A Traditional Appalachian Meal and How to Make Fried Okra

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

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[@naomitracy5684]

Yes!! I GOT IT!! I'm redd ta make all the recipes, Great stuff Tipper, thank you! 💯❤️

[@BobbyBrady2000]

Make some chow chow for pintos

[@tylerhughes5420]

When granny didn't have enough okra to make a mess she'd cook the squash okra and green tomatos in the same skillet with white onions

[@catherinevanlandingham7002]

I thoroughly enjoyed so the videos, dinners. and stories you shared with me this weekend. Ikea is my favorite vegetable.

[@cannellcooper5510]

@@tylerhughes5420 Alright ... that's the way I usually cook it ... just mix it all together ... looks kinda like a Mashed mixture when done BUT OH SO GOOD !!!

[@thegreatowl4912]

You could totally start another segment of Celebrating Appalachia just like this. I could watch you cook dinner every day! Thanks for another wonderful video!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

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[@dorothywilbanks7635]

I cook okra pretty much same way have never put it in oven will try that love your videos they're so interesting on everything we live about the same way you do just not n th but thats my favorite place to visit

[@Freedom-em3zb]

I agree. Cooking and preserving food. Thank you so much

[@SandraNelson063]

My Dad was Canadian Navy. So he was a pilot on Canada's only aircraft carrier. They traveled all over the world. New Orleans was very good to the Canadian sailors. Dad learned about okra while he was there. So some yrs later, when a supplier somehow got some for our grocery store, Dad was delighted. My bro and I were ankle biters, and suspicious of this weird looking vegetable. So Dad steamed them and put on a dab of butter and a sprinkle of salt. Instant hit! We loved it! I like to use it when I make a veggie pasta sauce. Cut up tomatoes, onion, garlic, okra, maybe some zucchini. Lots of extra virgin olive oil. Several dashes of dried Italian herbs and salt and pepper. To be followed with lots of "shaky cheese". Okra's magical thickening ability just adds life to the pan!

[@michaelscott7963]

Wish we had a big enough table to get every Us and Them down for this dinner. Maybe it would show how good everyone has it here and start being We again.

[@johnnabuzby6103]

Amen to that!

[@garywalton7176]

Oh Wow ! That Okra brought back so many memories of Sunday Dinners at her house...she met my Grandad during WW1 and lived til 98 and plowed her own garden with a push plow til she was 92...thanks for opening those memories!!

[@stephaniegamble3571]

THIS is a "typical" meal like I was raised on. My Hubby when we were first married did not understand why there was more than 3 items on a plate. He grew up on a meat, 2 vegis and sometimes a biscuit. I was raised on a plate full of deliciousness. As the years have passed, he has also come to love the "many options" and when he decides he wants to cook, he does the same. (His Mother still doesn't get all the different "choices" ) but you never leave the table wanting more, and yes, we have left overs and almost everything is better the next day! Thank you.for sharing!!

[@veteranscanineintelligence3761]

My folks are from Oklahoma, but Momma made Biscuits and gravy for breakfast and dinner. Her Biscuits would melt in your mouth. She also fried okra. Just like you did. She would make ice box ice cream, peanut brittle, and at Christmas we pulled taffy. Daddy also brewed his own beer and would occasionally make his famous HoBo stew, DELICIOUS.

[@jaredwilson3253]

I do enjoy my visits to the nicer, more wholesome parts of the internet. The news is grim, but this one made me smile, and tummy growl.

[@traceyhellsten649]

I grew up in Tennessee and N. Ga., And we always had our fried " okie" just like you do! I loved it for supper with a bowl of pinto beans , and cornbread , with little new garden onions on the side! Then, homemade vanilla ice cream ( made out on the porch , seemed to take forever! Lol ), and topped with fresh picked blackberries! Oh, what memories.

[@ecarr9537]

My parents were from up North, but I've spent my whole 31 years of life in Appalachia. Despite that, I've always stuck out like a sore thumb here because I don't have a lot of the old-timey knowledge ways passed down to me. Your videos bring me so much comfort & it feels like the missing piece of the puzzle for me to learn from you! I like to imagine you're my Appalachian Auntie & I'm so grateful that you teach and share what you know! Sending love from Northeast Tennessee

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Happy to be your Appalachian Auntie 😀

[@tieneeddoawestruck2036]

Its times like these, with supply chain issues, that I'm so blessed to have been raised country. I can hunt and grow my own food. Harvest wild edible plants and minerals, and make nearly everything I need.

