Try some Southern food: Okra!

[lspencer534]

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This tasty food originated in Oklahoma, and it became a favorite in the South: Stuffed Fried Okra. Not the dry, tasteless kind you get in the freezer section but fresh, tender, delicious okra that is picked at the exact moment it is ready and then fried up within a few hours. There is just nothing like it. Make sure the pods are small and young; they shouldn’t look dried out or woody.

INGREDIENTS
6 cups oil, for frying (preferably Peanut Oil)
2 eggs, beaten
½ cup flour
½ cup cornmeal
1¼ cup flour
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon ancho chile powder
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
2 pounds fresh okra
½ cup buttermilk
About ¼ lb of habenero-jack or pepper-jack cheese, cut into small matchstick slices

INSTRUCTIONS
Heat oil to 365 in an electric fryer
Combine the 1-1/4 cup flour and ½ cup cornmeal in a large bowl.
Add the spices.
Put the egg in a bowl.
Put the milk in another bowl.
Slit the okra and genly push the cheese into the slit.
Dip in the milk.
Dredge in the ½ cup flour.
Dip in the egg.
Dredge in the flour/cornmeal mixture until well coated.
Cook in small batches in the oil until golden brown.
Drain on paper towels, salt and serve hot.

[MikeB]

Okra, much like Brussel sprouts, is one of those items that, one bad experience ruins it for life.

Had it once, boiled.
Will never eat it again.

[MrPeabody]

I'm not real fond of Okra, but deep frying improves just about any food. We grow Okra, it's prolific and easy to grow. Had some in some Jambalaya just yesterday.

[island14]

It's like something else here but they call it something different..

I like it..

:cert:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

It's like something else here but they call it something different..
Yeah. Dog.


:lol:

[island14]

Yeah. Dog.


:lol:


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I was thinking more like egg plant.. :island14:


But you do know some of your dog photo threads I'm just sitting back over here looking at them.. and thinking dang! they look Delicious.. kinda like food porn... :yesnod:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

But you do know some of your dog photo threads I'm just sitting back over here looking at them.. and thinking dang! they look Delicious.. kinda like food porn... :yesnod:

Are any breed's tastier than others? I'd think the smaller ones are tougher. Chihuahua for example, I bet it's like gnawing gristle.

[island14]

They all look good laid out on a big banana leaf with rice, but a young dog is not as chewy as the old ones.. :D

[Burro (He/Haw)]

They all look good laid out on a big banana leaf with rice, but a young dog is not as chewy as the old ones.. :D

I pulled this chicks panties off once, looked at her monkey and said 'Looks like it's an Arby's kinda night!' :faint:

[island14]

Not sure I get that.. I like Arby's :island14:


:Jeff '79:

[boracayjohnny]

Okra, much like Brussel sprouts, is one of those items that, one bad experience ruins it for life.

Had it once, boiled.
Will never eat it again.

I'm from the south and don't eat boiled okra. Anything that looks like that just can't be good. Never mind what it tastes like. Blaaarrrggghhh.

[Rob]

Friend of mine has a good truck and he does a fried pickled okra and that stuff is addicting as heck.

[MrPeabody]

Not sure I get that.. I like Arby's :island14:


:Jeff '79:

Horseradish sauce.:leaving:

[MrPeabody]

Friend of mine has a good truck and he does a fried pickled okra and that stuff is addicting as heck.

My wife pickles most of ours and gives/trades it with friends. It's good trading fodder. People who love it really love it.:yesnod:

[island14]

Ive seen Dixie eat sea slugs and said they were good.. guess I need to broaden my horizons

[Millenium Vette]

I pulled this chicks panties off once, looked at her monkey and said 'Looks like it's an Arby's kinda night!' :faint:

Just once? :leaving:

[Rob]

My wife pickles most of ours and gives/trades it with friends. It's good trading fodder. People who love it really love it.:yesnod:

I love pickled okra in my Bloody Mary

[JRD77VET]

Ive seen Dixie eat sea slugs and said they were good.. guess I need to broaden my horizons

:iagree: I grew up eating all kinds of different foods. The rule was "give it a honest try and if you don't like it, you don't have to eat it." If you decided before the first bite you didn't like it, it was a very long time sitting at the table until it was done. :lol:

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My Dad got me a jar of okra that was pickled with habaneros. It had a really good flavor but wasn't "too hot" to eat. That came from NC.

