Hot damn! I haven't had fried okra for ages. Mmm, fried okra. Fried green tomatoes. My god, where's the sweet tea?

Thanks for the cooking lesson, but me thinks it won't be used in this house any time soon (IMHO okra is icky). However the pictures are going to help explain to offspring #2 what exactly okra is.

Liza {who's obviously denying her offspring a truly well-rounded life experience. They've never seen okra~deep-fried or otherwise}

Yes, notice I can only seem to cook things that are either:
A) fried
B) covered in Durkee's fried onions
or C) fried

hehehehehe

man, that looks good!

"crucial nutrients for ass-buliding" HAHAHHAHHHAHAHHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAAAA! God, my ribs hurt from laughing so hard at that! You are such a hoot!

I like the idea of becoming a clogged artery disguised as a functional adult. I'm pretty I heard or possibly dreamed that beer cuts through the clogs though. It all balances out in the end.

Anyone who thinks okra is icky should try it grilled, or roasted in a very hot (450+) oven. Leave the pods whole, toss them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper, and cook until they get brown and crispy. They taste a little like artichoke and asparagus.

I ate about a pound last night for dinner.

Where are the little white seeds in your okra?? Bless your heart, I can't let a summer go by without some fresh fried okra. Yellow cornmeal is my pick.

I live in the south (upper south, albeit) and because my parents are from the midwest, I've never had this. I'm alway afraid of the weird okra gooey-texture thing happening -- does frying it help alleviate that, somewhat? (I hope?) Because you sure make it look yummy!

Oh I love the okra. I wanted some this weekend, too, but I tried three grocery stores and there was no okra to be found. At one place, they even looked at me like I was trying to buy crack or something. It was terrible.

Your recipe is the exact same way I make it! ahh...

I've never had orka. but anyting fried is ok with me!

Do you dip or anything?

I don't usually comment...I figure by the time I get here everything has been said. But your last two posts have really spoke to me and called up a lot of weird but good memories. Thankfully I just had me a mess of 'okry' the other day so I won't have to leave work right now to go home and cook.

YUM!

The shape of that sliced okra is just gorgeous. (Apparently nature did well in geometry.)

And as for the cayenne, ever notice that people in hot climates eat spicy food? India--hot tea and vindaloo... Same in Thailand, China, North Africa... Apparently having a fire in your mouth makes you feel cooler. And sweat cools you off, too. (Nobody ever accused Midwesterners, the English, or Scandinavians of having spicy food, and look at their weather.)

You are only missing fried gizzards...

Oh yeah, that looks good. I didn't think you could get okra here in Cali! That looks better than the margerine floating stuff I had in GA...

Silvia, I found this at a Chinese market... I have also seen it at the downtown farmer's market (sometimes fresh and perfect). Look for the asian stores, for some reason they carry it when no one else will.

Mary in VA -- When fried, it is totally goo-free! I never knew that okra was considered "slimy" because my dad knows how to cook it right ;) But later on in life I had some terrible gumbo at this place here in LA, and learned the definition of slimy okra. Gross.

Fried, however, it is a beautiful and crispy thing.

Mary in VA: When you fry okra, all of the gooeiness goes away. Fried okra is fabulous - even if you don't like okra in any of its other forms (i.e. raw, pickled, in gumbo....) My husband - a native of Alaska - had never had it until he met me and now he loves it. He eats the leftovers like popcorn, just straight out of the bag, watching tv.

Okra says "summer in the South" to me, like cucumbers-in-vinegar and watermelon seed-spitting contests.

Mmmmm....I used to love to order okra when we would take my grandmother to Furr's for lunch. I love, love, love Furr's it's like the comfort food mecca of carb loaded goodness.

Hooray Okra! Hooray Beer! Up north here we are okra challenged and I miss it. There is loads of beer, though.

Thanks for the peak at crucial ass-building nutrients. I have missed these particular ones, but my ass seems to be building right along. Sigh.

hmmm.. here in the great north woods.. I don't even know if they sell okra at the market. I'll have to investigage. Here's to ice cold beer!

Never had fried okra. Not sure I want to. I will stick with tacos & chilie rellenos. Hope you enjoyed your fiber, I mean dinner.

There is a HUGE difference between fried okra and not fried okra. Fried okra is not slimy -- boiled or other kinds of cooking methods *that I've tried are slimey. I haven't tried that grilled method, which sounded really interesting, though. And please have some ketchup nearby for that okra! It's FABULOUS on it! lol

I hope you had some sweet tea with it, too. Not too sweet, but enough to taste it.

do you think there is a baked fried okra recipe (err, misnomer) ... i'm afraid to use the frying pan / stove.....