[@loubelle385]

When I was growing up in North Texas, my mama would fry okra, potatoes, and onions together in a cast iron skillet. I believe she used cornmeal in it and fried it up! I still remember how good it was! Love your channel. Love to all! God bless you and the wonderful people of Appalachia! 🙏😊

[@robinbrown3202]

Growing up on the West Coast, Okra was foriegn to me until l married my wife who cooks Okra the same way you do. You set a nice dinner table, all real food. Nothing better than hot biscuits with homemade jam, perfect. Not what l grew up with, but blessed with a side of the family that has changed all that. Thank you for sharing.

[@papaw5405]

The "slime" on okry is natures way of replacing egg or buttermilk to hold on just enough cornmeal to make it fry right. I put my seasoned cornmeal in a covered bowl, add the okry and shake vigorously to get some of the cornmeal mixture inside it where there are no seeds. I then put it in a colander or a sieve and shake off the excess. I've never done to oven trick but I am going to try it tonight.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Papaw!! You're right about the slime 😀

[@KW-es2bz]

Thanks. I’m going to try this technique

[@jackimiller8511]

I like to add a small portion of corn starch just to make it a bit crispier.

[@daleellis7862]

Okra...the oyster of the garden! I like it raw, boiled, pickled and fried just like you did it. I’ve lived in Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia for all my life (63 years) and we always cooked it that way except maybe a little more on the burnt side.

[@lorchid23]

I call dibs on the baby biscuit! 😋 One of my favorite dishes out of our garden growing up was my Mama’s fried okra w/green tomatoes & squash. Absolutely delectable with mashed taters and cornbread. NOM NOM NOM 🤤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds so good! I always eat the baby biscuit 😀

[@cecilia954]

My mother would always make me a baby biscuit. I had forgotten all about that.

[@shelleywilliams8201]

I always wanted the baby biscuit.

[@maryboone903]

I cooked your applicant's meal for supper last night. Wasn't anything left my neighbors came an finished off what was left. Using your cornbread reciepe I made the best tasting moist cornbread I ever made .Thanks for sharing your recipes.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Fantastic!

[@serialcarpens290]

Exactly how my papaw made it. I grew up in Southern Indiana and I was basically raised by my grandparents and my papaw did all the cooking. My papaw was one of the best guys you could ever meet, and he taught me everything I know including cooking. I mainly do a lot of the cooking for my wife and daughter now and miss him every day. 😭 Love you papaw

[@heytheresally1]

Aaaaaaa

[@JB-ox7ib]

Looks like he left a wonderful legacy in you ⭐️🙏🏽💐

[@edwinespinoza2059]

A hug to you and I understand about our papaw and grannies......salt of the earth.

[@susanapplegate9758]

Lifelong Alaskan and okra fan! I tried to grow some this year in my big ol northern garden…the hottest, sunniest spot I have. But just not enough days - 80 days growing on a good year but even though the days are long, there aren’t enough of them! I did manage to get two itty bitty miniatures…lol. Love your channel!

[@mysteryhombre81]

From the UK and have never been to Appalachia, but you've got me dreaming of that sweet Appalachian food and hospitality, yes ma'am!

[@aeoo371]

Put it on your bucket list,you will want to stay! The food is the best! The people are amazing as well.

[@thunderousapplause]

Since I started watching your vids, Ive been cooking things I havent made in years, like fried zucchini squash, and macaroni and cheese. Recipes I learned growing up on a midwestern farm. Gotta get to the biscuits and cornbread soon- both childhood staples, but then we all stopped eating carbs. Silliness. Have a biscuit! : )

[@mickeyandres8113]

Fried okra and pinto beans and cornbread with sliced cantaloupe yummy.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds so good!

[@jesselliott604]

Now you have me hungry! That’s what my momma would make.

