Cooking from Scratch
No, it’s not a dessert; instead, it’s more like a small casserole that combines two great vegetables in a thickened cream sauce. Now, if you haven’t heard of such a thing, it might be that you haven’t eaten too many Southern meals. Fortunately, that can change, and, once you try this one, you’ll be looking for more Southern treats to try!
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We picked up our food from the CSA, then had to make a mad dash off to the car repair place (our car was in the shop…), and quickly return a rental (…for several days), so, by the time we did that, we really, really, wanted something quick and easy. Like a take-out pizza. We decided against it, since our produce was as fresh as possible, and we knew we had okra. Lots of okra.
As you saw last week, we’ve started to get okra in our CSA share. Yum! We just happen to love okra, and our favorite way to have it is fried. Hence, the first share of okra (and probably the majority of the shares) ends up in the hot skillet. We mentioned previously that some people don’t like okra because of its slimy texture, but, as you’ll see when you make up this fried okra, no slime.