/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19744067]

>hear about okra on /ck/
>google it
>looks like peppers
>find some at the grocery store, buy a bag of it
>feels and tastes like slimy peas
so, what's the point?

[Anonymous No.19744088]

>>19744067
It's culinarily unique due to the sliminess, but not everyone likes it
The sliminess is the point

[Anonymous No.19744090]

>>19744067
The National Okra Board's summer interns got in a last stealth strike before returning to college. Thanks to your purchase, the internship program will be funded again next year. Did you know that 61% of America's okra farmers rely on government subsidies to survive? Follow @OkraFacts on X for more!

[Anonymous No.19744107]

>>19744067
They're good fried, or in various soups and stews where the sliminess isn't noticeable. Fried okra and gumbo are pretty much your best bets when cooking with okra.

[Anonymous No.19744136]

>>19744067
pickled okra is best okra

[Anonymous No.19744149]

>>19744067
Okra is both a green veggie and a thickener which makes it incredibly unique for cooking.

[Anonymous No.19744160]

>>19744067
I think it’s pointless unless you’re a southern grandma who’s planning on frying it up

[Anonymous No.19744187]

>>19744067
>boil for 10 mins
>let drain
>toss in cornmeal and salt
>shallow fry

[Anonymous No.19744202]

>>19744067
the slime is the point.

[Anonymous No.19744204]

>>19744149
actually, it's botanically a fruit

[Anonymous No.19744226]

>>19744204
Yeah, so are tomatoes, peppers and olives..
There goes the whole"Fruit DOESN'T BELONG on pizza!! REEEEEEE!!" argument.

[Anonymous No.19744234]

>>19744204
Gee thanks mr. autist.

[Anonymous No.19744251]

>>19744226
Olives are both botanically and culinarily a fruit

[Anonymous No.19744253]

>>19744067
Skull issue

[Anonymous No.19744256]

I've had okra sabzi it was breddy gud

[Anonymous No.19744310]

>>19744251
Am aware.
I also like pineapple on pizza.
*(which is really a Multiple fruit)
Funny thing- Pineapples aren't even from Hawaii, they were introduced by the Spanish from South America and are usually pollinated by hummingbirds.
Whatever...I like ALL kinds of pizza, the only one I would NEVER EVER try again is pineapple and anchovy, and I liked Anchovy and pepperoni pizzas since I was 11.
Seriously. Don't even try it on a bet. It was the first time in my life I threw out almost a whole pizza.

[Anonymous No.19744388]

>>19744226
actually, peppers are botanically known as berries

[Anonymous No.19744399]

>>19744067
Fried okree is divine. It's an essential part of brunswick stew, and I put it in some cajun soups and stews, too. I even had Okree & maters at my wedding - classic southern side. Okree is delicious. I need to get it again sometime soon, all the yankees and mexicans moving here mean stores don't even stock it any more.

[Anonymous No.19744411]

>>19744067
Taste the peaness

[Anonymous No.19744443]

>>19744388
>Checked
Still a fruit.

[Anonymous No.19744956]

some of us like our peas slimy, you fucking donkey

[Anonymous No.19745794]

>>19744067
Put it in stew as a thickener rather than a roux

[Anonymous No.19745861]

I like okra in stir fry

[Anonymous No.19746710]

>>19745794
why do people use thickeners instead of just reducing the soup?

[Anonymous No.19746743]

>>19744067
filtered

[Anonymous No.19746822]

>>19744107
this. indians fry it and serve with naan or add it to a 'soup' that's eaten with rice.

[Anonymous No.19747017]

>>19746710
1: if you try to reduce a cream based soup you're just gonna curdle it.
2: if you're using bone stock/broth as a base long boiling times will destroy most of the collagen and protein that you extracted from the bones in the first place.
3: long cooking times muddles flavors and makes more delicate ingredients like herbs get lost in the sauce so to speak.