[@bernadettemckinney7363]

I've never seen red okra🤔

[@dianeblanton8435]

Love listening to you .If I close my eyes I think it’s my mom..She’s been gone 25yrs and I still miss and her cooking. Grew up in the foothills of the South Mountains in NC

[@gregorysanders6185]

My family’s from Newland North Carolina. I grew up eating fried okra. My mom fried okra for me all the time when I was a teenager. Unfortunately, my mom passed away from Cancer when she was 37. I had just turned 20 years old. For years I’ve always wondered how mom fried her okra until now. Your okra looked just like my mom’s and brought back so many wonderful memories. Thank you so much for sharing this video.

[@kennethhudson8013]

That's tough, losing your Mom at that age.

[@Jackie-kj3pn]

The way you cook okra IS the correct way. My dad was from Virginia, my mom from Louisiana and that's the way they grew up cooking it and I grew up eating it. I've been to many restaurants here in Texas and it's either cooked in flour or a mixture of flour and cornmeal. It's not as good as the Appalachian way. Your supper makes my mouth water.

[@scotto9591]

Growing up, Mama had a Tappen range which had four burners in a straight line. She would have two skillets of okra frying for supper. The one to the left was open for us to grab a handful if we walked through the kitchen. The burner to the right side, was not as easily assessable. The one to the left as we walked by was for snacking. The one to the right, was for supper. We were a family with four high School football players. We ate a lot. I only eat fried okra when it's really, really crispy. Almost, burnt I could eat it every night!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I bet your mom was a great cook 😀

[@NanaRae2Three]

I never had okra growing up. Years ago I ended up with a southern church cookbook. I live in Ohio and grew up in Michigan. I found the book in a used bookstore. It had a recipe for fried okra but at the time I couldn’t find okra here. One day I saw some in my Kroger and decided to try that recipe. It was very simple as it was just coated with cornmeal with seasonings. Loved it! I’ve made it many times over the years. Fried is the only way I like it.

[@blipblip88]

I never saw red okra before-I'm going to have to look for the seeds for next year-thanks!

[@richki.24]

same ... never saw Okra in red ..

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It's Jing Orange-it grows well for us. There are lots of other red one too though 😀

[@lindaedwards9756]

I grew Jing orange okra last year for the first time. It was awesome, and I actually ate it raw off the stalks. Crazy good just washed, cut in half and sprinkled with sea salt.

[@NancyMoore-go2dc]

Good home cooking video! Yes, I do my okra the same way you do. That looked like a mighty fine supper. People who never experience the fresh stuff from a garden, cook it up, snd enjoy it don't know what they are missing. Such a special part of life! God bless. Nancy from Arkansas

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thanks for watching

[@wesmundo154]

Hi from London (UK). I love your videos and, I’m embarrassed to say, I’d never really heard of Appalachia before I came across you but it seems like a really amazing place. I hope I get to visit some day!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@Wes I live in eastern North Carolina, and I think you would love it here in my home state. The Appalachian region is in the western part of our state, and the mountains are very beautiful. We also have the foothills of the Piedmont in the middle of the state and the Atlantic Coastal Plain in the east, where I live. Lots of geographical variety. A lot of Scots and Irish settled in the Great Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains way back when we were still the Colonies. It reminded the Scots of their beloved Highlands.

[@kj8645]

I love this method of preparing the okra…(and the end plating of the biscuits, deer, okra, potatoes, spinach…oh, my, just perfection…(and I don’t think I’ve ever seen more appetizing pickled beets anywhere…love them…) What a meal!

[@papaw5405]

Restaurant okry tastes like breading and whatever was fried in their deep fryer. If it is a fish place the okry tastes like fish. If it's a chicken place the okry tastes like chicken. You can taste the taste of the okry itself when you cook it like you do.

[@lorchid23]

That’s the absolute truth. Factory, pre-made okra is normally tasteless, except for the oil it was fried in. BUT, on the rare occasion when my husband & I eat at a restaurant, I’ll still get me a helping of okra, just cuz I love it. I suppose bland fried okra beats no okra. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ….LOL

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@karenharris1846]

Yes!!!! This is the correct to pronounce this!!!!😊😊😊 My favourite!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for this feast!!!! Oh! How I miss this delicious cooking! I am a hopeless cook, but I have so many happy memories! Thank you for reminding me and carrying me back home! God bless you!!!

