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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:47 PM
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What's with all the freaking okra bashing in GD..?
Okra lovers have feelings too you know. If this keeps up, I'm leaving!!!!!!!

:evilgrin: ;) ;-) ;-) :evilgrin:
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:49 PM
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1. okra rocks
Okra is proof there is a benevolent supreme being and that it loves us.

Fried okra is a little slice of heaven on earth. Even the batter-dipped kind you get in restaurants. But the best is my mommas. Just rolled in corn meal and deep fried nice.

Mmm...drool.

Darth Velma
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:51 PM
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4. That's what I do I fry it, and green tomatoes and serve them together...
mmmmmMMMMMMmmmmm, don't even need anything else. It is the ingredient in Gumbo as well..


.....I think I'll start an okra blog...????
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:50 PM
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2. Tell me, please, what's good about okra?
It always seems extra slimey and foul, the only way I've been able to eat it is in really spicey gumbo, because gumbo has all kinds of wierd stuff that masks the flavor. But I figure there must be some reason why people eat okra. I want to appreciate okra, really I do.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:52 PM
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6. Get somebody to fry it up nice and crisp, and you shall surely change
your mind about this misunderstood little vegetable. My kids even love it. That's saying alot!!!!
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 10:44 PM
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30. Amen, sistah
This southerner's got your back. Ain't nothing finer than fried okra, fried white squash, field peas, and big pone of hot water cornbread.
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Pobeka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 10:52 PM
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33. What's the basic technique for hot water cornbread?
Never heard of that before. Always looking for new recipies...
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 11:25 PM
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35. Here's a recipe link:
http://members.aol.com/Ladyfolks/hotwater.html

I never used a recipe, so I wouldn't be able to tell you how to do it, but I could show you :-)

But the recipe linked above is VERY similar to the way I make it, my mother makes it, and my grandmother--who taught us both--used to make it.

You have to try it...it is DELISH!
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Pobeka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 11:26 PM
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36. Thanks!
:hi:
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roughsatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:50 PM
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3. Then take the damn Okra with you!
:P
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:04 PM
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11. See if I ever have you over for dinner...
double:P and a ;)
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roughsatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:12 PM
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18. Well you probably cook it with animal fat
and I am a vegetarian. But I think I would rather eat uncooked pork then that green viscous slimy thing you lovingly call Okra. :)
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:17 PM
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20. Yep, lots and lots of animal fat!!!! But if you hadn't been so mean I
would have cooked it in vegetable oil for you....but, nope, not now!
;-)
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 10:46 PM
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31. Okra's not slimy when it is fried in a cast-iron skillet well-done with
a bit of cornmeal sprinkled on it before it hits the grease. My mom uses crisco, and it is still delicious.

Hey, I just ate grilled zuchini for the first time, against my better judgement, and it was delicious. Try okra and don't be a food snob!

:-) :-) :-)
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Maine Mary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:51 PM
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5. Stuiped Q. from the NE
What the heck is Okra? My ex-hubbby from Arizona used to talk about it but I've no clue what it is. Is it a veggie?
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:59 PM
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9. Yes a delicious vegetable...read on...
http://mvf.neurophys.wisc.edu/ravi/okra/




grilled okra





beautiful okra blossoms



even okra crafts!!!

Poor little unappreciated vegetable... ;-)
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bloom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:05 PM
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12. when I grew it - it looked more like this:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:07 PM
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14. Yes, there was a variety like that on the web page as well...I was quite
amazed that someone had enough time to put together an entire okra website. I googled it for fun,, and was amazed.
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berry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 10:07 PM
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29. What a wonderful website--I've just wasted an hour there.
I especially liked learning about the virtues of okra for health.

I do think that neglected, under-appreciated veggies make great lounge topics. When I have more time, I think I'll start a rutabaga thread. Cumberland, Wisconsin has a Rutabaga Festival in August that I caught one year, but I'm still pretty ignorant about it.
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:53 PM
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7. It was Southern California. I didn't know any better.
I steamed okra. It was like a scene from Ghostbusters - "I've been slimed!" I couldn't believe it.

Big mistake.

I've since had fried okra - I like it, especially with ranch dressing as a dip - and I also developed a liking for okra, tomatoes, and corn over rice (much better for you than the fried stuff). And it's essential in gumbo, of course.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 07:55 PM
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8. Okra rules
:)
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:06 PM
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13. Especially if you cook it with my special recipe
:D
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Pobeka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 11:15 PM
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34. Well, is that special recipe a secret?
Inquiring minds...
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bloom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:01 PM
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10. LOL
I like okra, too, DAMMIT!!!

:bounce: :eyes: :bounce: :eyes: :bounce: :eyes: :bounce:
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:10 PM
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15. I aint eatin OKRA
just kidding . It is GOOD fried
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searchingforlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:11 PM
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16. I LOVE okra and, oh, by the way, how is your husband's poison ivy?
Edited on Sat Aug-16-03 08:15 PM by brigadoon
I love okra fried, boiled, anyway.

My family loves it best as a creole dish with onions, tomatoes, green peppers, cumin, gumbo file and chili pepper. Mix up a big bowl of mashed potatoes and serve over the potatoes and YUMMMMM.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:13 PM
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19. He finally broke down and let me buy the Zanfel ($39.95,,ouch!) He used
it today and the itching is gone!!! It's amazing. It was just spreading and getting worse so he gave up the tough man act and used it. Thanks for asking! :-)
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:12 PM
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17. I had a side of fried okra with my Allen & Son barbecue for lunch
:9

Can't beat that combo.
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Maine Mary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:21 PM
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21. OK. How about Fiddleheads?
I'm an equal opportunity veggie hater cause I think they all suck cept taters, corn, (onions, peppers, garlic, onions, and herbs- veggies?) , so please, don't accuse me of bias. ;-)

But has anyone heard of Fiddleheads? (I don't like them either BTW) The reason I ask is that I think it's another regional thing. I had never heard of Fiddleheads till I moved from NJ to Maine. It's a big thing around here in early springtime.
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searchingforlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:31 PM
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23. Fiddleheads are the tops of ferns picked just as they come up in
spring. They are very tasty!!
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:22 PM
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22. Okra! Fried, stewed, in gumbo ... love it!
MrsGrumpy, we are confronted with culinary Philistines. Don't waste good okra on them. It's pearls before the swine. Save it for me, please.
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yeti Donating Member (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 08:45 PM
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24. Okra is evil.
Okra lovers may have feelings, but they are all bad, slimy feelings.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:13 PM
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25. Then you may have my ration of Okra
I have tried it cooked every way it is possible to cook it. I did not enjoy it.

Okra is the Vegemite of the South: you're raised on it, and you're the only ones who can stand to eat it.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:21 PM
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26. The only thing BAD about okra is picking it.
Itch! Itch!
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finecraft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 09:59 PM
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27. Pickled okra is the best!
Of course that could be because I just finished pickling 10 pounds of fresh okra I bought at the farmers market today! :)
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leftist_rebel1569 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 10:00 PM
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28. I've never had okra. So there
:P
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 10:50 PM
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32. Here is an okra just for you.
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