How much garden fresh fried okra...

[Tar Devil]

... can I eat before it kills me??

Later,

Phil

[pipefitter]

awww man,I haven't had that in forever nor fried green tomatoes. Good stuff. Thanks for mentioning it.

[Stiletto]

I have never cooked or eaten it, buit it is sometimes available in the supermarket here. How does one prepare it?

[Tar Devil]

I have never cooked or eaten it, buit it is sometimes available in the supermarket here. How does one prepare it?

Slice into small pieces, coat with flour, season to taste with salt and pepper, and plop in hot oil.

As with any fresh veggie, keep it simple!

Later,

Phil

[Milo Christensen]

That's it! I'm taking SWMBO to the Cracker Barrel tonight for dinner. The only place around here where I can get a side of okra.

[cs]

Fried Okra, love it. Phil, don't think you have to worry about the okra getting you, but maybe that fried part. While you are at it, why don't you fry up a batch for me and e-mail it to me?

Chad

[Phillip Allen]

I've got the cure...go out and pick it bare chested and bare handed...be sure to come into as much contact with the plants/pods as possible...

[Mrleft8]

Okra.........Gggggggaaaaaggggggggggggggggg! Slimey!

[cs]

http://www.crazyauntpurl.com/images/blog/okra-pan2.jpg

Chad

[Paul Pless]

How much garden fresh fried okra... ... can I eat before it kills me??

in the end, I think suicide by overdoseing on Okra might be a bad way to go...

Its really, really, high in fiber.:eek:

[Tar Devil]

Fried Okra, love it. ...why don't you fry up a batch for me and e-mail it to me?

Chad

Email it? As in, "Beam me over, Scotty?" :D :D


in the end, I think suicide by overdoseing on Okra might be a bad way to go...

Its really, really, high in fiber.:eek:

Well, at my age, kinda balances things out! :)

Waiting for another batch. Last one was picked, washed, and packed for me by my office neighbor, whom I affectionately call "Chester."

Her husband asked me, "Duh, why you call her that?"

Silly boy!

Later,

Phil

[huisjen]

Cracker Barrel... I wish I could find the Boondocks comics related to that place. I mean, they put "Cracker" right in the name.

One of these years I'll grow okra myself.

Dan

[Milo Christensen]

I first met my wife in a Cracker Barrel restaurant 3 years ago, so perhaps I can be forgiven if I have a certain sentimental attachment to the place.

Deep fried catfish fillet, green beans, okra, hash brown casserole, corn muffin.

[Paul Pless]

Milo, down here in the South we have a huge proliferation of countrifried restaraunts called meat and threes. The meat choices are usually confined to fried whole catfish, countryfried steak, and chicken. Okra, cowpeas, fried green tomatoes, and collard greens, are almost always among the vegetable choices. Oh and corbread and some kinda sloppy banana pudding too.

One of my favorites of these places is called The Back Forty, its a BYOB establishment way the hell out in the country. Four nights a week they serve a dinner with either steak or catfish as the meat choice. The restaraut sits in the middle of a large working farm and you are surrounded by graizing cattle and catfish ponds as you eat. Lets you know where your food comes from.

[Milo Christensen]

Meat 'n threes. Love it.

Although, given a choice of three of eight or nine southern sides, I've been known to have a real hard time making up my mind.

BYOB is a peculiar institution found, I believe, only in the south. It would be nice to be able to wash my catfish down with an ice cold longneck.

[Tar Devil]

Deep fried catfish fillet, green beans, okra, hash brown casserole, corn muffin.

Almost exactly what I order, except the catfish is cajun grilled.

Later,

Phil

[Milo Christensen]

Yup, learned all about the joys of southern cuisine when I lived in Greenville, N.C. All that cajun stuff became popular later, and I never really learned to enjoy the spiciness.

[Katherine]

Still sounds better then deep fried dill pickles.

[Tar Devil]

Still sounds better then deep fried dill pickles.

Oh, gawd!:eek:

[Paul Pless]

Hey layoff my deepfried dill pickles.
Think of them this way, take hamburger chip style pickles, batter and fry them, dip them in horseradish sauce.

Awesome. trust me.

[Katherine]

I tried them, you can keep them.

[Tar Devil]

I tried them, you can keep them.

Uh oh... compatibility issues.:D

[huisjen]

And now I'm thinking of Scotland and deep fried Marz Bars.

Dan

[TomF]

BYOB is a peculiar institution found, I believe, only in the south. ...Quebec too...

[Tar Devil]

Hey Phil,

My peanut butter thread is outpacing your okra thread!!:D :D :D


Yeah, I noticed.

I told ya, the title is MINE!

[Paul Pless]

:d...

[Skiff Junkie]

For a little extra flavor, season your fried okra or green tomatoes with a bit of Tony Cachere's (sp) creole seasoning. Mmmm Mmmm!:D

Ever hear Jerry Clower's bit about boiled okra? Classic.

