Fried Okra!

Mary spaketh thusly:

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Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

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I-zheet M'drurz said:

Mary spaketh thusly:

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Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

And as an adult it's her panties Mary can't keep up.

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I-zheet M'drurz said:

Mary spaketh thusly:

Quoted message said:

Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

<raises spatula>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Sheldon said:

I-zheet M'drurz said:

Mary spaketh thusly:

Quoted message said:

Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

And as an adult it's her panties Mary can't keep up.

You wish...... ;-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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I-zheet M'drurz said:

Mary spaketh thusly:

Quoted message said:

Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

And as an adult it's her panties Mary can't keep up.

My secret is out!

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Mary spaketh thusly:

Quoted message said:

Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

--

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Mary tried to explain:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Mary spaketh thusly:

Quoted message said:

Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

--

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

But okra doesn't *have* to be slimy. Pickled okra isn't slimy, is it?. Fried
okra doesn't have to be slimy either: The trick is to buy small pods and
leave them whole. In fact, I did that exact thing last night, and the okra
wasn't slimy at all. I got that tip from Cook's Illustrated's _Perfect
Vegetables_ -- which means it's probably in at least a couple other Cook's
Illustrated books.

For the record, Southerners are *never* hard-pressed to find something to
deep-fry. They'd be hard-pressed to find something they *wouldn't*
deep-fry.

Bob

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Mary spaketh thusly:

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Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

--

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not slimy.
That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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Bob' virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz said:

Mary tried to explain:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Mary spaketh thusly:

> Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
> okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

--

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

But okra doesn't *have* to be slimy. Pickled okra isn't slimy, is it?. Fried
okra doesn't have to be slimy either: The trick is to buy small pods and
leave them whole. In fact, I did that exact thing last night, and the okra
wasn't slimy at all. I got that tip from Cook's Illustrated's _Perfect
Vegetables_ -- which means it's probably in at least a couple other Cook's
Illustrated books.

For the record, Southerners are *never* hard-pressed to find something to
deep-fry. They'd be hard-pressed to find something they *wouldn't*
deep-fry.

Bob

<snicker> The voice of a native methinks??? ;-D

Same here, and you are right!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

On Mon 18 Jul 2005 12:56:24p, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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In article <[email hidden]>, "Mary" <[email hidden]>

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"I-zheet M'drurz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Mary spaketh thusly:

> Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much okra as a child that
> he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

--

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not slimy.
That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!

Correct! However, if you don't really want fried okra, you can lightly
saute it in just a bit of oil or butter and then steam 'til tender.
Sauteing it first prevents it from being slimy.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

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Wayne Boatwright said:

On Mon 18 Jul 2005 12:56:24p, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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In article <[email hidden]>, "Mary" <[email hidden]>

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"I-zheet M'drurz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Mary spaketh thusly:
>
> > Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much okra as a child that
> > he couldn't keep his socks up?
>
> OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...
>
> --

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not slimy.
That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!

Correct! However, if you don't really want fried okra, you can lightly
saute it in just a bit of oil or butter and then steam 'til tender.
Sauteing it first prevents it from being slimy.

So does a light blanching....... ;-)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Wayne Boatwright said:

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Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not slimy.
That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!

Correct! However, if you don't really want fried okra, you can lightly
saute it in just a bit of oil or butter and then steam 'til tender.
Sauteing it first prevents it from being slimy.

Okra wrote the book on slime.

When I worked in OKC for a couple years, I think I probably had 50
people tell me, "Okra isn't slimey if it's cooked [right] [young]
[properly] (take your choice)."

Folks? Okra wrote the book on slime. I had pounds of it deep fried
and sauteed and fixed every which way for me to prove it wasn't slimey,
and do you know what? Okra wrote the book on slime.

I feel about okra the way Barb feels about beets. That's how bad it
is. I first had it when I was a youngster and lived in Miami - had
more of it in Kentucky when I lived there in grade school - had pounds
of it in OKC when I was an adult.

Folks? Okra wrote the book on slime. There is no way to fix it that
it isn't slimey.