[@egyptcat4301]

Like my Granny used to say, "Never rinse it after it's cut! " 😊 We always had the lightly breaded okra, and I still think it's the best! That plate of food made my mouth water! I'm saving this one! 💙💚💛💙

[@sandycove777]

My Nana cooked okra in stewed tomatoes. Then I moved to NC and saw a whole new side to cooking. I believe it speaks to my soul. The sane but different. Keep up the good work making wholesome videos. 😊

[@coffeengrace8973]

My family, middle TN, has passed down for generations what we called stewed-okra. We pick out the small to medium sized (about size of your finger from tip to the knuckle), nothing bigger because it becomes too slimy. Steam it for a couple minutes only. Then transfer it to a baking dish and season with salt/pepper, butter, vinegar. (I also like red pepper flakes) Put it in a hot oven and bake till brown on top. Won’t take long-have to watch, maybe 15-20 mins dep on your oven. Always delish, never slimy-bc of the size I guess. We would also have fried okra the way you fix it, but mostly as long as it was coming in, we would have stewed okra on the table. I would say it may be an acquired taste, or have to grow on ya over time unless you grew up eating it that way lol 🥰

[@PinkPrudie29]

I’m almost 56, and a mountain girl Tipper, and this is my first time seeing red okra! I absolutely love fried okra!

[@11UncleBooker22]

I grew up in N.E. Ohio the youngest of four children. Our father was from DEEP south Alabama and mom was from up there, the daughter of British Isles immigrants w/ a mix of German thrown in. This was the way mom learned to cook Okra from our dad's aunt Thelma, along w/ other southern foods dad wanted to enjoy. These dishes are now our comfort foods and I could smell everything you cooked as I watched. Thanks. P.S. I'm gonna get my weight down so I can be slim and handsome like Matt.

[@wandabellamy9171]

NE Alabama here🙋 Sand Mountain🤗

[@justcallmesuzzie]

Although I am allergic to okra, I grew up with it cooked in my home. The way you cooked it is the way my mom cooked it. I wish I could eat it but my whole family loves to see me glove up and cook it that way.

[@WhiteStone21475]

I learned to love Okra about 16 years ago. Boy, am I glad I did. I planted a large crop of it and didn't realize how fast it grew. I could barley keep up with the crop. I learned to love eating it off the stalks as I picked it. Baby okra is delicious.

[@angelh1608]

I could taste that okra! Brings back wonderful memories of my childhood!

[@rachelgilbert3164]

I LOVE that you show the plating at the end! You must have a wonderful garden in the summer big enough to feed your family all year round. This is my new favorite channel

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@Vintagebleu]

That's how we make okra down the hill from y'all. So good with fresh tomatoes and cucumber salad. That's a summer staple. We've been growing that spinach also and it's a treat when the lettuce and other greens all bolt. My grandma's cucumber salad recipe is cukes, onions, dukes mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar, fresh dill, sugar, salt and pepper. Everything to taste. That's a winner every time.

[@melissatx9892]

My grandmother grew rows and rows of okra, Ive never seen red okra before in Texas. Except putting the okra in the oven to finish, thats how my grandmother and mother cooked theirs. The end pieces were my favorite. Nice and crunchy! Now Im going to have to find some okra to cook.

[@cannellcooper5510]

I'd Never seen red okra ... I thought I was seeing things ... Lol 😅

[@Nerva533]

That deer meat looks Delicious!! I really like your cooking videos, I find it interesting to see what others eat for dinner and it gives me ideas sometimes! I am in Kentucky so we eat a lot of what I call good ole country cooking!

[@dustbunny9281]

Fry okra exactly the same. Except for finishing them off in the oven. Salt pepper and corn meal! That's how my Grandma did it as well. Really enjoy your content.👍

[@carolyngarris3141]

I cook my okra just like you do,my mother taught me, I really like the way you cook, so glad i found you.