[Ellis Rowe]

When I visit family in Wilmington N.C. I go to Salt Works on Wrightsville Ave, not the one on Oleander Dr. The Oysters are as good as Sanitary Fishmarket in Morehead at half the price. Meat and three vegetables for $8.95 last time I was there. I'm always torn, do I get oysters, two orders of okra, and one of collards; or two orders of collards, and one of okra. I usually go back a couple of days later which solves the dilemma. Great hushpuppies too. Cracker Barrel puts sugar in their cornbread, which no true Southerner can tolerate. But other than that, if you'''''re stuck in the North they're a reasonable substitute. Here in Maine, I have to fend for myself. Collards and okra are pretty hard to find, but I make cornbread and jalopeno cornbread that would put any Cracker Barrel, or for that matter any Northern restaurant to shame. My mouth is watering here at 5 am, wish I wasn't out of grits!!!

[JimD]

I thought you said fried orca.

[Ellis Rowe]

Jim, You're gonna need a bigger pan, and more oil!!!!

[paladin]

I dunno...send me a fresh bushel basket, I'll start working on it and see if there are any ill effects.....:D

[Tar Devil]

...send me a fresh bushel basket

Gonna hafta speak with "Chester." She's late on her next delivery!:)

Later,

Phil

[paladin]

Dad liked it boiled...but I like it fried...with catfish...or fresh ham and red eye gravy...or ribs...or fresh corn on the cob....and cornbread and sweet milk....or more okra....

we would plant it on the south side of the chicken coop...pappy liked his okra wind free....:D

[brad9798]

Gotta fry it (okra) in bacon grease for the best (and healthiest) version of fried okra!!!

Hmmm ... mouth is watering ...

[Ellis Rowe]

Dang, Couldn't shake the image of CS,s frying pan full of okra all day. Had to go to Bangor, so I went to two farmers markets, two co-ops, and three grocery stores. No ***** okra, so I came home, made cornbread, and ate half the pan with a glass of buttermilk for dinner.

[Mikhail2000]

Hello everyone. I'm a brand new member. I am not a woodworker, except for the fact that I am a professional classical guitarist. I hesitated to do this, but I wanted to let you guys know that Ellis Rowe has died. He was my uncle. I noticed that some of his posts were just weeks before his death. I'm pretty conservative politically and I disagreed with him on a number of things. However, obviously, the family is in shock. He was a terrrific uncle and a great guy...a master carpenter and boat builder. Not bad at photography either. The guy helped me out when I was growing up. As I was googling in order to find his obituary, I ran across this forum. Well, just wanted to let you know why you won't be hearing from him anymore. Take care.

[Roger Stouff]

Phil, I haven't found the answer to that yet, but after 40+ years of research, I ain't dead yet.

[High C]

...Ellis Rowe has died...

Sorry to hear it, Mikhail, and thanks for letting us know. :(

I'm happy to see another professional classical musician onboard, orchestral percussionist here, and former part time opera squeeker, uhh singer. ;)

You don't know a fellow named Marc Yaxley, do you?

[Mikhail2000]

I appreciate the condolences. Ellis was a great guy. I don't know Marc Yaxley. Does he live around here? Do you play jazz too? Just curious.

[High C]

I appreciate the condolences. Ellis was a great guy. I don't know Marc Yaxley. Does he live around here? Do you play jazz too? Just curious.

Marc is a classical/nylon string jazz player who worked in Las Vegas for a while in the 80s, and now lives, plays, and teaches in Western North Carolina. I used to play jazz with him in the 90s. He's a monster. :D Kind of a musician's musician, if you know what I mean, not famous, but highly respected among his fellows.

Welcome aboard.

[pipefitter]

They do make a sweet cornbread down here but thats for breakfast and with very little sugar in the mix. It is layed open cross ways,browned sides down on a cookie sheet and buttered with the butter side up under the broiler until that too is browned. Grits mixed with scrambled eggs and bacon bits and a couple cups of fresh coffee. Y'all have to stop talking about all this food. Grits is groceries. :)

[paladin]

ya wuz doin' fine 'til ya got to the grits........:D and ya kin add some diced jalapenos to the corn bread...

[stumpbumper]

The ole timers down here call it "okry".

[Nanoose]

Coated in flour and then fried in oil.

Hmmm....can we all say, "heart attack"??

[Mikhail2000]

Marc is a classical/nylon string jazz player who worked in Las Vegas for a while in the 80s, and now lives, plays, and teaches in Western North Carolina. I used to play jazz with him in the 90s. He's a monster. :D Kind of a musician's musician, if you know what I mean, not famous, but highly respected among his fellows.

Welcome aboard.

Thanks again. Good to be on board. Right after I posted about Marc, I googled him. Looks like he's pretty busy in NC. I prefer to play jazz on my nylon strings too, though I am primarily a classical player. I'm from Wilmington, so I usually pass through those great NC mountains on the way back to the heartland--Illinois. I'm listening to Miles Davis at the moment.