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Family traditions are unexplainable. I actually fry very little, but okra is one thing I do subject to the iron skillet.
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Family traditions are unexplainable. I actually fry very little, but okra is one thing I do subject to the iron skillet.
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The Almighty
I know how that is. It took years to get my mom to stop frying everything. To each their own. But I prefer grilling, with similar spicing.
Curry, Oregano, Chipotle, Cayan, ground red & black pepper, garlic, onion ..... pretty much some mixture of those on most of what I cook.... so, I have my habits too.
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My mother was a cook (in addition to being an outstanding elementary school teacher). I make her rum cake and Thanksgiving dressing with raisins.
I hate raisins... I don't understand why people want to eat rotten grapes. I also don't like prunes...
I make a turducken (yes I stuff the birds myself) every Christmas to go along with my jambalaya...
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The Almighty
They are not rotten, they are dried....
They are also quite awesome in Oatmeal cookies.... just sayin'
poet
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Raisins aren't rotten grapes. You don't like prunes? Maybe if you did, you could "un-pack". LOL. And the board would be relieved, along with you.
They are gross, because they are rotten... And they are no good in oatmeal cookies. Although cranberries are.
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You're strange.
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The Almighty
You realize of course that those cranberries are also dried in the same fashion as the raisins?
Now we've got this thread onto a topic that I can really get passionate about. Food and cooking. OK Superfreak, there are certain things that are just better fried, though instead of using lard like my mama used to do I use Canola and Olive oils.
Fried Okra for one. The absolute best way to prepare it...fried crispy with a cornmeal dusting. Fried taters....again, there are other ways to eat these starchy tubers but fried (prefer in bacon grease but lately just Canola oil) is absolutely my favorite. Squash....white and yellow are my favorite, rolled in flour and fried crispy in canola. Fried deer....while I like it grilled and in barbecue, I prefer it in bite size finger steaks, rolled in flour and fried in canola. Squirrel and Rabbit.....rolled in flour and fried in some canola is the best. The only other thing I fry on a semi-regular basis is cabbage.....fried in butter.
I like my beef critters and pigs grilled, smoked or roasted with potatoes, onions, carrots and celery. Chickens I try to avoid but will eat them grilled...have you ever seen them in their own environment? They're nastier than pigs.
I almost forgot another to add to the "preferred fried" list: Fish....any freshwater fish is better fried than baked or smoked or grilled. Since I am land-locked I get very little salmon or other good smoking fish.
So SF, there you have it. I don't fry everything, just the things that taste "better" fried.
Fried Okra for one. The absolute best way to prepare it...fried crispy with a cornmeal dusting. Fried taters....again, there are other ways to eat these starchy tubers but fried (prefer in bacon grease but lately just Canola oil) is absolutely my favorite. Squash....white and yellow are my favorite, rolled in flour and fried crispy in canola. Fried deer....while I like it grilled and in barbecue, I prefer it in bite size finger steaks, rolled in flour and fried in canola. Squirrel and Rabbit.....rolled in flour and fried in some canola is the best. The only other thing I fry on a semi-regular basis is cabbage.....fried in butter.
I like my beef critters and pigs grilled, smoked or roasted with potatoes, onions, carrots and celery. Chickens I try to avoid but will eat them grilled...have you ever seen them in their own environment? They're nastier than pigs.
I almost forgot another to add to the "preferred fried" list: Fish....any freshwater fish is better fried than baked or smoked or grilled. Since I am land-locked I get very little salmon or other good smoking fish.
So SF, there you have it. I don't fry everything, just the things that taste "better" fried.
christiefan915
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Before you dust with corn meal and fry the okra, do you moisten it with beaten egg or other liquid?
Minister of Truth
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I love the flavour of the oatmeal cookie dough. Why on earth do people have to go and ruin that taste by inserting buzzkillers such as raisins, prunes, or cranberries?
Minister of Truth
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In fact, the only Cranberries I like sound something like this:
Always the purist, my son is like that, too, especially, no nuts!
Minister of Truth
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I'm the opposite. When I was really young, I was addicted to that stuff when we went over to Thanksgiving dinner at my grandma's house. Then, when I was about 12, I dished myself up a good helping, fed myself a spoonful, and discovered to my surprise, that I no longer liked it one bit. Weird.
Back to insulting people kids again? How noble of you.
Ugly on the outside isn't ones fault, ugly on the inside is, and he is ugly on the inside.
Minister of Truth
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Your son has no nuts?