[Anonymous No.19747061]

>>19744067
Pickled okraa is the shit dawg

[Anonymous No.19747147]

>>19747017
thanks

[Anonymous No.19747594]

>>19744067
yankee detected

[Anonymous No.19747717]

Coat and fry it, mix it with canned tomatoes and eat over rice, put in gumbo

[Anonymous No.19747728]

>>19744310
>19744310
sweet and salty, what's not to like yah pussy?

[Anonymous No.19747814]

>>19744310

[Anonymous No.19747882]

>>19744090
Meds schizo

[Anonymous No.19749173]

>>19744088
if you cram it violently enough it will eventually be self lubricating then?

[Anonymous No.19749225]

>>19744204
>>19744251
>>19744388
My cock is botanically in your mom

[Anonymous No.19749232]

>>19746822
don't care what poos do with it, southerners are the only ones that know how to cook it.

[Anonymous No.19749379]

>>19744067
Does it really taste like peas? I never had okra before.

[Anonymous No.19749396]

>>19749379
No it doesn't really taste like peas. Fried okra is kind of like green beans, spinach, or fried green maters (I know it's a wide net I'm casting but it's pretty unique) while when in stew or soup it's more like nopal (...if that helps at all) or again, tomatoes. Sort of.

[Anonymous No.19750354]

>>19749379
it tastes like a unripe green vegetables

[Anonymous No.19750427]

>>19744067
>so, what's the point?

it grows when the weather is super fucking hot and everything else is dead.

[Anonymous No.19752121]

>>19744067
Try bamia stew, it's great.

[Anonymous No.19752630]

Okra is really the best, it had its cons though.
Cons - sliminess, some can be too tough to eat. That's all.

Great ways to enjoy them,
Pickled
Breaded and fried - cheap and easy, Walmart sells them breaded frozen for less than 2 bux. Then just dunk them in hot oil
Bhindi masala if you like Indian food.
And one that i had never seen done before but decided to do it myself is, just skewer them together, spray with oil and grill them. The easiest and best, kills the goo too.

[Anonymous No.19752827]

>>19744411

[Anonymous No.19752911]

>>19747017
DING DING DING DING RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERR
WEE WOO WEE WOO
RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT
>can reduce cream to about at least 1/2 of original volume with no I’ll effects
>what is Demi glacé
Are you literally retarded? Demi glacé is heavily reduced bone broth. It is firmer than jello when you cook it. Kill yourself

[Anonymous No.19752923]

>>19752911
Not everyone speaks French or is a French chef, chill your frog limbs before they get boiled on the wok.

[Anonymous No.19752925]

>>19752911
>also
You don’t cook down delicate flavors in any circumstance. You finish with them. Holy fuck I am so mad people like you are allowed to post like you do

[Anonymous No.19752939]

>>19752923
What exactly do you think ramen broth is, dumbass?

[Anonymous No.19752966]

>>19752911
The kind of person asking about the reasons to use a thickener in soup/sauce/stew is mutually exclusive to the type that has the culinary skills to reduce cream without curdling or make a non-traditional demi-glace without espagnole (which is made with roux). Basic tips like this are rules for the amateur and rules are meant to be broken by professionals :).

[Anonymous No.19752981]

>>19744067
i had grilled okra. multiple times. it's ok.

[Anonymous No.19752994]

>>19752966
>also
Demi-glace doesn't have an accent on the [e] Mr. Smarty-pants. I'm so glad people like you are allowed to post like you do.

[Anonymous No.19753092]

>>19744204
Fruits and vegetables are not mutually exclusive categories you fucking imbecile

[Anonymous No.19753152]

>>19752966
Everything you said is PATENTLY false under all circumstances. Reduction absolutely does not destroy gelatin, that’s the most egregious of all your lies.

[Anonymous No.19753199]

>>19753092
name one fruitveggie

[Anonymous No.19753227]

>>19753199
idiot, they're called fruitables

[Anonymous No.19753262]

>>19753152
>gelatin
I said collagen and protein not gelatin. If you want to continue getting ass-blasted over things that you imagined I said then be my guest schizo-kun. I hope your life gets better soon.

