Good morning!!!!

[deerseeker001]

12 above zero we finally made to the + side.Its been one cold stretch that i hope we don't see for another 20 years.

 

[300UGUY]

So sorry...you are really getting a dose...when it rains it pours...It will get better...

Actually, we are pretty fortunate. My wife's cancer was detected very early, so it is relatively easy to treat, and she is healthy. We have good insurance and get checkups every year. She gets mammograms every year. And the shop is insured, so we are only going to out the deductible, but since it happened in the dead of winter, this is the slowest part of the year for her. All this is a opportunity to reset a bunch of stuff in our life, so at the end of the day, it's all good!!

 

[toppop52]

yeah, i should have fried it, given it more flavor, pan cooking in a little butter, even with herbs, was a little boring.
Randy, you are really pushing it though when you try to peddle that okra. That slimey gook does nothing for me, and I've tried okra soup and
okra fritters. It was still slimey...sorry. If an eel became a vegetable, it would become an okra plant.
I think we've covered that adequately...

and you living on the Eastern shore sure know about Chesapeake eels.

Correctly fried small okra cut into 1/4" or so pieces, zero slime, I can't eat the slimy junk either. In soup it's like slippery yuck!

I was raised in northeastern NC, so eels are not new to me, but I haven't and don't plan to eat one.

 

[farmgirl19]

I used to think the only way to eat okra was fried. I tried it grilled, and it s my very favorite way now. Can only do that with fresh, but tehre is zero slime.

And if you are going to boil it, or put it in soup, make sure you have enough acid, and there will be no slime. Add vinegar to it when boiling, and plenty of tomatoes in the soup. Ever notice okra and tomatoes are not slimy? It is the acid in the tomatoes that cuts the slime.

Now, I have done my helpful deed for the day! Cooking class is dismissed!

 

[daugen]

Ok, thanks FG, but it seems you have to work pretty hard at making it edible.
And with so many other good things to eat...
but you can't have a gumbo without it right?

vegetarian eel soup, yum

hey, who is going to clean up all these pots you messed up???

 

[farmgirl19]

I LOVE okra! Wouldn't want to live without it. I grill it fresh in the summer, and make okra and tomatoes with fresh tomatoes from the garden. I feeze it, cut, ready for soups, and gumbo, and whole to boil and add to the black-eyed peas on New Year's. It is loaded with nutrients, and fiber. Good, and good for you!

 

[jinman]

What's wrong with slimy okra? Just like raw oysters, once you get it past your lips, you've got it licked. It even has a point on the end to help it go down easy.

 

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Jerry Clower (boiled okree)

 

[Buppies]

Drew the comment about the samsung tv got busy and had to leave for work so I'll finish that now wife got me one for Christmas so could watch TV at kitchen table nice LED set 24in. New TVs are so complicated now not like old RCAs or Zenith just plug in and watch one of three channels back in the day

 

[toppop52]

I hope you all think fried okra is to much trouble or slimy, more for me!