i've never had okra

[MetalMat]

I'm sorry to say that isn't me lol. I generally avoid "soul food" restaurants (I don't even like the term) because they usually suck, not to mention paying for food that you can make at home better. I don't order gumbo from restaurants either because most of them use a roux mix.

Frankly I've never had an issue with using a store bought roux. Its not like roux is anything complicated yet its a PIA to make.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Only 2.5 cuisines seem to do okra right

1) NOLA - gumbo
2) Japanese - yakitori
.5) Indian - various okra dishes

Fried okra as well, you ill-informed son of a bitch.

 

[Mixolydian]

Boggles my mind that some people have never had okra.

It's the US it's pretty much only used in the South.

 

[HN]

wtf, is okra really that exotic to some of you?

and to those that think it's too slimy: http://bit.ly/1CM126T

now that's just silly. how 'bout I just get a delicious vegetable that doesn't need to be de-slimed in the first place?

 

[AdamK47]

I never had okra until I lived for a while in the greater New Orleans area (Mandeville). It's very good fried. I miss the food there.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Any vegetable that has to be deep-fried and served with ranch to make it appealing is not worth eating. It's just a barely edible spoon for fat people to use as they eat a condiment and call it a meal.

 

[LevelSea]

Frankly I've never had an issue with using a store bought roux. Its not like roux is anything complicated yet its a PIA to make.

To me it's like a gravy mix or microwave grits. Not a fan at all. Something as wonderful and special as gumbo (not to mention expensive if it's seafood) should be a labor of love, not a quick fix. You lose all that delicious fat when you use a mix.

now that's just silly. how 'bout I just get a delicious vegetable that doesn't need to be de-slimed in the first place?

It's not a requirement, but some people don't like the slime. It's delicious either way. Do you complain about peeling an onion? It takes only a couple of minutes to de-slime okra.

 

[Meghan54]

If it's slimy, it was cooked wrong.

 

[Chaotic42]

Any vegetable that has to be deep-fried and served with ranch to make it appealing is not worth eating. It's just a barely edible spoon for fat people to use as they eat a condiment and call it a meal.

I'm sorry, what? Who the hell eats okra like that? If I blend up filet mignon and mix it with a peanut butter smoothie, that's my fault, not filet's.

 

[Ns1]

roux is easy as fuck, just need to pay attention.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I'm sorry, what? Who the hell eats okra like that? If I blend up filet mignon and mix it with a peanut butter smoothie, that's my fault, not filet's.

Did you miss the dozen or so posts saying that okra was good fried? Fried okra is typically served with ranch, and that's just a con that fat people came up with because drinking a bowl of ranch is considered "unacceptable." "OK, I'll take this mildly healthy vegetable, cover it in batter, deep-fry the hell out of it until it's virtually unrecognizable as organic matter, and coat it in salty, creamy fat. IT'S HEALTHY." Since the alternative is eating okra, I guess they have a point.

 

[Chaotic42]

Fried okra is typically served with ranch

Like I said, who the hell eats fried okra with ranch? That's absurd.

 

[natto fire]

Ban. Southern food is awesome.

Not much of a connoisseur of Southern food if you have never had okra.

Did you miss the dozen or so posts saying that okra was good fried? Fried okra is typically served with ranch, and that's just a con that fat people came up with because drinking a bowl of ranch is considered "unacceptable." "OK, I'll take this mildly healthy vegetable, cover it in batter, deep-fry the hell out of it until it's virtually unrecognizable as organic matter, and coat it in salty, creamy fat. IT'S HEALTHY." Since the alternative is eating okra, I guess they have a point.

Did you miss the dozen or so posts naming various other dishes where the okra is not fried? We get it, you don't like okra, but you don't need to make blanket statements about a vegetable you don't even care for. Also, I have never seen anyone eat fried okra with ranch, and the cuts are so small you can't use them as a spoon. Nice use of weasel words too. :thumbsup:

 

[highland145]

Not much of a connoisseur of Southern food if you have never had okra.

Born and raised. Okra sucks.

 

[natto fire]

Born and raised. Okra sucks.

Yeah, but I wasn't quoting your post. I was quoting OP who wanted to ban someone for saying southern food sucks, when he hasn't even tried okra.

That said, I had never tried okra until I lived in North Carolina. Lived on a farm in Georgia after that, and wow those Georgia Jet sweet potatoes are to die for, unless you add any sugar or marshmallows, then blech...

 

[highland145]

Yeah, but I wasn't quoting your post. I was quoting OP who wanted to ban someone for saying southern food sucks, when he hasn't even tried okra.

That said, I had never tried okra until I lived in North Carolina. Lived on a farm in Georgia after that, and wow those Georgia Jet sweet potatoes are to die for, unless you add any sugar or marshmallows, then blech...

Lighten up, Francis. Sweet potatoes suck too. Must have gotten my mother's Illinois genes.

If you want to talk about Southern eats...fried chicken/steak, mac+cheese, rice+gravy, deviled eggs, 3 day cooked green beans, peas, scratch biscuits, sweet corn, potato salad, homemade ice cream, banana custard, scratch pound cake, etc...

:wub::wub:

My Grand was born ~1910. Her mother died when she was 11 and she had to take over the kitchen. So she had 50+ years experience when I was born. She was just amazing.

 

[Ns1]

Sweet potatoes suck too.

what is wrong with you

 

[highland145]

what is wrong with you

You can't make alcohol out of them.

kidding.

I can tolerate them as sweet potato fries but that's it. I don't like mustard greens, cooked spinach, cooked cabbage, collards, cauliflower....

Just give me corn and a multi, thanks.

 

[Jodell88]

Born and raised. Okra sucks.

You can't make alcohol out of them.

kidding.

I can tolerate them as sweet potato fries but that's it. I don't like mustard greens, cooked spinach, cooked cabbage, collards, cauliflower....

Just give me corn and a multi, thanks.

 

[highland145]

:thumbsup: Looks like what my Granny did to the disrespectful.

Are you being disrespectful to my Granny?

 

[Mixolydian]

The pickled okra is good. Tastes like pickles.

 

[waffleironhead]

The pickled okra is good. Tastes like pickles.

Do they come from pickle trees?

 

[xaeniac]

i like me some okra

 

[RaistlinZ]

Consider yourself lucky. Okra is awful. Slimy and awful.

 

[Imp]

The only reason I may even know okra exists is because of World of Warcraft. Damn harvesters dropped them...