Comments on: Vegetation Profile: Okra http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/ My boyfriend likes Astronomy. I prefer Gastronomy. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gastronomer http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1127 Gastronomer Thu, 15 May 2008 08:28:49 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1127 Hey everyone! Thanks for all of your personal accounts about okra in Vietnamese food. I'm especially jealous of those of you who grew up eating okra ;-). I'm guessing that high prices and lack of availability in San Diego kept my grandma from putting this veggie in her cooking. Shucks! Hey everyone! Thanks for all of your personal accounts about okra in Vietnamese food. I’m especially jealous of those of you who grew up eating okra ;-). I’m guessing that high prices and lack of availability in San Diego kept my grandma from putting this veggie in her cooking. Shucks!

]]> By: Neneh http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1119 Neneh Wed, 14 May 2008 04:33:23 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1119 I've never seen okra in Vietnamese dishes! I always associated it with East Indian or American southern food! I’ve never seen okra in Vietnamese dishes! I always associated it with East Indian or American southern food!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1118 Elizabeth Wed, 14 May 2008 02:43:58 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1118 I never had good okra. My dad was born in Vietnam and a while ago, last year in fact, my mom bought some and steamed it. The rest of us didn't like it but my dad [had] ate them all. What's another way to cook them so they aren't so slimey. I never had good okra. My dad was born in Vietnam and a while ago, last year in fact, my mom bought some and steamed it. The rest of us didn’t like it but my dad [had] ate them all.

What’s another way to cook them so they aren’t so slimey.

]]> By: Giang http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1116 Giang Tue, 13 May 2008 22:08:41 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1116 Maybe it depends on the region your family is from? I've had it in dishes that my family prepares, as well as at other Vietnamese-American homes. Maybe it depends on the region your family is from? I’ve had it in dishes that my family prepares, as well as at other Vietnamese-American homes.

]]> By: Ben http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1115 Ben Tue, 13 May 2008 22:00:19 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1115 Vietnamese americans eat okra, I used to eat it at home very often. Btw, the d is a đ, so its đậu bắp not dậu bắp. Vietnamese americans eat okra, I used to eat it at home very often. Btw, the d is a đ, so its đậu bắp not dậu bắp.

]]> By: auco http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1114 auco Tue, 13 May 2008 21:34:48 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1114 I don't know about others but my family (extended and otherwise) still used plenty of okra at home. We're originally from Saigon but we live in New Jersey now. We still make canh chua with all the trimmings. I don’t know about others but my family (extended and otherwise) still used plenty of okra at home. We’re originally from Saigon but we live in New Jersey now. We still make canh chua with all the trimmings.

]]> By: Tia http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1112 Tia Tue, 13 May 2008 21:06:42 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1112 My family is from Hue, and we've never cooked with it. Our canh chua has pickled bamboo shoots instead of okra. The first time I had it was when my brother-in-law, whose family is from Hanoi, used it in canh as well as boiled and dipped in nuoc mam. :) My family is from Hue, and we’ve never cooked with it. Our canh chua has pickled bamboo shoots instead of okra. The first time I had it was when my brother-in-law, whose family is from Hanoi, used it in canh as well as boiled and dipped in nuoc mam. :)

]]> By: foodhoe http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1109 foodhoe Tue, 13 May 2008 19:15:43 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1109 Yes I love the historical profile! Okra is a largely unexplored vegetable for me, I've only had it a few times. It's an odd veggie if you aren't used to it, I should seek it out more often. Beautiful pix btw Yes I love the historical profile! Okra is a largely unexplored vegetable for me, I’ve only had it a few times. It’s an odd veggie if you aren’t used to it, I should seek it out more often. Beautiful pix btw

]]> By: Raine http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1108 Raine Tue, 13 May 2008 19:04:14 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1108 We have some in the fridge right now actually ^^; If you cook it improperly, it makes your soups have this sticky soupy drippy consistency which is similar to another canh that is made, I have no idea how to spell the vegetable, but it's nonexistent on the East coast, but abundant in Cali. We have some in the fridge right now actually ^^; If you cook it improperly, it makes your soups have this sticky soupy drippy consistency which is similar to another canh that is made, I have no idea how to spell the vegetable, but it’s nonexistent on the East coast, but abundant in Cali.

]]> By: thisistrinh http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1107 thisistrinh Tue, 13 May 2008 18:26:34 +0000 http://gastronomyblog.com/2008/05/13/vegetation-profile-okra/#comment-1107 I guess its a regional thing, both in america and viet nam. Up in New England, we hardly see it, but when we do, we always make canh chua. I guess its a regional thing, both in america and viet nam. Up in New England, we hardly see it, but when we do, we always make canh chua.

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