Weird ? - what would make a package of sausage blow up?

[EmtheFishLady]

Imp, I too hate Okra...in any form.

 

[zzGypsy]

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You clearly aren't eating the right kind of okra. Okra was meant to be sliced, breaded and fried up. There is just no excuse for eating it any other way. You fry it up into little golden nuggets of yummy.

The secret to the slime is moisture. If it is dry, it does not slime very much. You don't have to bread it, just keep moisture away. After you rinse it and before you cut into it, dry it. Keep your hands and implements dry. Start as you should with most good dishes, and put some oil in a pan with onion and garlic. Cook these a little bit but not too much. They'll cook more while the okra is cooking. I like to add sage and maybe a dash of paprika. Put the okra in the pan and cook at a fairly low heat. Cook it covered but stir it so it does not burn. If you feel the need to add tomatoes (and I do), I peel them, quarter them, and remove all seeds and all liquids I can, then put them in and cook. It takes a bit of practice to get the timing down so the tomatoes are the way you like them and all, but this is a nice dish. The tomatoes will release a little moisture, but if you stir fry a bit, that moisture/slime will go away.

that's the first time I've ever though eating okra might be a good idea....
it's just that there's something wrong with eating foods where you have to Avoid The SLIME...

 

[gritsar]

Okra is meant to be served fried - like CityGirl said - sliced, breaded and fried up.

Mountain dew, white lightning, moonshine, whatever you want to call it, shouldn't burn if created right. It should be smooth as silk. There is a 25+ year old jug of it down in our storm cellar. Maybe I should break it out and have it with the sausage.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Nope. Slice that okra up. Dip it in a little egg mixture and then roll it around in cornmeal with some pepper. Fry it until golden. Salt. YUM!!

Or.... if you are lazy, get the bag of breaded stuff at the store and fry that up. It is certainly less messy, but not quite as good as Grandma makes.

There is absolutely no excuse for eating okra with tomatoes.

Impy- Do we need to stage an intervention to get you some real southern food? It sounds like your food pyramid is lacking.

 

[gritsar]

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He's hopeless. He wouldn't know a good glass of sweet tea if it smacked him in the face.

 

[greeneggsandham]

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Don't put the Yankees down too bad. At least they were able to figure out how to eat dessert as part of the main meal. But then they never figured out you can't add sugar to cold tea. I guess it's a wash?

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Depends on the shine and who makes it. Dad was proud of his. Bad shine can make you blind. Dad's just made you think you were going blind.

If its liquid sugar you can add it to cold tea.

And not all of us yankees make corn bread sweet. I make it both ways depending on what it will be eaten with. I also only cook it in either my cast iron pan or my cast iron corn cob mold. My mother always said we were swamp yankees not sure what the difference is.

How about Johnny cakes who has had them?

 

[Ridgerunner]

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Don't put the Yankees down too bad. At least they were able to figure out how to eat dessert as part of the main meal. But then they never figured out you can't add sugar to cold tea. I guess it's a wash?

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Depends on the shine and who makes it. Dad was proud of his. Bad shine can make you blind. Dad's just made you think you were going blind.

If its liquid sugar you can add it to cold tea.

And not all of us yankees make corn bread sweet. I make it both ways depending on what it will be eaten with. I also only cook it in either my cast iron pan or my cast iron corn cob mold. My mother always said we were swamp yankees not sure what the difference is.

How about Johnny cakes who has had them?

Didn't I tell you. Adding sugar to cold tea!

 

[key west chick]

Tea MUST be sweet, okra MUST be fried, cornbread should NOT have sugar, thats for the tea.

Add some turnip greens and some pot licker, and youre all set. And Grittys right, good moonshine should go down smooth...

 

[redhen]

I looove sugar in my cornbread, and creamed corn too..

But dont tell Deerman... or he wont take me to Hawaii this winter...

 

[gritsar]

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