Have you ever noticed how...

StinkyWinkies
StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
edited January 2 in Chit-Chat
Okra seeds cut in half, the cut side looks like a miniature squid slice? Especially when it is floating in soup? That the whole seed floating in the soup kinda looks like a miniature eyeball?

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  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    I can't say I had. Mostly because okra is the work of the devil himself.
  • d_Mode
    d_Mode Posts: 880 Member
    I've never noticed that...but I can assure you. I will now.
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    I can't say I had. Mostly because okra is the work of the devil himself.

    AGREED!!!!
  • greenrn
    greenrn Posts: 11 Member
    OKRA, I love it anyway you want to serve it. Fried Okra salad, pickeled Okra, Okra and tomatoes boiled. YEA OKRA!!!!!!
  • lawre028
    lawre028 Posts: 40 Member
    I haven't noticed this myself either. I LOVE Okra, but I only eat it when its cooked in unhealthy ways. I love it fried, and stewed with crowder peas, seasoned with pork.
  • caldon4523
    caldon4523 Posts: 227 Member
    No. I just like Okra Fried! Yummm
  • caldon4523
    caldon4523 Posts: 227 Member
    I guess this thread just goes to show how bored we are today:laugh:
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    I guess this thread just goes to show how bored we are today:laugh:

    LOL! Or how bored I was last night whilst eating my homemade beef soup at work...! :happy:
  • Michele7091
    Michele7091 Posts: 256 Member
    Unless it is floating in hot oil with some sort of yummy breading surrounding it, I'm not interested in how it looks. :tongue:
  • dcurzon
    dcurzon Posts: 653 Member
    seriously, WTF???
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    Just as an aside...Fried Okra was my first "southern style cooking" love...introduced to me in Houston, TX at a Black Eyed Pea restaurant...LOVE IT.
  • JennKie1
    JennKie1 Posts: 200 Member
    It's hard to notice one it's covered in breading, deep fried, and dredged through ranch dressing.
  • gadenni34
    gadenni34 Posts: 294 Member
    OKRA, I love it anyway you want to serve it. Fried Okra salad, pickeled Okra, Okra and tomatoes boiled. YEA OKRA!!!!!!

    yep yep and yep again! My mom makes the best veggie soup with okra in it too. LOVE me some okra! when I get to see my mom and siblings, they live in TN and I am IA, we fight over who gets the most okra. it can get ugly. that and fried green tomatoes!
  • Jenny_Taylia
    Jenny_Taylia Posts: 540 Member
    ummmm...whats Orka????
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    Never had it in my life. What does it taste like? should I buy some?
  • hbm616
    hbm616 Posts: 377 Member
    I've only ever had okra pickled and in a bloody mary.
    It was fabulous but whole so I haven't had a chance to assess the squid or eyeball similarities :tongue:
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    Never had it in my life. What does it taste like? should I buy some?

    You will live your life a happier woman if you never try it.
  • gadenni34
    gadenni34 Posts: 294 Member
    Never had it in my life. What does it taste like? should I buy some?

    You will live your life a happier woman if you never try it.

    it is a love it or hate it type of veggie. I would suggest checking your local Wal-Mart or grocery store for pickled okra to start with. I could eat a whole jar of that stuff. and most people I know like it. well...that or fried. you can never go wrong with fried okra.
  • Louisianababy93
    Louisianababy93 Posts: 1,709 Member
    Fried okra=AMAZING!
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    Never had it in my life. What does it taste like? should I buy some?

    You will live your life a happier woman if you never try it.




    lol I take it you hate it?
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    Never had it in my life. What does it taste like? should I buy some?

    You will live your life a happier woman if you never try it.

    it is a love it or hate it type of veggie. I would suggest checking your local Wal-Mart or grocery store for pickled okra to start with. I could eat a whole jar of that stuff. and most people I know like it. well...that or fried. you can never go wrong with fried okra.





    I will try. What does it taste like? If you had to compare it to another veggie.
  • gadenni34
    gadenni34 Posts: 294 Member
    Never had it in my life. What does it taste like? should I buy some?

    You will live your life a happier woman if you never try it.

    it is a love it or hate it type of veggie. I would suggest checking your local Wal-Mart or grocery store for pickled okra to start with. I could eat a whole jar of that stuff. and most people I know like it. well...that or fried. you can never go wrong with fried okra.





    I will try. What does it taste like? If you had to compare it to another veggie.

    someone can pipe in if they have something but I think it is unique to itself. I think that what gets a lot of people totally turned off is the tendency for okra, when cooked, to have an odd texture that is somewhat slimy on the inside. I think that pickled avoids that. pickled okra is crisp and spicy with that sour vinegar pickled taste....gonna have to get some at the store now. lol
  • StinkyWinkies
    StinkyWinkies Posts: 603 Member
    Never had it in my life. What does it taste like? should I buy some?

    You will live your life a happier woman if you never try it.

    it is a love it or hate it type of veggie. I would suggest checking your local Wal-Mart or grocery store for pickled okra to start with. I could eat a whole jar of that stuff. and most people I know like it. well...that or fried. you can never go wrong with fried okra.





    I will try. What does it taste like? If you had to compare it to another veggie.

    someone can pipe in if they have something but I think it is unique to itself. I think that what gets a lot of people totally turned off is the tendency for okra, when cooked, to have an odd texture that is somewhat slimy on the inside. I think that pickled avoids that. pickled okra is crisp and spicy with that sour vinegar pickled taste....gonna have to get some at the store now. lol

    Yeah, if the fried okra gets too cool, I won't eat it for this reason. But, it is the reason I use in soups etc (and definitely makes the gumbo or creole dish) it is a natural thickener. The only description I can add is...it has a green taste to it...which doesn't say much I know...sorry.
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