[@queenbee3647]

Tipper! Watch you make supper? Id love to be a guest at supper! Mmmm. Your menu is terrific. Ill do the dishes. Thank you. 🌹

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Debbie 😀

[@patreiser526]

Hello Tipper! I've watched every one of these posts and I have to tell you how much I love it and you! You have brought so many memories back to me...although not a mountain woman, my mom and Gaga were from deep in the Ozarks and both sides of my family settled in Kentucky after the Revolutionary War. Neither side stuck as they moved on to the Ozarks and the Ohio Valley. So, I can claim a bit of mountain woman, I reckon. This okra looks wonderful, I make it exactly like you do. I also cut it up the okra, add a potato cut to the same size as the okra and some onion cut the same. Dust it with the cornmeal and throw it in the pan! Its so darn good. You can also use yellow squash in place of the okra and that's great too! Please know how much joy you have brought me. The day I stumbled across your page my life was changed so much for the better! Patricia Revised ps... I love blackberry jelly too! My fav!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much-that just makes my day 😀

[@toniecat1028]

What a lovely lady! I love to watch her as she's informative, loves her heritage and is a pleasure to listen to - thank you! 🧑‍🍳

[@andrewurbanowski1666]

Love that Homemade country style cooking . Makes me want get up and head for them Hills ! Thank you for the eye pleasing supper !❤️✝️

[@renaeweidman]

Watching you cook is like being back in Granny's kitchen. We cook okra the very same way you do. There is nothing better than that fresh fried okra in Summer. Thank you for bringing back all those treasured memories.

[@dreamcatcher7939]

Nothing tastes as good as fresh fried okra. Except fresh fried corn. And yes, that's how all my relatives fixed it. Now, those small pods we would boil whole and lot of folks didn't like the texture, and I can understand, but I loved boiled okra. I simply ignored the texture. Love your show.

[@billydean2130]

Aunt Mae used to make hers more like you than the restaurant’s. Many’s the day we picked okra in the field for diner with tomatoes and maybe corn. I’d give anything to share another meal with her. Maybe some fresh catfish or brim.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I love fresh fish 😀

[@joeschwab7308]

Looks just like a meal my momma used to cook. She passed March 2021 at age 95. Thanks for sharing!

[@kylegroll8047]

Being a New Englander with roots going back to the Pilgrims, I have never eaten, or heard of, many of the dishes you make. That being said, I Love Your channel and watching you prepare all the Appalachian goodies. It sure does look delicious. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@vickymayer8093]

Thank you! It was like visiting my granny in Virginia near Culpepper. She was reared in Nelson County. I miss her! Although I was born in Washington, DC and lived in other large cities, I'll always treasure Granny's cooking and recipes (like yours). I'll be back to visit!

[@LanceFields_Esq]

We had a neighbor when I was a kid and she said, "oakree," as well and since she was the one making it...that's how I've said it ever since. This entire meal looks delicious! Thanks for another great video.

[@hathorearthfyre]

Great memories; my grandma made okra just like that. Grandma was born in 1899 on Roan Mountain, TN. and I haven't been able to enjoy her cooking for a time. Thank you for this!

[@mrsdomino4196]

My Mammy used same breading . However she cut the pods length wise and used lard or bacon grease to fry. I love okra but do not miss picking it. I would get a rash from “the prickly hairs”. Thank you for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That sounds good too! It makes my arms itch every time I pick it too 😀

[@lisablackwelder7590]

I called my grandmother Mammie too!

[@libbygilley7728]

I’m 63 years old & grew up in upper East TN. My mom is 92. She taught my sister & me to make okra just like you made it. That’s how her mama taught her. We all love it just that way. Thanks for keeping the love of Southern Appalachian mountain life, language, & food alive. Keep it coming.

[@AB-vv7fl]

Gloves and long sleeves when picking okra. Best way to prevent rash and the itches.

[@bsdnfraje]

Don't y'all all have gloves?

[@maryyepez6848]

I am from NYC and went to law school in Montana to study Indian Federal Law. The Natives offten mix mulberry jam with elk and deer.....the Lakota tribe like their bison with chokecherries. Your video reminded me of these game meat and berry pairings. Thiis was a wonderful video. We need to know more about each other in the USA; and the fried okra looked wonderful. Thank you so much.

[@marshaboone532]

You should really put together a cookbook about Appalachian food. I know you’re probably thinking that the same food can’t be that different, but let me assure you, they are like you just said about cooking your spinach like you do greens. That’s very fast if your only cooking them for a few minutes. Most people around me end up cooking greens for about an hour. I don’t have the patience for that but I definitely will be trying it the way you just described.

