Okra

[omega]

So tell me. Is sweet tea just regular tea with a lot of sugar in it or what? At Sam's they were giving out samples of some new kind of bottled "sweet tea." It didn't taste any different to me except too sweet for my taste. I would imagine it's not like the real thing though.

If you were isolated in the wilderness, how would you get your supply of your two favorite? Plane drops????

[FL Tink]

I have had that brand of sweet tea but i am just not a fan of bottled tea. I dont like liemon in my sweet tea either. It really irritates me that they just assume I want lemon. I can deal with it haning off my glass, but it reaaaaaaaaaaaallly irritates me when they drop it in my glass. I dont care for the lemon taste, but I really dont want some e.coli infested piece of lemon floating in my tea!

NOthing like a good homemade glass of sweet tea....except hot crispy okra right out of the fryer!

[donnarod]

I'm with "y'all". How about that accent MN? I lived in MN in the summer for several years and when I said that, they looked at me like I was from another planet.
I love Liptons Cold Brew, strong with sugar, no lemon. WITH fried okra.

[Suzy]

OMG Guess what I had for dinner?!? Fried Okra!!!

They have breaded okra in the frozen section that you just have to fry up in some oil...we had it with ranch-soooo good!

[kathy785]

I learned to eat okra fried in a frying pan. slice the okra and some onion. Fry in a bit a oil (not deep fat fried) Once the okra was turning brown it meant it was done. When you take if off the heat you crumble crackers (the rectangular butter ones, not saltines.)into it. The cracker soak up what litte oil was there and also keeps the okra from being slimey (I know that does make is sound so good) We kids would fight over who got the okra (7 kids in my family, so we had to argue over all of the good stuff!)

[Suzy]

Originally Posted by kathy785

I learned to eat okra fried in a frying pan. slice the okra and some onion. Fry in a bit a oil (not deep fat fried) Once the okra was turning brown it meant it was done. When you take if off the heat you crumble crackers (the rectangular butter ones, not saltines.)into it. The cracker soak up what litte oil was there and also keeps the okra from being slimey (I know that does make is sound so good) We kids would fight over who got the okra (7 kids in my family, so we had to argue over all of the good stuff!)

MMMM sounds good! Now, where's that Okra Smiley!?!?

[yorkieK9trainer]

If I were stranded in the wilderness....as a test of survival, I would ask that my fried okra and sweet tea be dropped shipped to be or gotten to me in any fashion, but those are the two things I would require.

And I'd be all set!!!

[FL Tink]

i am always on the lookout for the okra smiley~

[donnarod]

Originally Posted by FL Tink

i am always on the lookout for the okra smiley~

Me too.
I like it batter fried but also, healthy and delicious, slice it thin, koshar salt and fry it in a hot pan of olive oil and a little butter until it is golden brown.

[Suzy]

Maybe they should make "Got Okra?" T-shirts...they could be green with yellow words in a "slimy" looking font, LOL!

[omega]

Originally Posted by Yorkie Luv of 3

I got home to Louisiana for the weekend,, and I PLANTED A WHOLE ROW OF OKRA, Clemson Spinless!!! WOOHOO!!! also planted 42 rows of Purple Hull Peas!! and watermelons are up good,, so are cantaloupes!!

How long is your row? I can't believe you have so much up already - it just turned warm enough here to plant things without having to worry about them freezing!

[omega]

Originally Posted by donnarod

I can't believe that a Minnesotan would like okra!!! I lived there in the summer for 16 years, and spent winters in FL which is where I was born and raised. My husband was from MN and he was the Mayor in the city where we lived. Our back yard was on a County Rd and I grew black eyed and okra, you would not believe the City employees that stopped to look at okra growing in MN because they had never seen it before.

Really??? Can I ask which city it was that he was mayor of? LOL - that is funny that people didn't know what it was. My brother has grown it in his garden before. I asked him to grow some for me this year... I figured he would have better luck growing it than I would.

Yes, the frozen chosen LOVE all sorts of foods. (at least us adventuresome ones) Just don't ever try to get me to eat lutefisk. YUCK.

[omega]

Originally Posted by donnarod

I'm with "y'all". How about that accent MN? I lived in MN in the summer for several years and when I said that, they looked at me like I was from another planet.
I love Liptons Cold Brew, strong with sugar, no lemon. WITH fried okra.

Yep, we normally don't use that term up here. When someone does, we know where their roots are! WE don't have an accent - it's y'all that do!

Oh man, super cold ice tea and fried okra...... man that sounds good.

[omega]

Originally Posted by Suzy

Maybe they should make "Got Okra?" T-shirts...they could be green with yellow words in a "slimy" looking font, LOL!

LOL. Who would want to wear it or TRY okra if we advertised it being slimy???????

[Yorkie Luv of 3]

Originally Posted by omega

How long is your row? I can't believe you have so much up already - it just turned warm enough here to plant things without having to worry about them freezing!

Rows are LllllOooooNnnnGgggggg !!! lol but,, gotta have my peas and okra!! plus peas will sell for like $30 a bushel this year!!!