Fast Food

[jimmyj]

Mmmmmmm. That plate looks really good!

I can't wait to get harvesting up here. We should have our first tomaters in about 2 weeks.

My grandma makes the best green bean salad in the free world. I'll get the recipe and post it.

 

[jinman]

Okra raw is kind of disgusting. it has a fuzzy outside and a slimy inside with big soft seeds. I don't even know what it taste like raw because I can't eat fuzz and slime, but breaded and fried with catsup it is my favorite food.

Don, boiled okra is like oysters, once it's past your lips, it's hard to keep it from slidin' down your throat.

Like Bird mentioned, I can eat raw okra, but I prefer the fresh young tender pods less than 2-1/2" long and chilled slightly. I'd never cut them up in a salad, but I can eat them whole. That said, I prefer to drop a few into a half-full pickle jar and then eat them after they've been there for a couple of days. If you pierce each pod once with a knife, they will fill with vinegar. The acid in the vinegar really cuts down on sliminess. It does the same thing as tomatoes in gumbo. Do you like shrimp gumbo?

Fried okra is unique in that you get a burst of okra flavor, but none of the inherent sliminess. I have been using olive oil to fry in and the Drakes batter Ron and Betty Hall brought to me. I slice a bowl full of okra and then pour in a half-bottle of beer (keeping 1/2 bottle for me). I use either a Ziploc bag or a big aluminum pan to batter the pieces and then fry them in the olive oil until they turn golden brown. They are irresistible. Yum! I had that with my stir-fried squash with onions, peppers, and tomatoes last night for dinner. I sprinkled that concoction with some dried basil from our garden and it was terrific. Don, I'd bet you know somebody else who would love that meal.

 

[scott_vt]

Personally, I like it fried, stewed, and pickled, but my wife only wants it fried.

Good Mornin Bird,
Personally Ive never had it, but I like everything thats fried so Im inclined to favor your wifes preference !

 

[Donkey Shade Farm]

I guess I will just have to ask.....What is Okra?

Only way I'll eat em is fried! Deeelish!

 

[mjarrels]

Jim,

Looks good, but I bet your hungry again in about two hours... What I really miss is good old chiefs mess SOS.

mark

 

[polo1665]

Mmmmmmm. That plate looks really good!

I can't wait to get harvesting up here. We should have our first tomaters in about 2 weeks.

My grandma makes the best green bean salad in the free world. I'll get the recipe and post it.

Please do post that recipe. I picked 10 lbs the day before yesterday, blanched and in the freezer now. I've still got a bunch more to pick, that recipe could come in awful handy

Mark

 

[jinman]

Jim,

Looks good, but I bet your hungry again in about two hours... What I really miss is good old chiefs mess SOS.

mark

You're gonna laugh, but about the only thing I miss as far as Navy food is that corn beef hash they served for breakfast. That with some cornbread and a couple of eggs over easy with a hot cup of fresh coffee was perfect in my book. The worst were canned hot dogs and canned hamburgers. YUCK! ...even worse than powdered eggs they cooked in the big coppers that made the eggs turn green.

 

[scott_vt]

...even worse than powdered eggs they cooked in the big coppers that made the eggs turn green.

Good Afternoon Jim,
I guess Mark would appreciate this too.....

When my Pop enlisted in the navy in 42, after basic he was stationed on the USS Wasp. He told me that he could allways tell after the ship picked up a bunch of new recruits..... because the sides of the ship were yellow from scrambled eggs that wouldnt stay down !

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Hmmmm, I don't like fried okra. That's because I like the taste of okra.

Here's the way we do it. First we use fresh out of a garden because the pods they pick for the store are too big and already getting a little tough. We like the pod to be two and a half to three and a half inches. They're tender and they're not slimey, fuzzy isn't hairy btw.

We wash the okra and they dry it with a paper towel or piece of cloth. The okra is placed on a plate that's microwavable. We have some special Tupperware microwave dishes that work as good as a plain plate and Miss Glenda prefers them.

The okra is seasoned and then put into the microwave for four to six minutes depending upon the size of serving being cooked.

It comes out cooked without the slimey taste you get when its boiled nor the greasy graininess of fried.

We eat it like you would pickled okra. Grab it by the stem and bite off the pod and enjoy.

This is also the way we cook brim or croppy filets. But then again, we like the taste of croppy and brim and don't particular care for grease and batter, cornmeal or not.

 

[Bird]

OK, Harv, what do you season the okra with? Salt & pepper & a little butter maybe? And I have no doubt I'd like that. And I'd guess the same seasoning for bream and crappie. Unfortunately, nearly all our fish come from the grocery store now, and while it's good and I enjoy it, I don't think any fish tastes quite as good as bream and crappie.

Incidentally, I just had a tomato sandwich; just toasted a couple of slices of bread, spread on a little Miracle Whip, added four thick slices of tomato, and a dash of salt & pepper. Since Jim Inman delivered a batch of veggies today, we have a good supply now of tomatoes with flavor instead of what the grocery store has.