I am having a craving for...

[Maddy McCall]

Fried fresh-cut okra. I made some last night. It was delicious.

Here's how you make Southern Fried Okra, if you ever want to give it a try. Cross-slice the okra. In another bowl, whisk an egg and pour over the sliced okra. Then put just enough corn meal in the bowl to lightly dust the okra. Mix it all up. Put some olive oil in a cast iron skillet and then fry the okra until the cornmeal is dark brown and crispy.

If I had some fresh okra left, I'd fix it right now. Guess a tomato sandwich will do, instead.

[mykpart]

1. If you just let the sliced okra sit for a few minutes

all the snotty stuff will start to leak out and you can skip the egg!

[Maddy McCall]

9. Thanks for the advice....

but I like LOTS of cholestorol with my slime. :-)

[ChoralScholar]

2. Okra kicks ass

now I want some. Thanks a lot!

:)

[Maddy McCall]

12. If I could send it through the internet...

I would. Have tons of it in the garden.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

3. YOU SUCK

I'm trying to lose weight over here. And I am Southern.

[Maddy McCall]

10. LOL! I am so sorry...

If you are doing Atkins, you can just leave off the cornmeal.

Nah, on second thought, what is fried okra without cormeal?

I'm evil...sorry. :evilgrin:

[onebigbadwulf]

4. I want a works pizza with garlic sauce

a peanut butter cup blizzard from dairy queen

and a loaf of french bread.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

5. You must be on the

hi-carb diet, eh?

[mykpart]

6. You must be on Atkins, onebigbadwulf!

[Zomby Woof]

7. set a place at the table for me

Will be right over! :D

[Maddy McCall]

11. bring some cornbread!

I've got some chicken and dumplins left over from yesterday. Sounds like a feast to me. :-)

[Zomby Woof]

13. OH YEAHHHHHHHH

Chicken and dumplings are like my FAVORITE FOOD OF ALL TIME.

I kid you not. Not even on seven Sundays. ;-)

[mwdem]

15. You cook like my mom!

now I'm hungry, and it's almost 2 am here, dammit!

[Maddy McCall]

17. I am usually more health conscious...

but my son started back to school on Thursday, so I have been cooking comfort food.

:-)

[mwdem]

20. You can't beat southern comfort food!

yum!!

[mwdem]

8. Fried okra, a fresh tomato...

that's a meal!

[Maddy McCall]

14. Yep.

Nothing better on the side than fresh tomatoes. Yum!

[mwdem]

16. As a southern girl, you're driving me crazy!

[Maddy McCall]

18. How about this?

My mother has some white squash (the kind that's shaped like a flying saucer) growing in her garden. Have you ever eaten it lightly dusted and fried? God it's good.

I have to quit torturing you AND myself. :-)

[mwdem]

19. Oh, yeah..

I've got to go to bed, or I'm raiding the fridge. You're killing me!

[Maddy McCall]

21. I've got to go, too...

Going to the garden tomorrow AM, though. :-)

G'night. :hi: