tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post113513398108343828..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Heritage You Can EatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135697326984825312005-12-27T10:28:00.000-05:002005-12-27T10:28:00.000-05:00Zanne, Florida is the original "melting pot".Zanne, <BR/>Florida is the original "melting pot".R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135432685100256452005-12-24T08:58:00.000-05:002005-12-24T08:58:00.000-05:00Okra - fried only, otherwise your eating slime.Som...Okra - fried only, otherwise your eating slime.<BR/><BR/>Some of those runaway slaves met up with the Seminoles and hence became what was later termed the Black Seminoles.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475380451527801666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135364411266643802005-12-23T14:00:00.000-05:002005-12-23T14:00:00.000-05:00Pablo,OK,RA;)Pablo,<BR/>OK,<BR/>RA<BR/><BR/>;)R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135363799094766592005-12-23T13:49:00.000-05:002005-12-23T13:49:00.000-05:00I like okra.I like okra.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135362740035096812005-12-23T13:32:00.000-05:002005-12-23T13:32:00.000-05:00Wayne,We can both agree it's a tall plant with rea...Wayne,<BR/>We can both agree it's a tall plant with really pretty flowers...just don't eat it.<BR/><BR/>Thing,<BR/>Will do...I am supposed to be installing flooring, but the queen is away shopping and I think I can post it and get back to work without being caught slacking...<BR/><BR/>Fatman,<BR/>They are probably related to me...way back.<BR/><BR/>RD,<BR/>I wish I could say I thought of that idea, but I stole it. I'll post the recipe to answer the spice question. <BR/><BR/>DPR,<BR/>There's not a day that goes by that I don't cook with or consume olive oil and garlic. Even if you used olive oil to make a traditional roux, it would be so much more fat than my way. I get enough of it from other sources.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135355220176377642005-12-23T11:27:00.000-05:002005-12-23T11:27:00.000-05:00FC-- Love how you make a roux. I never thought to ...FC-- Love how you make a roux. I never thought to brown the flour in the oven first. Such a good idea. The gumbo sounds delicious. What spices do you use? Are they different for fish gumbo? I've never had gumbo, but the descriptions alway sound very yummy.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135354157668711922005-12-23T11:09:00.000-05:002005-12-23T11:09:00.000-05:00FC: not Minorican myself but it seems both my late...FC: not Minorican myself but it seems both my late father and I have had/have close friends of Minorican heratiage. Early in life picked up on sour oranges and datil peppers.<BR/><BR/>Grow datils myelf in the back yard with mixed results here in G'ville.<BR/><BR/>First saw St. Augustine at 4 that would 1955. Can't keep me away, we do our mini vactions there and the wife and I honeymooned there. <BR/><BR/>My neighbor is in the family that was the tenders of the lighthouse in St. Augustine (both the the old one and the "new" one).<BR/><BR/>Now our beach of choice is Crecent, but as a kid New Symrna was my beach & salt water fishing hole..Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137315702695507856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135352116404592382005-12-23T10:35:00.000-05:002005-12-23T10:35:00.000-05:00I should say that I very much respect okra as a pl...I should say that I very much respect okra as a plant :-)<BR/><BR/>Just keep it out of my food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135351459996552202005-12-23T10:24:00.000-05:002005-12-23T10:24:00.000-05:00OOps, just saw your correction.OOps, just saw your correction.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135351421762800592005-12-23T10:23:00.001-05:002005-12-23T10:23:00.001-05:00Fatman, Gumbo affection noted. I am more intereste...Fatman, <BR/>Gumbo affection noted. I am more interested in the Minorcan terms you are throwing around..datil, etc.<BR/>Do you have ties to St. Aug or New Smyrna?R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135351389016518022005-12-23T10:23:00.000-05:002005-12-23T10:23:00.000-05:00Ooops..That should have read my Minorcan neighbor....Ooops..<BR/><BR/>That should have read my Minorcan neighbor...Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137315702695507856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135351287117451712005-12-23T10:21:00.001-05:002005-12-23T10:21:00.001-05:00Wayne,Africa has given us many wonderful things......Wayne,<BR/>Africa has given us many wonderful things...okra is not one of them. I hate the stuff and would never, I repeat NEVER put it in anything. We stand united against okra.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135351283760747072005-12-23T10:21:00.000-05:002005-12-23T10:21:00.000-05:00I like mine with shrimp & scallops, crab when I ca...I like mine with shrimp & scallops, crab when I can get it...<BR/><BR/>Big war in my house over who stole the recipe Louisiana or Florida. My Minorcan desenedent sides with me, not to mention has an old family recipe that's to die for. <BR/><BR/>Wife swears it's not gunmbo with out file', I like it both ways. She says cayene, I say datil...<BR/><BR/>Wayne it's not Gumbo without okra, you are forgiven my son...<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas to you and yours...Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137315702695507856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135350708434650562005-12-23T10:11:00.000-05:002005-12-23T10:11:00.000-05:00FC, this is important. Do you thicken your gumbo ...FC, this is important. Do you thicken your gumbo with okra? I hate okra. :-)<BR/><BR/>Even if it is a member of the hallowed Malvaceae.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com