[Anonymous No.19753275]

>>19753199
Tomato
Are you autistic? Vegetable is a culinary term whereas fruit is a botanical term. There are no "vegetables" in botany - only in cooking

[Anonymous No.19753328]

>>19744136
They've started selling these again at my local grocer. Aside from snacking on them and making ridiculous burgers/hotdogs, is there any recipes that uses them.

inb4 salad

[Anonymous No.19753444]

I had this curry in Japan that had roasted tomatoes and okra. Was really fucking good.
Otherwise I’ve had it in gumbo but not really a fan.

[Anonymous No.19753446]

>>19753227
don't you mean vegruits?

[Anonymous No.19753564]

>>19753328
I mince them into my relish

[Anonymous No.19753666]

>>19753262
Collagen breaks down into gelatin. When you heat bones, the collagen is extracted into the water and becomes gelatin. You don’t know your ass from a fuckin hole in the ground, bud.

[Anonymous No.19754216]

my wife is making fried okra wrapped in bacon with creamed corn. We live in Arkansas (but we're not from the South)

[Anonymous No.19754269]

>>19754216
I bet she grows the SHIT out of it. I had relatives there and they farmed nothing but stuff like peppers, okra, and maize.

[Anonymous No.19754288]

>>19744067
>if you batter, deep fry, salt and pepper it, it's good
no shit
but nobody likes okra or onions or potatoes

[Anonymous No.19754313]

>>19749232
nah i had battered deep fried okra in a curry house recently, it was great

[Anonymous No.19754561]

>>19744107
This, okra is made to be fried or cooked into gumbo

[Anonymous No.19754607]

>>19752966
It is easier to make a demi-glace without the espangole, and I don't think that anyone in the last 20 years has made the ancient Escoffier style over the modern 'heavily reduced beef stock' style, out of choice.

[Anonymous No.19754617]

>>19754269
I see you are a man of culture

[Anonymous No.19755527]

>>19754288
who doesn't like onions?

[Anonymous No.19755538]

>>19753199
tomatoes, zucchinis, eggplants, peppers etc etc
many such cases

[Anonymous No.19755686]

>>19744136
>never having fried before
anon....

[Anonymous No.19755762]

>>19744067
You don't eat okra raw.

[Anonymous No.19755979]

Get your ass to Sprouts and buy okra chips IMMEDIATELY

[Anonymous No.19755993]

>>19744088
>the sliminess is the point
It's also delicious. People tend to like foods that are delicious.
>>19746710
Try making a gumbo without roux, file, or okra. You can reduce it all day and it's never going to get to the right consistency unless you started with stock that was already 50% gelatin. "Thick" doesn't refer to the ratio of liquid to solid ingredients, btw. It refers to the consistency of the liquid itself.

[Anonymous No.19756014]

>be me
>stocking up for impending hurricane
>swing by frozen foods section
>only two items remain
>Lima beans and okra
>tfw my disdain for both is shared by the public at large

Okra is like kale, people only say they like it to be nice

[Anonymous No.19756035]

>>19744067
For me, it's chopping them up and stir frying. Very tasty.

[Anonymous No.19756529]

>>19755993
All of this. Also seems like not many people that had okra have had fried WITH NO BREADING. The oil contacts the surface of the okra and shrinks them up like voodoo heads into this concentrated crispy side instead of crispy outside/soft inside texture you get with more common breaded recipes.

[Anonymous No.19757003]

>>19744067
Put okra in a bowl, pour a little olive oil on top, salt + pepper or what ever seasoning you want. Toss them around so everything is good and covered. Put in air fryer for 8-10 min pull the basket and shake them around real good and air fry for another 8 min. Once you get it figured out it's bretty gud.

