat a couple of times during the summer.
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