Over the weekend my hubby was offered the chance to harvest okra by a neighbor. Since our okra has not done well thus far, we were excited to be offered this opportunity. Off my hubby and our neighbor went. A little while later my hubby came home with this …
One and a half 5-gallon buckets …
About one third of the okra was too big and tuff, but I cut the rest of it up for freezing …
We labeled and dated the bags, vacuumed sealed each and then added them to the freezer. We added 13 packages of okra to the freezer part of my pantry. From the field to the freezer took about 2 hours, that's about as fresh as you can get.
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that is wonderful Patsi, what a suprise. what exactly do you do with Okra? I have never had the opportunity to use them. This week i have pulled and dusted off the dehydrator and did some oranges I had, lovely for orange water. Also Bananas were at a good price of $3.50 AU per kg at my grocery store today, so I bought a couple bunches and have some in the dehydrator now. Then got a suprise as I grabbed a bag of Lemons (5 in a bag) it had a reduced sticker on it for $1.47au, so I grabbed the last 3 bags and they will go into the dehydrator once the bananas are done. As much as I have procrastinated and felt like I wasnt capable of preparing via dehydrating, I am feeling so refreshed and upbuilt.....thanks to you Patsi, your presence is wonderful. xxoo
ReplyDeleteRhiannon, thank you, you have paid me a great compliment. How do we use okra, as a side dish, either fried or boiled and in soups and gumbo's. Okra preserves well through dehydration too. I plan on dehydrating some when ours starts producing.
DeleteThankyou so much Patsy for filling me in about Okra, always looking for something different to add to soups/casseroles.
DeleteI take the white seeds out of the large tough pods and cook them with rice. They have a strong okra flavor. Cut the top and bottom off of a pod then peel it like a banana. The seeds can be scraped out and frozen.
ReplyDeleteJeannie@GetMeToTheCountry
Jeannie, I've never heard of doing the large tough okra like that. I've learned something new today! Thank you for sharing!
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