N.

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Mary said:

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Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Y'musta had it done wrong. Fried okra done properly is fantastic,not
slimey at all, but crisp and good. I miss it, same as fried green

tomatoes.

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Actually I have never cooked it myself. Let's have a good recipe!
(I have had fried tomatoes, but not green. My
grandmother fried ripe ones, battered lightly, and they were delicious with
a little sprinkle of sugar.)

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Wayne Boatwright said:

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Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not

slimy.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!

Correct! However, if you don't really want fried okra, you can lightly
saute it in just a bit of oil or butter and then steam 'til tender.
Sauteing it first prevents it from being slimy.

Okra wrote the book on slime.

When I worked in OKC for a couple years, I think I probably had 50
people tell me, "Okra isn't slimey if it's cooked [right] [young]
[properly] (take your choice)."

Folks? Okra wrote the book on slime. I had pounds of it deep fried
and sauteed and fixed every which way for me to prove it wasn't slimey,
and do you know what? Okra wrote the book on slime.

I feel about okra the way Barb feels about beets. That's how bad it
is. I first had it when I was a youngster and lived in Miami - had
more of it in Kentucky when I lived there in grade school - had pounds
of it in OKC when I was an adult.

Folks? Okra wrote the book on slime. There is no way to fix it that
it isn't slimey.

Well, I'll be! [Gomer Pyle style ...]

Mary said:

snip

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Y'musta had it done wrong. Fried okra done properly is fantastic,not
slimey at all, but crisp and good. I miss it, same as fried green tomatoes.

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"OmManiPadmeOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote

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For the record, Southerners are *never* hard-pressed to find something

to

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deep-fry. They'd be hard-pressed to find something they *wouldn't*
deep-fry.

Bob

<snicker> The voice of a native methinks??? ;-D

Same here, and you are right!
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I am the proud owner of a deep-fryer the size of a small
child. 🙂

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

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Mary spaketh thusly:

> Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
> okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?

OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...

--

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not
slimy. That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!

Here she goes again (sigh). Breaded or battered and deep fried is the only
way I'll eat okra, but only when I'm out in a restaurant and it's one of the
veggie choices on the menu. I don't deep fry stuff. Okra, sliced and added
to gumbo acts as a natural thickener and is not slimy in the least under
those conditions.

Jill <--southern and doesn't deep fry

On Mon 18 Jul 2005 03:33:21p, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "Mary" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"I-zheet M'drurz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
> Mary spaketh thusly:
>
>> Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much okra as a child that
>> he couldn't keep his socks up?
>
> OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...
>
> --

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not
slimy. That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!

Here she goes again (sigh). Breaded or battered and deep fried is the
only way I'll eat okra, but only when I'm out in a restaurant and it's
one of the veggie choices on the menu. I don't deep fry stuff. Okra,
sliced and added to gumbo acts as a natural thickener and is not slimy
in the least under those conditions.

Jill <--southern and doesn't deep fry

Jill, I pan fry sliced okra with a coating mixture of seasoned flour and
cornmeal. It's crunchy on the outside, and I like it even better than deep
fried.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

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jmcquown said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "Mary" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"I-zheet M'drurz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
> Mary spaketh thusly:
>
>> Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much
>> okra as a child that he couldn't keep his socks up?
>
> OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...
>
> --

Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
slime. 🙂 Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
batter to brown.

ba boom!

Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not
slimy. That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!

Here she goes again (sigh). Breaded or battered and deep fried is the only
way I'll eat okra, but only when I'm out in a restaurant and it's one of the
veggie choices on the menu. I don't deep fry stuff. Okra, sliced and added
to gumbo acts as a natural thickener and is not slimy in the least under
those conditions.

Jill <--southern and doesn't deep fry

To be honest, I don't deep fry it either. ;-) I just live in the South
and know a lot of folks that do!

I use in in soups and stir fry's for a thickener, or serve it whole and
lightly steamed as a side dish.

Neither way turns out slimy. :-)

I HAVE eaten it in local dives and freinds places breaded and deep fried
tho'!

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson