[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Okra (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 2/26/2011 2:52:30 PM EDT
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I'm eating okra, and it's disgusting.
ETA: godamnit i spelled it wrong.  
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Quoted: I'm eating okra, and it's disgusting. Then it wasn't cooked properly. Or you're a communist. Wet fried in a cast-iron skillet is my favorite. Hard to get that outside a southern home. It's almost like a big, loose patty when it's done. You dish it out with a spatula. Almost all restaurant okra is individually breaded and deep-fried. It's okay. Really, really country restaurants can have boiled okra, which I like sometimes, but I can certainly understand someone else not liking. It's very slimy. Okra and tomatoes is also awesome when done properly. That's basically a vegetable stew. |
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Fried okra is heaven. Boiled much less so. Yeah, I was eating friend okra. It tastes like what I would imagine slug slime tastes like. Or semen. Friend okra? Well, there's your problem right there. Fried okra, done right, is great. I put it in soups sometimes, too. |
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Pickled okra = food from God himself /drool Listen to this man. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSbS8Mplhx-DXZlt9GL8ui5WEfzuzeVGQ8N1pLMqaDCHoBlHSujHg 
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| It taste good when harvested and cooked properly but it itches the hands like crazy when it comes to harvest time. Word to the wise––––-if you are planning on planting some okra this spring then don't forget to bring a sharp knife with you when you're ready to harvest your crop. Wearing some good work gloves would be a wise move as well. Oh, BTW, harvest the okra before it gets to big. Okra taste its best when it's harvested at a young and tender age. Once the okra gets to big and to hard then its to difficult to cook properly. Okra will need about 65 days (give or take a bit) to mature before it will be ready to harvest. Prior to planting, prep the garden with some general purpose fertilizer like 5-10-15 or 10-10-10 and then come back and side dress the crop with something like 34-0-0 after the crop reaches about 4 weeks of age. |
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I like it any way I can get it.
Of course, fried is my favorite and is AWESOME dipped in tartar sauce. I also love it roasted and sometimes I'll boil up a pot with just a little salt and pepper and my oldest daughter and I chow down! I will say that it IS possible to eat too much. You don't want to do that. Trust me. ETA When boiling it add just a touch of vinegar. It cuts down the slime. I don't have a problem with the slime but most do. |
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Quoted: It taste good when harvested and cooked properly but it itches the hands like crazy when it comes to harvest time. Word to the wise––––-if you are planning on planting some okra this spring then don't forget to bring a sharp knife with you when you're ready to harvest your crop. Wearing some good work gloves would be a wise move as well. Oh, BTW, harvest the okra before it gets to big. Okra taste its best when it's harvested at a young and tender age. Once the okra gets to big and to hard then its to difficult to cook properly. Okra will need about 65 days (give or take a bit) to mature before it will be ready to harvest. Prior to planting, prep the garden with some general purpose fertilizer like 5-10-15 or 10-10-10 and then come back and side dress the crop with something like 34-0-0 after the crop reaches about 4 weeks of age. My mother used to grow that stuff every year. The general rule of thumb she followed is that it's ready to harvest when the pods are between 4 and 6 inches long. CJ |
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Snot Exactly. Wikipedia says, <The name "okra", most often used in the United States and the Philippines, is of West African origin and is cognate with "ọ́kụ̀rụ̀" in Igbo, a language spoken in Nigeria.> What Wikipedia fails to mention is that "ọ́kụ̀rụ̀" is the Igbo word for "snot." |
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It taste good when harvested and cooked properly but it itches the hands like crazy when it comes to harvest time. Word to the wise––––-if you are planning on planting some okra this spring then don't forget to bring a sharp knife with you when you're ready to harvest your crop. Wearing some good work gloves would be a wise move as well. Oh, BTW, harvest the okra before it gets to big. Okra taste its best when it's harvested at a young and tender age. Once the okra gets to big and to hard then its to difficult to cook properly. Okra will need about 65 days (give or take a bit) to mature before it will be ready to harvest. Prior to planting, prep the garden with some general purpose fertilizer like 5-10-15 or 10-10-10 and then come back and side dress the crop with something like 34-0-0 after the crop reaches about 4 weeks of age. My mother used to grow that stuff every year. The general rule of thumb she followed is that it's ready to harvest when the pods are between 4 and 6 inches long. CJ She was right. |