Well, I will just have to try this out! I ate okra growing up in India, where it was called 'lady's finger', but never breaded like this.

And yes, there is a logic to eating hot and spicy foods to cool off. This is why Indians eat all those fiery curries, and drink their tea piping hot. It makes you sweat and feel cooler. And hey, there's that endorphin rush! Mmm, bring on the habaneros...

Okay, since you assure me it's goo-free, I'm now definitely going to have to try this! Yum!

You know, as long as the oil is hot enough the okra doesn't really absorb much, so enjoy!

I was raised on fried okra. My dad even grew it in our back yard! We dip it in scrambled egg instead of milk, and then roll it in bread crumbs with salt/pepper/paperika in it before frying. That would be the Michigan recipe. Yummy!

How many zillion jillion Weight Watcher's points are in each piece? Don't answer that. I am desperately, and so far futilely, trying to drop just a couple of pounds so I can wear my jeans comfortably and not have to go into yet another size of fat pants. Things like this don't help. (If you are very, very good I will give you my sour cream chocolate cake recipe.)

thatlooks yummy. but i'm with lucia -- can't afford the points.

do you have a hush puppy recipe? (not that i could eat that either)

Try planting it in your garden next year. Okra loves HOT weather. If you can't find the seeds in your local garden center, try on line.

It's not a complete meal without the cornbread.

My husband claims to want to be so full of preservatives that when he dies he won't need embalmed.

I've never had fried okra, but I really want it now.

People can't believe it when I say we had fried okra every week (probably twice a week) in our school lunches in Georgia. Yum!!

Mmmm, looks deeelish!

mmmmmmmmmmmm....

One of my favorite things about summer is you caneat fried zucchini 4 times a week and no one thinks you odd. after all, zucchini are quite prolific. No one here likes okra but me, and now I have a hankering for it.

Hmm...it does look pretty good, at least in the picture after it's been turned. I've never had it, and it is way too hot for me to turn on my range at home right now...(no a/c, you know).

And even though it's fried, just think - you made a whole dinner out of vegetables! (Vegetable oil, corn meal, veggies. That makes it healthy, right?)

ORKA ON A TOWEL, OKRAONATOWEL.....YUMMMMMMM

Heavenly! You make me wanna fry up a batch RIGHT NOW.

Maryse, re hushpuppies. Let's not discuss the points or the way even typing this will go straight to my hips. My wonderful Aunt Shirley makes hushpuppies with self-rising cornmeal, finely chopped onion and beer. I'm telling you this stuff is to die for -- literally. I can feel my arteries clogging just thinking about it.

What about the beans and cornbread? And cut up tomatoes? And the iced tea? And the pepper sauce? Mmmmmm, that was our Saturday night dinner, every Saturday night, when I was growing up.

I love okra, and I'm not from the south. I've even ordered okra two different ways as my side dishes at Cracker Barrel. Mmmmm! And I don't mind it slimy, either - that's what gives gumbo a proper consistency (the word "gumbo" meaning "okra" in an African language, I forget which).

hey there - here's a trick to reduce the slime that comes with okra - if it bugs you, that is - this tip brought to you by my mother's Greek husband: after washing the okra pods, place them in a single layer on a cookie sheet, and let them air dry in the sun for 'awhile' - a few hours? seems to work.... o, and hello? where on earth is your cast iron frying pan? i'm thinking i spy caphalon in your photos?

I think I can say without fear of a lie that there is NO OKRA in New Zealand.

I moved to NY state last year and okra is damn near impossible to find here, canned or fresh. I buy huge amounts whenever I can find it, because fried okra is my favorite comfort food!

I still can't make it as good as my grandma did, though. :(

As a Southern girl (New Orleans born and Mobile influenced) who lives in the North -- I love my fried Okra. In fact, fried okra was sometimes the side dish for fried smelt and of course, fried, hush puppies. So I was also happy to see some beautiful little okra at my local market.

