How does your garden grow?

   / How does your garden grow? #1,561  
Seems like okra is one of those that folks really, really like or flat out can’t stand.
 
   / How does your garden grow?
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#1,563  
Seems like okra is one of those that folks really, really like or flat out can’t stand.

I'm in the love it camp. I ate okra almost every day this summer. Until the daily rains and black spot got my main patch. But I planted a late crop and it should make until a killing frost comes along.
 
   / How does your garden grow? #1,564  
I like it too. My favorite way is to blanch it then toss in a shaker bag of flour, corn meal, and seasonings. Put in casserole dish and freeze then transfer to ziplock bags for frying. Getting to where I don’t wanna do it much any more but it sure is good.
 
   / How does your garden grow?
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#1,565  
I like it too. My favorite way is to blanch it then toss in a shaker bag of flour, corn meal, and seasonings. Put in casserole dish and freeze then transfer to ziplock bags for frying. Getting to where I don’t wanna do it much any more but it sure is good.

There is nothing like good fried okra, but we cooked it in the nuker most days. A Tbs of olive oil, the seasoning of your choice and a few minutes of nuclear power. Cover with stretch wrap, but leave an air hole on the sides. But with no power, I had to do what I had to do.

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   / How does your garden grow? #1,566  
We picked our last okra last week before the killing frost hit. We like to grill it or oven bake it...no coating except some olive oil...yummy and not slimy.
 
   / How does your garden grow? #1,567  
Seems to me that Okra..."Okrey" as my Dad called it...is an acquired taste. Dad loved it fried, but I couldn't stand it; made me nauseous. Today, I love it, fried and pickled especially. Don't often get fresh okra; quit raising it years ago. We go with the frozen Stillwell brand, comes sliced, breaded and ready to fry.

I would be interested as to how any of you cook it on the grill though.
 
   / How does your garden grow? #1,568  
Okra has always been a staple for us. We freeze 2 bushels for winter & spring. Boiled,fried,pickled,with stewed tomatoes and in gumbo. Never mastered grilling.
 
   / How does your garden grow?
  • Thread Starter
#1,569  
Seems to me that Okra..."Okrey" as my Dad called it...is an acquired taste. Dad loved it fried, but I couldn't stand it; made me nauseous. Today, I love it, fried and pickled especially. Don't often get fresh okra; quit raising it years ago. We go with the frozen Stillwell brand, comes sliced, breaded and ready to fry.

I would be interested as to how any of you cook it on the grill though.

I've cooked it in foil on the grill. The other night I cooked it in a pan, on the grill. I bet it would do good in my electric grill. Over coals it would be hard to get them all turned at the right time.
 
   / How does your garden grow? #1,570  
Seems to me that Okra..."Okrey" as my Dad called it...is an acquired taste. Dad loved it fried, but I couldn't stand it; made me nauseous. Today, I love it, fried and pickled especially. Don't often get fresh okra; quit raising it years ago. We go with the frozen Stillwell brand, comes sliced, breaded and ready to fry.

I would be interested as to how any of you cook it on the grill though.

I hated squash as a youngster and didn’t like onions until I was nearly 40. Now I like extra onions. Also hated Miller Lite and mostly liked Budweiser products until I was 48. Now the complete opposite. Guess my tastes changed?
 

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