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Cooking down okra----AGAIN
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:01 am
Posted on 9/1/23 at 9:01 am
The last 3 days saw me picking right at 250 pods of okra and I got to slicing them in order to smother it down to put in the freezer for soups and gumbos.
Amazingly, out of all that okra I only had 3 pods too tough to use and tossed them in the compost pail.
There's a 4 gallon pot damn near filled to the top of cut up okra smothering down on the stove on a low simmer. That should take about 4 hours to finish to my liking before I let it cool to bag up and toss in the freezer.
The rest of any okra I pick before pulling the plants will be given out to family and friends since I've already got about 5 gallons of it already in the freezer, plus what I will wind up with today.
Amazingly, out of all that okra I only had 3 pods too tough to use and tossed them in the compost pail.
There's a 4 gallon pot damn near filled to the top of cut up okra smothering down on the stove on a low simmer. That should take about 4 hours to finish to my liking before I let it cool to bag up and toss in the freezer.
The rest of any okra I pick before pulling the plants will be given out to family and friends since I've already got about 5 gallons of it already in the freezer, plus what I will wind up with today.
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Posted on 9/1/23 at 10:33 am to gumbo2176
Is four hours long enough to break down the slime?
Posted on 9/1/23 at 10:46 am to YankeeJeaux
quote:A lil shot of vinegar cuts that slime.
Is four hours long enough to break down the slime?
Posted on 9/1/23 at 11:10 am to YankeeJeaux
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Is four hours long enough to break down the slime?
Good enough for me since when I use it in soups and gumbos it will cook down at least 2-3 hours more once in the pot at the onset.
Posted on 9/2/23 at 4:09 pm to gumbo2176
Do yourself a big favor and ditch the stove.... cook down in the oven. No risk of scorching and a lot less stirring.
Posted on 9/2/23 at 4:15 pm to Ashtray
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Do yourself a big favor and ditch the stove.... cook down in the oven. No risk of scorching and a lot less stirring.
Yeah don't do this..
Posted on 9/2/23 at 5:52 pm to TigerBait2008
Bull pussy - do it all the time, like mawmaw used to do, but hey to each his own.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 8:16 am to Ashtray
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Do yourself a big favor and ditch the stove.... cook down in the oven. No risk of scorching and a lot less stirring.
I've always cooked my okra down on the stove and have never had it scorch. Low and slow with a heat diffuser between the fire and the bottom of the pot really helps with keeping the heat more even on the bottom of the pot. I give it a stir about every half hour or so just to turn it over so it gets cooked evenly.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 12:52 pm to TigerBait2008
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Yeah don't do this..
And why please?
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