| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 11:14:29 AM
Has anyone ever canned okra? I have grown it but prepared it by rolling in a cracker crumb/egg mixture and fried it. YUM! I love pickeled okra. I grew up next door to a lady from Oklahoma that grew them in her garden and pickeled them. They were out of this world! There is pickeled okra sold here called Talk o Texas that is good, but not as tasty as homecanned. I have a real craving for some! Any recipes floating out there? 
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
| 7 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Annab |
Posted - Nov 26 2005 : 03:49:46 AM
Did you know there is also an heirloom variety that is red. Slightly bigger pods on these stay more tender, but you still have to stay with it. When these pods dry, they split but stay together and make good filler for dried flower arrangements.
Forgot you can make it in Gumbo (#2 ingredient just about) and the classic fried.
We also make a soup base with tomato, okra , corn and a litle beef. this freezes nicely. |
| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Nov 25 2005 : 4:50:15 PM
Thank you so much Anna. I did also find a recipe in an cooking book about dishes from India, which was surprising. |
| Annab |
Posted - Nov 25 2005 : 11:30:29 AM
I've canned it a few times. It's really easy.
Take your boiled jar and place the washed/clean/dry okra in it. It's best if it still has 1/2" stem attached so no skin is breached. Pack them all going the same direction. Boil straight or apple cider vinegar and pour over okra in the jar. Be sure okra is packed tight and fill liquid so it coveres all the okra. Seal the jar and process. OR you can use the regular pickle spice recipes. I've had tasty success converting the bread/butter and dill pickle to okra. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Nov 25 2005 : 09:29:25 AM
pickled okra .. great memories .. yep! the grocery store kind! when my family would go grocery shopping together .. we'd head straight for the 'pickle aisle' .. and by the time we got to the check-out counter .. we'd be putting an EMPTY jar with only the juice on the counter! we always kept it to ONE jar of pickles per shopping trip! even when the girls in single 'digits' (4 to 9 years old) they LOVED pickled okra. i even like the 'slimy' kind! (but the rest of the family wouldn't go near it unless it was pickled!) |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 18 2005 : 10:50:48 AM
I tried growing some here last year and plan to not give up trying, but didn't have luck at all.
I personally don't enjoy okra in tomato sauce but some do. It is too slimey to me that way. I like it fried (cut into rings and rolled in cornmeal/flour seasoned mixture and fried in butter/olive oil. Yum!! Or pickled.
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| FloralSaucer |
Posted - Sep 18 2005 : 06:07:38 AM
I bought some okra seeds lately. It is spring here, not sure if we have the right conditions or not for it. I would love to know what to do with it, all I have in mind so far is maybe a tomato sauce. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 15 2005 : 11:21:40 AM
I love pickled okra too, but have never lived anywhere you you could grow it well enough to get any to can up. They don't sell it fresh in stores here ever too..wish they did I would pickle some! I love love love it! When I was waitressing in Idaho years ago I ate way too much of it every single day..we had it on the salad bar and I could stay out of that bucket every time I had to go to the walk in cooler for something...I probably owe them a bucket of okra!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