Sadly, I recently joined "The Cult" (AKA; Weight Watchers) so frying up okra is on hold unless I want to eat like one single okra and fast the rest of the day on eat eggwhites and raw carrots. A tough call, I know... However, this is just how desperate for okra I was - I ate it in a stir fry. And honest to god, it wasn't bad - crunchy, cooked and not even a tad slimy. Nowhere close to the satisfaction of the real deal of fried....

bitchwhoblogs - What is smelt?

you are not crazy. dang that sounds good right about now. right next to a big effing plate of fried green t'maters. mm-hmm. and a glass of tea with about 6 cups of sugar. mmm-hmmm.

guess i know what's for dinner tonight!

Hey y'all, you can always fry in an electric fry pan rather than heating up the stove. Fried okra looks delicious. Even Minnesota is hot, so that is proof that global warming is happening.

Hopelessly Yankee here. Never had okra. But we fry things aplenty up here and I'd give it a whirl, if I found some. Tried hush puppies for the first time in NC on vacation a few years ago. YUMMMMMMY. I will admit, though...I had no idea what they were when we ordered them. Up North, they're shoes.
;)

mmmmmmmmmm. I love me some fried okra!

...and may the okra rest in peace.

Thanks for the enlightening post! I feel that I could now fry okra with aplomb...

Tami,

Smelt is a fish.

Carmen in NC

Or substitute slices of green tomaotes if you like! either dish is delish!

I love fried okra! When I lived in Washington State, the grocery store got a small lot of okra. It didn't look that good but it was okra and I bought most of it. It created quite a stir in the store.

mmm..mmm.mmmmmm

Had some fried okra last weekend while enjoying a pulled pork BBQ sandwich at Art's BBQ. Salty, crunchy, hot and mushy on the inside. Who would have thought such an odd vegetable is good for some many things...

I cannot imagine a world in which a grown human has never tasted a hush puppy! Say it isn't so!!

That looks so good... mmmmm!

That looks so good! My dad being from Virginia, I love Southern food. Let's see if I can find me some okra now!

That looks good!

That is what I miss most about the south. Good, garden grow vegetables. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Can't grow hot weather crops where I am.

Oh Christ! I'm in the throes of PMS and was craving bread really BAD...now I want fried okra! Canadians don't eat fried okra!

I am pretty sure my husband decided to marry me when he found out that a Yankee girl from New York could indeed fry okra, even if I had to ask his mom how to do it. (I cheat and buy it frozen and it comes out just as delicious.)

I went through a phase about 4 years ago where for a couple of months all I wanted was fried squash with fresh sliced tomatoes, or fried okra with fresh tomatoes. hmmm. wouldn't you know it, about 7 month later my son poopped out :) still like them but CRAVED them back then- and had never liked them as a child-weird. My aunt is from Oregon, and we all know if we are going out there or she is coming here to buy okra!

Okay... Now I'm hungry. One of the best things about growing up next to a Southern lady was the food.

Laurie, you could grew them next summer. They love our Cali weather.

Long, long ago, maybe in a SNL skit, there was a "commercial" about okra and how wonderfully delicious it was (not, it being SNL and all). The only part I can remember is okra as a soda called "Okra-Cola." Seeing this did not turn me into an okra fan. However, I have tried fried green tomatoes, so I'll have to attemtp fried okra, too. Sometime when my husband is out of town (hee).

Who knew 7-11 sold okra?

We have lots of fresh okra at the market in my 'hood. There are many transplants from Texas and Louisiana here. Call me the next time you need the sticky stuff!!!

I had to show this to the Husband, who loooooves fried okra. He always orders it when we go to our local barbeque place. I think we'll be trying your recipie soon. Is it possible to use a deep fryer for this? (Not that we have one; we're just wondering). And how about a hush puppy recipie? mmmmmmmm....getting hungry!!

Skip, that is maybe one of the funniest things I have heard in a while!! I do love my 7-11!

Ellen, Drew is coming to visit in two weks! Maybe you could come over and have fried okra with us :)

I'll have to ask my dad for his hushpuppy recipe for ya'll :)

Oh sweet baby jaysus this conversation makes me

1) Hungry
2) Homesick for my mom
3) Want to arrange a cooking vacation with my cousin and sister in law so we can just inhale fried foods for a week.

Fried is the only way I really liked okra, and I ADORE fried yellow squash and zuccini (why lookey, there's a big, fat one in front of me now...).

Smelt is a fresh lake delicacy - oh, it's happy days when the smelt are running in the Great Lakes! - and I grew up chomping on those, too! Usually in a meal with soup beans and cornbread, cooked in an iron skillet.

Ah, life is good when it involves oil.

i checked in The Cult guide and it says 1 cup of okra is...get this..ZERO points!

must be the raw boring kind.

Having been a Southerner now for 13 years I am embarassed to say that I've only ever had CANNED okra. More disgusting than I could ever describe.
Is fried okra that much better????

I'm a Canadian so I'm really not swearing here, I've always thought those things were overgrown jalepeno peppers.
Now, that I've seen them all done up and they sound so good, I think I may have to get me some of them to clog up my arteries.

I love hot pickled okra, but only if its not slimy. There's a grocery store brand that is excellent. I bought some canned pickled okra at a farmer's market once and we had to throw it away, it was so slimy.

I'm totally trying fried okra once I'm in the new digs. It's never too early to get that fry smell going. :)

The flavor of crispy fried okra is divine. I am quite sure that I haven't fried any in twelveteen years, but that record has to come to an abrupt end now. There won't be anything coming between me and some fried okra this evening, thanks to your pictures. There may even be a few fried gizzards in the vacinity!

*sigh* I haven't had okra in forever. That looks SOOOOOOO good.

Ya know when I was a kid and we didn't have much food around or whatever I'd sneak out into the garden to see what was ready for picking so I could have something for to eat. My mom was at work and it's not like there was anything else to have. So I'd sneak out and often the only thing ready was a few okra and a handful of green beans. (wasn't a big garden) So I learned that if you cook them together with a little salt it is fantastic. The green beans take away the weird slim of the okra when you just cook them in a little water. See you knew we (My brothers and I) were hungry when we went looking in a garden and willing ate okra and green beans on our own, ya dig.

Now I'm going to have to try that. I've never fried my own okra. Always get it when I'm back east at the Cracker Barrel though. ;)

laurie, you are a definite hoot, write a book, i usually laugh myself silly with your stories. snakes on a plane was good, although i have been using toys in the attic.

You can take the Girl out of the South but you can't take the South out of the Girl--You truly are a Southern Girl! Hey--I like pickled Okra! (That'll get some negative remarks)
Mention grits and see how many negative comments you get!

That's some pretty tasty-lookin' okra. Now throw some squash and pickles in that breading, bake up a pone of cornbread; and stew some sweet tea and you have a meal.

Us southern girls now how to "thow-down".

Laure, brace yourself, but this grown woman has never tasted hush puppies. And from what I learn from you about Southern food; fried, hot, fast to cook, I think I'd like 'em. Please ask your Dad for the recipie, and give us a photo tutorial. We have heat, we have humididty, we're suddenly come over all Southern! What we don't have is air conditioning, not in our homes, and not even in the shops. I went to the supermarket just to stand in the frozen foods section the other day.

I don’t believe I’ve ever had proper fried okra. Only thing I’ve ever used it in is chili. Maybe one day I will find the strength to deep fry. Hush puppies used to be the only thing my parents could get me to eat at Red Lobster. Other than the breading off the shrimp of course.

Okra fried right is wonderful, but I've always been afraid to try making it myself. Your 'step-by-step tutorial' may have made me brave! Oh -- and the "eating hot in hot weather" thing? My born-and-bred-in-central-Illinois grandma always drank hot coffee in the summer. She claimed that it made her outside feel cool because her insides were hot!

We find okra at Indian markets. It is a staple in India.

My ex-hubby, California-born southern boy that he was, exposed me to the delicacy that is fried Okra. I cooked it for him, too, after he showed me a trick using a silver coin to keep it from getting slimy. But it's been 20-plus years and I can't remember the silver-dollar okra trick. You made me want some. But not enough for me to try to track him down and get the recipe. (After 20 years, I remember the good parts like this one, and am not even tempted to go down memory lane towards the bad feelings. Wishing you the same.)

now, before y'all just die, i'd never had it before here in the midwest (ya know, us rednecks up here), but the first time i had fried okra was at sizzlers. and i'm with the one lady's husband. i could eat that stuff like popcorn!

fat carries flavor. that's why they're so darned tasty!

i think i'm going to peruse the farmer's market saturday and see what deliciousness they have (maybe i'll get lucky!)

You didn't save some for me? Darn! I use white corn meal in mine, and water instead of milk. It tastes like fried oysters sometimes.

I have had 2 glasses of wine and have decided that I LOVE CRAZY AUNT PURL (who I sometimes call Great Aunt Purl by mistake). Who else eats fried Okra when others are seeking ice cream?

Now, I love you Carzy Aunt Purl (I actually had a Great Aunt Pearl), but that looks disgusting. I'm sure it tastes great, I'm sure it really does, but .......... Now where'd I put Great Aunt Pearl's recipe for Rock Mountain elk oysters..

what do you know? She CAN cook without burning down the house....
SNAKESINMYDRAWERS!!

For me it has been tomato sandwiches.

Here's the California girl way of frying okra:

1 bag frozen okra
1 box Zataran's Fish Fry (although CAP's blend is probably cheaper & tastier)
salt
pepper
cayenne
oil for frying

Let that bag of frozen okra sit on the counter for about 30 minutes. In the mean time, mix your flour mixture or Zataran's with salt, pepper & cayenne all in a ziplock bag. Dump the bag of okra into the flour mix & shake it up good. The rest of the process is just like CAP's although I probably use less oil 'cuz I'm fond of my nonstick pans.

Damn. Now I'm going to have to get some okra tomorrow. I wonder if I get get a couple of green tomatoes too.

Be still my heart I love fried okra. One of the things I miss about TX along with black diamond watermelons, hushpuppies, & chopped bbq brisket sandwiches. Grew up eating fried okra with cornbread, beans & fried potatoes.
Nothing in SF (food wise) can beat a meal like that.

I'm impressed that you can FIND okra in the valley !
KUDO's to YOU !

Well, some of the spiciest, oiliest food comes from the hottest countries so I say enjoy!

Great Southern minds think alike! I did the same thing - only added squash into the mix.

http://thequiltasylum.blogspot.com/2006/07/its-southern-thang.html

Susan

Mmmmmm Okra. What I find in the store usually looks similar..or worse here in upstate NY. However, I did buy some local grown okra yesterday and it looks fabulous. I can't wait to have it with with some sweet tea, fried catfish, and some hush puppies...and maybe some blackeye peas. Mmmmm

FRIED OKRA!!!!!!! My very favorite food!

Gawd I love fried okra! It is the quintessential southern dish. And you reminded me that my out-of-the-country guests have yet to have any and they leave tomorrow. Gotta go shopping - thank goodness it's in season here!

Laurie!

Love the okra! You can definitely grow it, it's easy!

BTW

Where is your cast iron skillet? I know you are not betraying your southern heritage by using any other 'pan' to fry the all exalted okra!!!!!!!

I've never had okra. but now I NEED some! thanks!

I want to go to my Nana's in Georgia now. And eat fried okra. And fried chicken livers. And some nice juicy sliced tomatoes. And maybe a slab of cornbread. And wash it all down with a giant glass of sweet tea. *sniff*

Now you've set me off. Gotta have catfish and a big pile o' hushpuppies with that! Oooh, and collards. I'll cook that up and the rest of the family will pout and complain (they're Yankees). Good, that means more for myself.

Mmmmmmm. . .

Fried okra. I just love fried okra. Haven't had any for way too long. Guess I'll have to make some soon.

God, I'm drooling on my spreadsheets. . .

Jan

One of my favorite restaurants in Durham had "Fried Orka" on the menu. You know a diner is gonna be good when they can't even spell Okra.

I have only ever tried okra once, and it was not fried, and it was slimy, and I hated it. Ugh.

But Gawd, your recipe makes me want to try this. Looks/sounds fabulous. :-)

Reminds me of home, my mom use to make that as I was grownng up. I may have to try it too! Thanks

If there's ever a contest for best blog on the web, can you let us know so we can vote for you? I mean, really, where else can you get southern cooking, eloquent essays (thinking of yesterday's piece), knitting, cat photos, and, yes, horoscopes, all tied-up with a West Coast flare?

Not to mention the occasional gnome.

I am so late to comment, but I love me some fried okra. YUM yours looks good.

There is a way to make okra that is less fattening. Saute a thinly sliced onion till it's floppy, then add chopped tomatoes, sliced okra and corn kernels (I cheat and use frozen corn.) Simmer a short amount of time (10 min?) and you have a tasty side dish. The "slime" from the okra is not noticeable - maybe it's what binds the mixture together.

thanks for the recipe- I saw it at the farmers market, maybe now I can try it.

a girl after my own heart! Sad to say that I actually MISS Texas (and *ahem* Luby's Cafeteria) when I see you talking about fried okra. There just aren't enough Southern girls here in LA. Any idea where I can find fried green tomatoes and fried okra on the west side in lieu of making my apartment hot enough to deep fry myself?

How 'bout a recipe for chicken fried steak?

You are the Paula Deen of Bloggers.

Tipping one up to you, Girlie!!!

~A Fellow Valleyite---

Good show! That's definitely southern fried okra, not that yankee crap in which you can't even see the okra. That stuff is just fried breading, but southern okra is practically like okra tempura.

YUM!!!!!!! May have to look for some okra!! And yes - find the hushpuppy recipe!!!!!!!!!

i'm generally a lurker...but holy crap lady, i'm dying in this SoCal Valley heat - i can't believe that you are frying up okra!!!!! (it looks great!) good luck staying cool.

I just dont understand how people can eat deep-fried food and not turn into huge big fat blimps. I certainly would not risk it as I am sure i would be half the size of a house in no time.
Eat for both of us then.
Mia

I've tried okra in soups and stews... not all that pleasant... but I'm totally up for the fried version... looks delish and easy-peasy to make ... can't wait to try it... that and your fried green tomatoes! Keep those Southern recipes comin' please!!!

Where I used to live, there was the annual "Okra Strut", a little festival celebrating Okra. My grandmother used to make fried okra patties, but none of the family has her recipe for it. :(

Kinda like okra tempura or something, I guess. It was the best.

Oh my goddess my grams would just love you. She loves her some okra. I will only eat them if they are fried.

I'm a little behind, but that okra looked so good I rushed home, fried fish, made hushpuppies and fried okra, sliced tomatoes and had sweet iced tea. Man . . . nothing like gourmet southern food.

I have eaten fried okra - but I must thank you because until today I had never seen an okra straight from the wild - all naked and uncut - I live a sheltered life in the ultra conservative state of Missouri. Really, never seen one in a grocery store even.

Thank you so much for posting this recipe! I'm from NY, but after living the past 3 years in the South, I know the joy of eating some yummy fried okra.. and now we're about to fry some up for a family picnic! Thanks again! :)

OH MY GOSH ........... i grew up in the south i can't imagine any one not eating or liking okra. My children cant wait till the okra comes out of the skillet and i enjoy cooking it for them for now thats when we gather round to visit each other is when i cook because they are all grown now. It reminds me of the "GOOD OLD DAYS"

Oh my gosh, I KNEW I felt a kinship with you...I found your website several months ago and have giggled and lurked for a while...I'm a recent knitting addict (1-year anniversary this month) and am also transplanted--from Oklahoma (almost "South") to LA area, about 3 years ago. But this tears it--the love of fried okra (and big hugs to the person who mentioned cucumber slices in vinegar) brought me out of lurkdom. I have to warn you that it's so rare here, if you cook it again and I smell it, I'll be pounding on your door, a fork in one hand, knitting bag in the other!

Was just lookin for fried tomato receipe and as I also love Okra just had to visit this site, it's great. Have you tried the red okra yet? Many it's good just fix it like the green. Here in FL gotta pick it ASAP or it's all wood thou. got to go fry my maters now, catch ya later

For those who are having trouble finding fresh okra, I just tried it with frozen and it worked great. Bought the kind that is already cut, thawed a little under water in collander, skipped the milk part 'cause it already seemed sticky and fried it. Because I wanted to see if this worked before making it for others, I am having it for breakfast!

Hey gang, I have an okra patch that I can't keep up with. I'm reading all the okra info trying to find the best way to freeze it for future frying. But it looks like what I need to do is just freeze it and not bread it until next winter!
Wish you were near by to pick some of my crop!

Thank goodness my okra planrs here in AZ keep producing all summer. Try this one.....use a beer batter recipie (cornmeal 2 to 1 one with flour, chili powder, cajun seasoning, pepper, pinch of sugar and enough flat beer to make a batter)for a fish fry. Make enough for the fish and okra both. Not quite like your method (the one I grew up with also), but this batter will truly add to the ass growing index.

OMG! Just like Grandma used to make ! Girl, you had me laughing with this...now, pass me a big 'ole plate of that okra !

I have to try it when my husband gets home. He loves fried okra. I haven't been do it right. Maybe he will like your recipe! Next I have to try huspuppies and fried fish. I haven't made either. I am going to use your recipes. Thank you. Susie.

I bought okra at the farmers market this weekend and made these for the first time last night. They were delicious! Even my highly skeptical husband loved them, so they must have been good. Fried things always scare me a little (always afraid I'm going to scorch them), but your tutorial made it seem so easy (which it was). Thanks, Laurie!