Posts tagged as okra
Saute of Tomatoes & Okra with Bacon
Make this. You will not be able to stop eating it. Add cayenne pepper and the perfect amount of salt and you REALLY will not be able to stop eating it. Spoon it over polenta…and forget it. Gone. Saute of Tomatoes and Okra with Bacon Adapted from The Gift of Southern Cooking by Edna Louis…
Shrimp Tales
Sometimes – well, actually often – the shrimp I buy ’round these parts aren’t all that great. Wild-caught, not farmed. Big, small, shell-on, shelled, pink, grey. Brined, not brined. Grilled, sauteed, baked, broiled. Blah, blah, blah. I’ve tried every iteration and vendor I can think of. Meh. I know, I know, I live in the…
Crab Cakes, Okra
I forget about crab cakes, which is too bad, given how easy they are to make and how delicious they are to eat. I was prompted to remember them by the okra I picked up—I just love crab and okra together. And I was prompted to pick up the okra, which I also tend to…
Okra
My favorite vegetable these days is okra. It all started last year, when I discovered a recipe for a saute of okra with bacon, tomatoes, and sweet onion, as I hungrily perused the wonderful The Gift of Southern Cooking cookbook. Being a Northerner and all, my only previous experience with okra was, well, slimy and uninteresting….