Okra

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by omega

That does sound good. Do you think it would be good with fresh okra, too?

Don't think so.
Did I tell you that I lived in MN in the summer and grew okra?

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by omega

Is it any good from Wal-Mart? I would think if it was frozen it would be kind of squishy inside, wouldn't it?

I have to go there soon - I will look for it. I suppose frozen is better than none????

I would really like some fresh still.

Pickled okra is in a jar in the pickle section.

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

Thank you very very much. I think lYnda is really picking on me about the Okra. It is incredible. Boiled it just slides and slithers down your throat, fried it is a crunchy delight, boiled with tomatoes and a bit of tobasco it is a spicy delight, and my new personal favorite -- raw - it is an explosion of flavor that tantalizes the taste buds.

I LOVE OKRA!!!!!

I have never tried it raw but I WILL!!!!!

[omega]

Originally Posted by donnarod

Don't think so.
Did I tell you that I lived in MN in the summer and grew okra?

Did it grow well for you here? I guess I am going to have to wait till the stores or outdoor markets sell it. But I tell you... I am going to pig out on it then!!!!

[omega]

Originally Posted by donnarod

Pickled okra is in a jar in the pickle section.

LOL. I was talking about the frozen okra. I was just at Wal Mart and I forgot to look for them. I just finished my jar of pickled okra last night. I didn't have the ingredients to make your "recipe" so I just crunched them down.

Good grief, my mouth is SO watering while I post this.

[MyLadies]

Hello fellow Okra ladies! Long time no See.

Okra-Dokey, I have news - I am moving from Texas to Washington State here real soon... I wonder if I can grow Okra up there? I'll invite Tigers Mom over for fried Okra if I grow some.

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by omega

Did it grow well for you here? I guess I am going to have to wait till the stores or outdoor markets sell it. But I tell you... I am going to pig out on it then!!!!

It did grow well but the weather has to be hot and I see that you have had a cool summer. It does not take up much space either.
Do the markets sell it there??
I miss MN so much.
What City are you in?

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by MyLadies

Hello fellow Okra ladies! Long time no See.

Okra-Dokey, I have news - I am moving from Texas to Washington State here real soon... I wonder if I can grow Okra up there? I'll invite Tigers Mom over for fried Okra if I grow some.

I don't have a clue.

[Yorkie Luv of 3]

WooHoo!!! I cut my first Okra for 2008!!!! yesterday morning, picked about 2 bushels of purple hulls peas,, shelled those and put em up,, and have my fresh okra to boil up here TODAY!!! I can hardly wait for suppertime and its only 6:42 AM!!!! lol

[donnarod]

HUSH!!! I am so jealous.

[omega]

Originally Posted by donnarod

It did grow well but the weather has to be hot and I see that you have had a cool summer. It does not take up much space either.
Do the markets sell it there??
I miss MN so much.
What City are you in?

I'm sure the markets must but I haven't been around to any lately to check. I'm thinking that tomorrow may be the day to start looking.

Our summer is no longer cool. Today was 93 and extremely humid. Tonight was thunder storms and tornados. I live by Elk River - northwest about 30 miles from Minneapolis. I lived in the city all my life till 9 years ago when we moved here and I love it. I just wish the spiders didn't get so darn big!!!

[omega]

Originally Posted by Yorkie Luv of 3

WooHoo!!! I cut my first Okra for 2008!!!! yesterday morning, picked about 2 bushels of purple hulls peas,, shelled those and put em up,, and have my fresh okra to boil up here TODAY!!! I can hardly wait for suppertime and its only 6:42 AM!!!! lol

You really are mean, aren't you?! I can't escape okra talk on either of my favorite forums. Gosh, I have GOT to get some soon or I will be obsessed with thinking about OKRA.

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by omega

I'm sure the markets must but I haven't been around to any lately to check. I'm thinking that tomorrow may be the day to start looking.

Our summer is no longer cool. Today was 93 and extremely humid. Tonight was thunder storms and tornados. I live by Elk River - northwest about 30 miles from Minneapolis. I lived in the city all my life till 9 years ago when we moved here and I love it. I just wish the spiders didn't get so darn big!!!

Our family is in Burnsville, Appley Valley and Malica, they had some bad weather also.
SPIDERS and HUMIDITY!!! FL is humid everyday even in the winter sometime, and you want to see a spider, here they are as big as a salad plate and I am scared to death of them. I saw one in the house, hugh, way up on the wall, grabbed my cell phone, went out the door and left it open so that I could keep an eye on it, called my girlfriends and they came over and killed it for me. I would have never gone back in the house with that monster.

[omega]

Originally Posted by donnarod

Our family is in Burnsville, Appley Valley and Malica, they had some bad weather also.
SPIDERS and HUMIDITY!!! FL is humid everyday even in the winter sometime, and you want to see a spider, here they are as big as a salad plate and I am scared to death of them. I saw one in the house, hugh, way up on the wall, grabbed my cell phone, went out the door and left it open so that I could keep an eye on it, called my girlfriends and they came over and killed it for me. I would have never gone back in the house with that monster.

I think I may have done the exact same thing if I saw a spider that big. I probably would have taken my dogs out with me. I would totally freak out.. can't stand those things. So why do so many people want to live in FL if there are so many bugs/pests and the weather is so dang hot and humid?

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by omega

I think I may have done the exact same thing if I saw a spider that big. I probably would have taken my dogs out with me. I would totally freak out.. can't stand those things. So why do so many people want to live in FL if there are so many bugs/pests and the weather is so dang hot and humid?

We live in FL and stay in the a/c when it is hot and humid, or get in the pool or go to the beach, like you in the winter when it is -20, our mosquitos are not as big as yours but the spiders are. We have an exterminator so I do not get bugs in the house. I only lived in MN from mid April to Sept. We stayed that one year that it snowed 3 feet on Holloween so started leaving earlier. I really miss the 3 seasons.