[@shelleywilliams8201]

I just love watching you cook and even hearing you talk. My "Maw" taught me how to cook. She started me at 3 years old with 1 her aprons on standing in a chair at the old cook stove. She didn't have an electric stove for a long time. I'm in the foothills of NC. I cook just like you do pretty much. A lot of people my age don't have a clue what good SOUTHERN cooking is.

[@dorothywilbanks7635]

We cook okra like you do never put it n oven will try that I enjoy your videos I love anything to do with the mountains thats my favorite place to visit seems so peaceful also enjoy your music

[@Zerpersande]

Okree Love it. You just sent childhood memories to the opposite side of the world to me here in Japan.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@kellicaudill856]

I love listening and watching her. I love hearing stories of how people grew up

[@mommamurphy7123]

I am surprised that so many of your recipes are the same as what I grew up with. Brings back so many good memories of child hood . Thank you. Prayers and blessings for you and yours.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you like them! 😀

[@kathrynbaker5188]

I love okra and fry it like you do. I also like to soften 1/2 onion in a little olive oil, add a minced garlic clove then some cherry tomatoes and cut up okra. I add a little salt and pepper and some Cajun spice. Once everything is sizzling I add enough water to cover the tomatoes and okra, cover and cook another 15 minutes or so till it thickens. Great side dish for steak or pork chops. I love how okra is the gift that keeps on giving. The more you cut the more it produces! Thanks for sharing your tips!!!

[@tonyb2760]

That okra is exactly how it was made when I was growing up and the way I prefer. Thanks for sharing and bringing back fond memories

[@louisespencer5097]

I love the lightly breaded orka. Lightly breaded organic was the way my mom and grandmother cooked organic. Thank you. I enjoy your posts. They reminds me of my childhood.

[@wwaxwork]

When I moved to the USA from Australia about 12 years ago now, the first meal my MIL cooked for me included fried Okra, I've been addicted to it ever since. She makes it pretty much how you do or sometimes fries it up sometimes with onions and tomatoes.

[@Sammiejam]

I'm the opposite! My momma married a New Zealander and we moved to Australia to live and I was raised up here. We couldn't get some the traditional Southern foods down under but my mother still taught me all the techniques and recipes she knew. There was no internet and phone calls were so expensive back in the day and she was so homesick. Cooking the food of our people helped her get by. Watching these videos makes me feel like a big hole in my heart is getting filled up with happiness too. My little boy watches with me and we cook together. My Australian friends all love my cooking but they just WILL NOT eat okra lol. All the more for me and my little boy Colt 😂

[@susanmcdowell6316]

Nothing better than fried okra! Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@ellenchappell1574]

Boy did that look delicious! We had black eyed peas, pickled okra and my first loaf of sour dough for supper. I never had any kind of okra growing up in WI, but my NC hubby taught me to love it.

[@jadeblues357]

No matter what kind of day I’m having watching one of your videos always makes me feel better thank you!😎❤️🇺🇸

[@ncbirdwatch5992]

I grew up in New Hampshire and fried Okra was never a thing. I don’t know if it was a shorter growing season or that I just missed out. But it wasn’t on our plates growing up in the Northern Appalachian area. However, I smartened up & moved south and met my southern raised bride 29 years ago. I grew to love just about everything Southern Appalachia. But my comfort zone has always been a cook in the kitchen and I absolutely fell for fried okra as well as many many other things. I love your channel and I’m always happy when you invite your KZbin friends into your kitchen or your garden.

[@krissynurse]

These are my favorite videos of yours where you're cooking supper! That's always how we fix our okra too with a light coating. Good stuff!

[@Vhamil31]

My Mother, Mother-in-law, and both of my Grandmothers fried okry just like you do! I'm from the Atlanta, Georgia area, and now live in western Georgia. My favorite meal is fried okry, creamed corn, crowder peas, cornbread, and sliced tomatoes. No meat needed! I love your channel and hope to have a youtube channel soon. Thank you for sharing your recipes and life with us.

[@MrA1582000]

You got it.

