Okra - The Forgotten...

My old standby is to cut off the ends, chop them into bite size pieces, toss the pieces in cornmeal and then fry in bacon grease with some salt tossed in. Gets rid of the slime, and is one of the basic food groups for young Okies...add rough mashed potatoes and grilled round steak and you have the meal of my youth. The best part was the overfried cornmeal bits left in the pan, though. Eating the okra was just the easiest way to make those tidbits.

You can also leave them whole, and cook them like deep fried chicken. Run them through an egg wash, and then toss in cornmeal & flour. Use your clean hand to toss into a deep fryer & fish them out when golden brown.

I've been forced to eat boiled okra with tomatoes, but not since I got big enough to fight back.

My wife wasn't convinced they were edible until I showed her how to cook them. She will still decline to participate on most occasions.

 

My Brother does the same, but rinses the hell out of the slime first. Fantastic.


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I believe we were raised in the same house... I was raised on a farm between Drumright and Cushing, Oklahoma...

Are you my long, lost brother????

Mike

 

Okra?

Sick puppies . . . .

 

Okra is neck and neck with Brussel Sprouts for my favorite veggie.

Could eat either like candy.

 

My grandparents had a huge farm in Virginia. I used to go there to play farmer every summer. Although I don't mind the taste or slime, I don't eat okra because it gave me a rash when I would pick it. It was a really bad rash too, akin to poison ivy. I figure if it does that to my skin I don't need it in my body.

 

My Mom escaped the reservation and lived in Oaks until age 11. She stole money out of her Mom's purse, ran away, got a fake ID and found work in Los Angeles (we found her fake ID in her belongings after she passed away- it made me proud that she was that resourceful). She brought the cooking, customs (and sadly, the habit of making me homemade clothes) and lifestyle with her. We also went back every summer for interminable vacations in the middle of nowhere...

I look like the Comedian Ron White if he cut 20 pounds & was just a little less crazy. I do have his sense of humor, and enjoy my Scotch. If that sounds like you, we are probably cousins hahaha.

 

Weird.

I could devour brussel sprouts almost any way you could possibly serve them up.

Okra? I've had it in any number of forms, but it doesn't really do anything for me. Can't say it offends, but I sure wouldn't seek it out.

 

cut up some okra , kale, onions and some tomatoes, saute in olive oil and garlic . Great side.

 

Okra should be fried in flour, not cornmeal.

My $.02, worth exactly what you paid for it.

If you eat it boiled, its gross as hell.