[Sca-cooks] Summer foods...

[Sue Clemenger]

We get canteloupe here, too, grown a couple hours south of here (in Dixon).
Later in the summer, though.  The growers just sort of drive up with their
pickup full of them to the farmers' market.  Yummmmmm....
--Maire
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elaine Koogler" <ekoogler1 at comcast.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Summer foods...


> Sue Clemenger wrote:
> > Okay, so maybe it's not a weird food for some of you, but it's pretty
> > uncommon around here...
> > What am I talking about? Why, okra, of course! I saw it for sale tonight
in
> > the fresh produce section of my local grocer.  I've never had it except
in
> > canned, chicken gumbo soup (Campbell's, IIRC), and although I've got a
vague
> > recollection that it might be edible dipped in a batter or cracker
crumbs
> > and deep-fried, how else would a person cook it?
> >
> It is excellent rolled in cornmeal and fried...closely resembles popcorn
> as a snack!  I don't deep fry it, but rather do it in my iron skillet
> with a little oil.  It's also excellent in fresh gumbo...you add it as
> the VERY LAST thing just before serving...otherwise it takes on the
> rather slimey texture that so many folks don't like.  My grandmother
> from south of Atlanta used to lay whole okra pods on her green beans to
> steam just before serving, but I never really cared for it.
> > On an entirely different note, I would like to celebrate the fact with
y'all
> > (and I know you'll understand) that this week, for the first time *ever*
in
> > my adult life (and there's been a fair amount of *that* water under the
> > bridge!), I was able to eat fresh tomatoes from my very own garden.  Oh.
> > My.  Gawd.  I'm in luuuuuuv.......
> >
> Yup...only way to go.  I had some fresh from the local Farmers Market
> today for lunch...sliced into a tomato sandwich...nothing else, just
> tomato, mayo and a really good multi-grain bread.
> > --Maire, surviving the heat and smoke with fresh tomato sammiches....;o)
> >
> I only wish I could hand each of you a slice of the fresh cantaloupe we
> get here in the late summer.  The sandy soil here grows HUGE, incredibly
> sweet melons.  The one my sweetie picked up today is as big as a small
> watermelon! Southern Maryland is a great place to be for fresh fruits
> and veggies in the summer!
>
> Kiri
>
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