How many of you guys here really, really enjoy cooking and planning meals?

[IslandTractor]

Wow that seems so surprising to me. I have 3 in the refrigerator right now and I bet there is close to a 1/2 ton of them left in the apple storage cooler down at the business I work for...just keeping them cold and with a decent humidity level they store for months!

I get rutabaga and turnips mixed up all the time and use them interchangeably. Cook them the same way anyhow. Great in soups and mashed with any number of added flavors.

 

[IslandTractor]

OK guys, who has a great recipe for okra that doesn't involve deep frying???

 

[DFB]

I get rutabaga and turnips mixed up all the time and use them interchangeably. Cook them the same way anyhow. Great in soups and mashed with any number of added flavors.

You said it!

Rutabaga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



I guess a lot of folks don't know about our esteemed local rutabaga (turnip) heritage here in Western Mass or Southern Vermont

The Gilfeather turnip is Vermont bred, Wardsboro VT lays claim to that variety

And over the border into Mass the Florida Mountain Turnip (actually a Laurentian rutabaga)
is world renowned :laughing:

Florida Turnip Festival Celebrates Sweet Rutabaga / iBerkshires.com - The Berkshires online guide to events, news and Berkshire County community information.

We grow both types :thumbsup:

My boss won a first prize at the Gilfeather Fest a couple of seasons ago for Gilfeather turnip he grew the other is Laurentian turnip I picked...still has the top and roots.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

OK guys, who has a great recipe for okra that doesn't involve deep frying???

I would like to see some responses also. Pickled is probably the next most popular around my house; I also use it in my He Man Beef Stew recipe.

 

[RobertN]

OT, but back in the late 1970's, there was a popular band around Sacramento, Ca, called the "Rutabaga Boogie Band".

I get rutabaga

 

[DFB]

OT, but back in the late 1970's, there was a popular band around Sacramento, Ca, called the "Rutabaga Boogie Band".

:thumbsup:

 

[RobertN]

We had a neighbor in the 1970's that made the best rhubarb pie; I loved it. But I would ask her for Rudabaga pie! I was a teen, so it wasn't like a little little kid that would mix it up. Still cracks me up.

Now, my wife make an excellent strawberry-rhubarb pie, fresh from her garden(seasonally of course)

 

[DFB]

OK guys, who has a great recipe for okra that doesn't involve deep frying???

I don't have one but I used to get an Okra side dish from this awesome BBQ place we once had here...it had bacon or salt pork, some type of hot pepper for season, and was steamed or pan cooked as I remember.

I liked it

That's something that's not very mainstream around here...

I remember seeing canned okra in a brand new Super Walmart store in Maine several years back. I don't think anyone there even knew what it was! :laughing:

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Here's a couple recipes; unfortunately they are fried. Haven't eaten the fritters (from my daughter's mother in law); the okra patties are pretty good. Sharn Jean makes them occasionally.

Okra Fritters


2 cups of veg. oil
1/2 cup of flour
salt and pepper
2 cups frozen sliced okra thawed and chopped
1/2 small yellow onion diced small (1/2cup)
1 large egg
1/4 cup buttermilk

In large heavy skillet, heat oil over medium . In medium bowl, mix flour, 2/3 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper. Add okra and onion and toss to coat. In small bowl, whisk together egg and buttermilk and add to okra mixture and stir till combined.
In two batches drop batter in 2 tablespoon mounds in oil. W/small spatula gently flatten each mound and fry till golden, about 4 minutes per side, flipping once. Drain on paper towels. Makes about 10.


OKRA PATTIES

Fried Okra Patties | Eatin' on the Cheap

 

[IslandTractor]

Don't get me wrong, I love fried ocra.. I'd just like to try some non fried recipes. I did cook an Indian recipe that was quite delicious but required spices I had to go find in an ethnic grocery store. I'm thinking ocra would work well in a ratatouille type veggie stew with tomatoes plus other summer veg.