[island14]

:iagree: I grew up eating all kinds of different foods. The rule was "give it a honest try and if you don't like it, you don't have to eat it." If you decided before the first bite you didn't like it, it was a very long time sitting at the table until it was done. :lol:

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My Dad got me a jar of okra that was pickled with habaneros. It had a really good flavor but wasn't "too hot" to eat. That came from NC.

I agree, but those sea slugs just look like a big maggot.

Pass....

They call them sea cucumbers and a few other names, Dixie ate one with my father in law and said it wasn't bad.

Some things like eye balls and brains, I just don't wanna try..

[JRD77VET]

I agree, but those sea slugs just look like a big maggot.

Pass....

They call them sea cucumbers and a few other names, Dixie ate one with my father in law and said it wasn't bad.

Some things like eye balls and brains, I just don't wanna try..

I've had sea cucumbers. Not bad but not a real exciting taste either.

[Fasglas]

I like fried okra.

Stay away with collard/turnip greens, though...

[Rob]

I like fried okra. Stay away with collard/turnip greens, though...

Wth? You live here in the south and don't eat collards? That is good stuff. Even my wife loves those and she has been hard to get to try southern cooking so far.

Ever had Polk salad?

[Rob]

I agree, but those sea slugs just look like a big maggot. Pass.... They call them sea cucumbers and a few other names, Dixie ate one with my father in law and said it wasn't bad. Some things like eye balls and brains, I just don't wanna try..

I had the pig brains and chicken brains and part of the pigs eye there also. Along with chicken feet and the intestines cooked in blood. I will try anything.

And this is coming from someone who was the worlds pickiest eater. I grew up eating only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and hot dogs.

After i learned about food when we moved to New Orleans when I was 12, I was changed. Those people taught me everything was edible and I have not stopped. I agree that things have made me sick, but I have found some interesting things and it continues to inspire me to cook and create new things.

With Crist and JC now - I have found the Asian markets to be a source of newfound inspiration. All kinds of things I have no idea what it is. But it is great.

[island14]

I will try anything.

You don't have to convince me, I have witnessed it personally.. :Jeff '79:

[Superstreet]

Grits! :yesnod:

[Cybercowboy]

Fried okra is great, but I've never had whole fried okra. I'd eat that. Not sure why okra gets so much hate, it's not like it has a strong taste or anything, and when fried it certainly isn't slimy. And for me gumbo isn't gumbo without okra.

[MrPeabody]

Fried okra is great, but I've never had whole fried okra. I'd eat that. Not sure why okra gets so much hate, it's not like it has a strong taste or anything, and when fried it certainly isn't slimy. And for me gumbo isn't gumbo without okra.

The sliminess is what most people complain about with Okra. If you grow your own and pick it while it is young and a little on the small side, sliminess is almost completely eliminated.

[onedef92]

The sliminess is what most people complain about with Okra. If you grow your own and pick it while it is young and a little on the small side, sliminess is almost completely eliminated.

I like it. A lot of Chinese buffets serve it, too.

[Strats-N-Vettes]

The sliminess is what most people complain about with Okra. If you grow your own and pick it while it is young and a little on the small side, sliminess is almost completely eliminated.






They're also more tender and less strings in them.




but


butt...



Stuffed, and fried; okra?........ :seasix:
damn right its good.

[boracayjohnny]

The sliminess is what most people complain about with Okra. If you grow your own and pick it while it is young and a little on the small side, sliminess is almost completely eliminated.

I've eaten shit around the world. I say shit because who knows what some of it was. I'll try quite a few things but some still don't pass the look and smell test. If it looks like shoe leather and smells like a garbage dumb then I might pass depending upon how hungry I am. As for boiled okra, the sliminess makes me think of eating a giant booger. :D Nope right on outta here with that.

[island14]

Are any breed's tastier than others? I'd think the smaller ones are tougher. Chihuahua for example, I bet it's like gnawing gristle.

Never tried a Chihuahua unless it was at one of those taco stands I ate at in in LA years ago..

But guessing you're right, they prolly are stringy like cat. :lol:

[69camfrk]

I'll agree with some here, that okra should never under any circumstance be boiled. Fried however is another story. Fried and pickled okra is the bombdiggety. I love that stuff!!!:seasix: