Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
fried okra
"Make anything with love, and BAM! It's a beautiful meal."
__Emeril Lagasse
"Who could ever weary of moonlit nights and well-cooked rice?"
__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
"Cooking is a creation."
__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
Fried Okra
Ingredients:
16 ounces fresh or frozen, sliced okra
2 cups oil
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup yellow corn meal
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 cups milk
2 eggs, beaten
Instructions:
1) If usin' frozen okra, thaw it out.
If usin' fresh okra, wash, remove ends, and slice.
2) Beat the eggs and combine with milk.
2) Place the okra in milk and let stand for fifteen minutes.
3) Drain the okra, a little bit at a time.
4) In a large ziploc baggie, combine the flour, corn meal,
salt, and pepper.
5) Thoroughly coat the drained okra by puttin' it in the baggie
and shakin' it real good.
6) Heat the oil in a large skillet and cover the bottom with a single layer of coated okra.
7) Cook 'til brownin', turnin' with a spatula only once.
8) Serve immediately.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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