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Okra....

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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This is for 5 pints....

2 lbs small fresh okra with stems cut short
5 cloves of garlic
5 small hot peppers (any kind will do)
1 qt white vinegar
1/2 c water
8 tablespoons of salt
1 tbl spoon celery seed
1 tbl spoon mustard seed (both seed varieties are optional...you don't hafta use them if you don't like em)

Wash okra and pack 5 sterilized pint jars. Place one clove of garlic and 1 hot pepper in each jar.
Mix vinegar, water, salt, celery and mustard seeds and bring to a boil. Pour boiling mixture into each jar and seal - let stand 3 weeks before using. (There's no water bath needed with these...just put the flats and rings on the jars....and they seal)

Note: This is the recipe I've always used. It's really good. I got it out of Mr Lilly's great grandmothers hand written recipe book I found. She was born in 1882. As far as I know...this is the recipe that every woman in this family uses. So it hasta be good LOL

Also...just a tip...when your packin the okra in the jars....I always pack the first layer upside down (stem down) then the top layer I cram as many as I can in stem side up. They just fit nicer in the jar that way.
 

balestabber

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this thread reminds me of a time when i was younger and had just came in from the farm.i had worked late in the field and about midnight walked in the house to find left over supper on the stove.

thought it was Okra,,looked like okra,,so i tried it.
next there was some strips of meat.looked like steak or venison,,so i tried it.

later,i asked my mother what i had for supper as i have had better!

mother's reply....dandilion tops and tongue

i didn't ask what kind of tongue and okra is much better than dandilions.

i don't remember if she was feeling broke or just trying some natural recipes.but i was tired and remember it as being quite a surprise.
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

Well-known member
balestabber said:
this thread reminds me of a time when i was younger and had just came in from the farm.i had worked late in the field and about midnight walked in the house to find left over supper on the stove.

thought it was Okra,,looked like okra,,so i tried it.
next there was some strips of meat.looked like steak or venison,,so i tried it.

later,i asked my mother what i had for supper as i have had better!

mother's reply....dandilion tops and tongue

i didn't ask what kind of tongue and okra is much better than dandilions.

i don't remember if she was feeling broke or just trying some natural recipes.but i was tired and remember it as being quite a surprise.

LOL that don't even sound good.......
 

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