[Anonymous No.19757008]

>>19744067
you fry it

[Anonymous No.19757072]

>>19757003
>frying with olive oil
enjoy your aids

[Anonymous No.19757092]

>>19757072
>i'm extra virgin
>therefore all olive oil is extra virgin
Classic projection.

[Anonymous No.19757152]

>>19757092
no other olive oil exists, the rest is vegetable oil

[Anonymous No.19757161]

>>19757152
>the rest is vegetable oil
As opposed to fruit? Of course the extra virgin is also a fruit. The projection is unreal.

[Anonymous No.19757175]

>>19757161
quit sperging, any olive oil that isn't EVOO is mixed up with other oils. the definition of vegetable oil is mixed plant oils

[Anonymous No.19757193]

>>19757175
Sometimes it's amazing how many things anon can get wrong in such a short post.

[Anonymous No.19757230]

>>19744088
Cactus is very slimy and similar in taste/texture too, but the last time I was preparing some from fresh picked, I had spines stuck in my fingers for like three weeks afterwards

[Anonymous No.19757241]

>>19744067
Slice it then boil it and skim off the slime. Then put it in seafood gumbo (not chicken and sausage or land protein gumbo).

[Anonymous No.19757255]

>>19744067
Breaded and fried okra is like junk food to me. I could eat a bag of that stuff. It's a southern thing.

[Anonymous No.19757297]

>>19757230
what about aloe vera?

[Anonymous No.19757389]

>>19757297
The skins are really bitter and the inside is just pure slime/goo, it's not useful as a vegetable

[Anonymous No.19758803]

>>19744067
>hear about okra on /ck/
>actually stupid enough to eat some
lol we got you good, sucker

[Anonymous No.19758816]

>>19757389
>it's not useful as a vegetable
You've never eaten aloe? It's a common jello-like thing to put in drinks at boba tea places.

[Anonymous No.19759063]

>>19753092
Nor are they exclusive to plants!

[Anonymous No.19759069]

>>19758816
I've had it in various drinks from the Mexican store sure, I'm saying it's not something you can just use in salad or stir fry etc

[Anonymous No.19759075]

>>19744067
Other board's obsession with AI-generated content has made me paranoid of any square images

Anyways, if you're going to eat okra, you might as well go full slime and just eat natto like a sick fuck. At least people will properly shun you for that.

[Anonymous No.19759087]

>>19759075
natto tastes nasty though. okra just tastes like an unripe vegetable

[Anonymous No.19759088]

>>19759075
>if you're going to eat a grapefruit you might as well just eat a pumpkin
>i mean, if you're going to eat something orange you might as well go big!

[Anonymous No.19759097]

>>19744067
>>19744088
>>19744202
>>19758803
>>19757389
>>19759075
Okra is great, you guys just don't know how to cook it. Heat and acid will kill the slime.

Here's a cook-a-long I did earlier this year where I made bhindi masala (bhindi means okra, masala means spice).
https://archived.moe/ck/thread/19204821/

[Anonymous No.19759100]

>>19759088
>>19759087
The point is that okra is not particularly pleasant to eat, in terms of either texture or flavor. It is, as the newborns say, mid. Therefore, the only logical conclusion is that you are not eating it for the slime factor, in which case you should go big or go home. Natto is also good for you, at least that's what I tell myself when polite company asks to move to another table when I order it in public.

[Anonymous No.19759113]

>>19759097
I've made American style stewed okra too and didn't had issues with slime.

[Anonymous No.19759127]

>>19759100
When's the last time you saw someone eat a grapefruit? Lot's of people don't think they're very good, so if you are eating one the only logical conclusion (lol) is that you're eating it for the color. And if that's the case, you should go big and go home. Imagine ordering an entire pumpkin at a restaurant and eating it with a grapefruit spoon! Polite company will ask to move to another table (when they catch a whiff of you).

[Anonymous No.19759139]

>>19759127
They move because I'm intentionally odormaxxing with garlic and onion, not because of the pumpkin. That's for the protein.

