Did you? Are you growing more this year? Okra's one of those "staple crops" for me and my fam. We love it fried and pickled and it's not okra gumbo without okra! LOL
Nice job! I just made refrigerator bread and butter pickles from my cucumbers, they were so easy and very delicious. When my okra comes in I’m going to try this recipe and pickle them.
Just starting to harvest mine for this year! Last year, I barely got enough to fry up for dinner a few times, but this year I made sure to plant two, nice long rows and it's finally hot enough here in SE OK for the okra to bloom! Thankfully, the green beans are about done, cause I'm about to be overrun with tomatoes, peppers, and okra. Hopefully, my cuc's catch up soon. I've got a great pickle relish recipe that I want to put up again this year. Thanks for the inspiration! Oh...lol and I've not heard too many people call them "okra pickles". We say pickled okra instead. ;-)
Looks good Cheri! I absolutely love okra. I can't wait for mine to come in. I gobble them up fresh so I never have any left to pickle. I've got to pickle some this year though. Okra pickles are the best.
I put chopped okra in my stew last night. I fried it with my onions, tomatoes, garlic, and peppers, plus fresh chopped herbs. It was so tasty, I never knew it could be cooked and not be slimy.
Many years ago I had a recipe for pickled okra that did not require a water bath. I made several batches during our garden season and they turned out great. During one of our moves my cookbook that had the hand written recipe in it got lost and I have not been able to find another recipe with no water bath. Everyone tells me, oh no you have to do the water bath. No you do not, I have made them several times over.
@@TexasHomesteaders not sure what open kettle means. Once I poured the brine in over my okra and wiped down the rim of the jars, I just put the lids on and I was done.
Because I like to taste the okra and not just the vinegar. If you want to do equal parts then you can. I have found that people who do that need to cut it with sugar and I try to avoid sugar due to my hypoglycemia so if I can avoid sugar in my recipes then I do.
@@flowerpixel Oh ok. Well okra does tend to be slimy if it doesn't have enough acid to counter that. I have never cut my okra for okra pickles, just for when I make stewed okra with tomatoes but that is canned differently. These don't last long at my house so I was wondering if they turn slimy after being on the shelf for a long time.
Just a tip, if you add a cup of vinegar to your sterilizing water, it will prevent the mineral scale on jars.
Yes that works. I noticed it was causing pitting in some of my canning pots so I stopped doing it. I just wipe them off with a cloth with vinegar.
I’ll try this! I’ve never had okra pickles before. Thanks for sharing.
I like them better than cucumber pickles.
Did you? Are you growing more this year? Okra's one of those "staple crops" for me and my fam. We love it fried and pickled and it's not okra gumbo without okra! LOL
Tks for sharing this recipe method with us 😊
Nice job! I just made refrigerator bread and butter pickles from my cucumbers, they were so easy and very delicious. When my okra comes in I’m going to try this recipe and pickle them.
Just starting to harvest mine for this year! Last year, I barely got enough to fry up for dinner a few times, but this year I made sure to plant two, nice long rows and it's finally hot enough here in SE OK for the okra to bloom! Thankfully, the green beans are about done, cause I'm about to be overrun with tomatoes, peppers, and okra. Hopefully, my cuc's catch up soon. I've got a great pickle relish recipe that I want to put up again this year.
Thanks for the inspiration! Oh...lol and I've not heard too many people call them "okra pickles". We say pickled okra instead. ;-)
If I slice them I call it pickled okra. If I leave them whole I call them okra pickles.
Looks good Cheri! I absolutely love okra. I can't wait for mine to come in. I gobble them up fresh so I never have any left to pickle. I've got to pickle some this year though. Okra pickles are the best.
I'll save some for gumbo but alllll of the rest will be pickled.
I put chopped okra in my stew last night. I fried it with my onions, tomatoes, garlic, and peppers, plus fresh chopped herbs. It was so tasty, I never knew it could be cooked and not be slimy.
I won't eat it slimy. Your stew sounds yummy.
Thank you. I will try it.
Many years ago I had a recipe for pickled okra that did not require a water bath. I made several batches during our garden season and they turned out great. During one of our moves my cookbook that had the hand written recipe in it got lost and I have not been able to find another recipe with no water bath. Everyone tells me, oh no you have to do the water bath. No you do not, I have made them several times over.
I agree. You can open kettle them. I get a lot of flack if I say that. lol
@@TexasHomesteaders not sure what open kettle means. Once I poured the brine in over my okra and wiped down the rim of the jars, I just put the lids on and I was done.
Yep, that's open kettle canning. You can do that with this recipe too. @@joanhawkins8552
I wish you lived close to me we are getting about half a bushel a day and I would love to share with you
That would be nice. I keep giving away the okra pickles because people keep coming back for more. I can't make them fast enough. lol
water bath increase shelf life??? some videos have no water bath?
With enough vinegar, I'm sure you can get away with open kettle canning these. WB helps them seal though.
@@TexasHomesteaders nice, thankx
Cheri can one use the leaves 🍃 to rap food in and cook?
Yes you can but I prefer them sauteed.
@@TexasHomesteaders, thank you for the advice.
You can get rid of that chalky looking on your jars by just putting a tad bit of vinegar in the water.
I'm personally not concerned about the minerals left on the jars but yes, that works for people who are bothered by that.
Quick question - why don’t you use equal parts water & vinegar?
Thanks!!
Because I like to taste the okra and not just the vinegar. If you want to do equal parts then you can. I have found that people who do that need to cut it with sugar and I try to avoid sugar due to my hypoglycemia so if I can avoid sugar in my recipes then I do.
I don't eat sugar either @@TexasHomesteaders
I copied a nyt recipe and they're slimey! I think because they said to cut in half and i noticed yours are not cut in half.
How long did they sit on the shelf before they turned slimy?
@@TexasHomesteaders this is a quick pickle and the article said they'd be good in 4 hrs (in the fridge)
@@flowerpixel Oh ok. Well okra does tend to be slimy if it doesn't have enough acid to counter that. I have never cut my okra for okra pickles, just for when I make stewed okra with tomatoes but that is canned differently. These don't last long at my house so I was wondering if they turn slimy after being on the shelf for a long time.
did know if u keep the leaves cut below where u have already picked they will put out alot more
Yes
I left my husband to cut the stem off but he cut the top off how will these pickle without being slimy
Yes. The acid neutralizes most of the slime