[Anonymous No.19759272]

>>19759100
It's really good fried high heat Indian style, not slimy at all and just a crisp, slightly charred cruciferous flavour like roasted broccoli.

[Anonymous No.19759391]

>>19744067
I only like it in gumbo

[Anonymous No.19760232]

>>19755686
I've had fried and stand by my statement.

[Anonymous No.19760530]

>>19744067
It was a cheap, local southern veggy. Yeah, it's slimy, but it's pretty good. I THINK it's also a natural "thickener" for gumbos.

[Anonymous No.19761309]

>>19759075
They like to combine okra, natto, and mountain yam in Japan because of their sliminess.

[Anonymous No.19761319]

>>19761309
based slime enjoyers

[Anonymous No.19761348]

>>19749225

[Anonymous No.19761800]

Am I the only one who finds it very strange that an English speaker who's been alive 18+ years (kek) discovered the 4chan food board before ever encountering okra in their entire life?

[Anonymous No.19761876]

>>19761800
i've never even seen it for sale

[Anonymous No.19761879]

air fryer 400 degrees 10 minutes for crispy okra

[Anonymous No.19762039]

>>19761800
it's a southern thing. no one in the north knows about peanut cola either

[Anonymous No.19763795]

>>19762039
>it's a southern thing
Yeah, it's more associated with Southern food than anything else in the US, but okra is sold in every grocery store in the country. I grew up in Hawaii and we had fresh okra in the grocery store in the 90's. Southern food is not some big mystery. Virtually everything "Southern" is available everywhere; it's just not as common. The rest of the country doesn't drink peanut cola, but we all know it's a thing. We also rarely eat grits, but everyone knows what it is and has at least tried it a few times.

[Anonymous No.19763802]

>>19763795
I don't see how you can get any more southern than Hawaii in the USA. It literally is further south than any other state.
I mean, they even eat SPAM in Hawaii.

[Anonymous No.19763825]

>>19763802
We always ate our chili with rice when I was growing up, and I just assumed it was because Hawaii. Everyone in Hawaii does eat chili with rice, but it wasn't until years later that I found out we ate it that way at home because my dad grew up in Louisiana and that's literally the only other place in the country where that's the norm.

[Anonymous No.19763828]

>>19763802
>>19763825
And Spam is from Minnesota - though people in Minnesota don't really eat it.

[Anonymous No.19763851]

>>19744067
The Legend of Anon: Okra of Slime

[Anonymous No.19763904]

>>19755538
those are all just berries that natural evolution or humans selectively bred to be massive

[Anonymous No.19764321]

>>19763904
yes, and? berries are fruits.

[Anonymous No.19764861]

>>19744204
Stupid pseuds always raise this point without understanding that in the culinary lexicon, fruits and veggies are defined differently. Yes we all know that it's not consistent with botanical classification but its a system that works. It's always the toddlers who don't even cook that interject with this "ackshually" bullshit. Go back to Rally's.

[Anonymous No.19764866]

>>19744067
Okra should not be larger than about half your finger length for ideal consumption.
Also you should cut off the tough parts around the stem (not a cut through like a carrot, peel it kind of)

[Anonymous No.19764928]

>>19744067
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG07G876nHk

This recipe seems really good

[Anonymous No.19764963]

Bhindi masala goes great with peanuts

[Anonymous No.19766825]

>>19759097
>https://archived.moe/ck/thread/19204821/

My mother can cook it without slime, I have been unable to conquer it. Thank you for the thread.

[Anonymous No.19767646]

>>19755527
Children

[Anonymous No.19767650]

>>19754313
Do you mean they used okra/bhindi for vegetable pakora? I've done the same. But not as good with shitty chickpea flour as the breading.

[Anonymous No.19767652]

>>19759272
Cruciferous is not a flavor.

[Anonymous No.19767678]

>>19744067
Okra gives my female toddler an extremely itchy vulva.

[Anonymous No.19767878]

https://cookpad.com/recipe/2295557