[@bonniebrown6960]

I live in Georgia too. We cook things like that too. I love crowder peas and cornbread. I also love purple hulls and cornbread. That kind of supper is good with a mayonnaise salad. I love fried okry/ okrie too. 😉🥰

[@antondahl8945]

I always grow okra in my country garden. I'm in the north carolina foothills of the Appalachian mountains. I also occasionally call and spell it okree. Okra came from Africa with the slaves. It is so nutritious and life sustaining. A fun and beautiful plant. The way you cook it is delicious. Often I cook it in a wok whole. A tablespoon or so of olive oil,fresh garlic and pink salt. Sear hot and fast. I have a country friend that likes his a little burnt. That sure was a delicious looking meal you prepared! Thank you,love your shows. Good country cooking is my favorite!

[@scottblack3381]

The old ways are always the best way when it comes to fried okry! You've prepared a meal fit for a king, Miss Tipper, thanks for sharing!😋😋💚

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Scott 😀

[@cds1848]

I grew-up in Indiana but my entire extended family on my Dad's side migrated from Appalachia. It's truly amazing how many of your recipes were staples of my childhood. Your channel is a real joy for me to watch! Thank you!

[@aeoo371]

Almost the same here. Both sides of my family migrated to northern Indiana. My mom and dad met in northern Indiana. So I am a first generation Hoobilly! Two of my youngest daughters moved down south, one to Mississippi and one to the mountains of North Carolina. Will possibly be going to North Carolina for Christmas! I miss my mommas and both my Grand Ma’s cooking.

[@Krvking]

My mom always cooked her okra exactly like you do. Her people were from GA and my dads people were from KY. Watching your videos spark yummy memories of my youth! Thank you for that!

[@tennesseesmoky9012]

Yum - a skillet of fried okra can really make a meal. Lightly breaded in cornmeal and served crunchy. It is also great to cut, bread, and freeze some okra for a home cooked meal in the dead of winter. Just take the zip lock bag out of the freezer and fry the okra up in a cast iron skillet. Thanks for sharing this traditional Appalachian meal with us. -Tennessee Smoky

[@walterlee1418]

Thank you Ma'am, The way you cooked the okra is how I grew up eating it. That was a fine looking meal. I wished I could have been there for it. I would have washed all of those dishes for a plate of that. Thank you.

[@bradbyers7505]

I love fried okra! I grew up eating it all summer long.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It is a summer treat for sure 😀

[@maryharris4321]

Fried like yours with a lite cornmeal on it .We love it. We grow it in the garden every year. One of our favorite vegetables.

[@HandCraftedASMR]

Just as soon as you called it "okry" I knew I was gonna see some dang good food 😂💕 I'm so happy to have found your channel!! I love learning more about my Appalachian heritage, especially from those who have always naturally practiced these ways in their daily life. Thank you for sharing your perspective and personal life ways with us! It is truly appreciated 😚

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Thank you!

[@beckybishop2801]

I live in Washington state but my father was born and raised in Tennessee. My mom learned to cook what he liked so I grew up on it. Watching you cook brings back a lot of memories and helps me understand why I crave the things I do - like fried okra, pickled beets and greens of all kinds. Thanks for sharing.

[@jerrybrady9103]

I know that was a delicious meal. Can't beat home cooking, especially southern.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Jerry 😀

[@tamizambrano4742]

I love watching your videos. They remind me of the summers I spent at my Granny’s house in Northeast Alabama near the Tennessee and Georgia borders. What a sweet reminder of days gone by. Thank you so much for sharing your home, family, food and music. 😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Tami! I'm so glad you've got those wonderful memories 😀

[@christinesmith4706]

A meal good enough for a King. Looks like a meal we would eat here in Southern Ohio.

[@williambradford3627]

I get homesick every time I watch one of your videos. But keep them coming. I love them all. My mother cooked okra the same way as you, but it didn't go into the oven. A favorite dinner from our garden was fried corn, fried okra, sliced tomatoes, crowder peas, and cornbread or biscuits.

[@jacquelineganske7809]

Hi Tipper! A good meal with everything provided by you and your family’s hands! I’m one of those people who is put off by okra’s slimy nature but liked it in a soup my mom used to make me as a kid. They reminded me of wagon wheels and I used to look for them and feel like I found a prize when I popped them in my mouth!😆

[@kimreace]

That deer meat looks so tender n juicy!! Looks like a yummy satisfying meal. Thanks for sharing!

[@LanasCooking]

This is exactly the way I cook fried okra, except for putting it in the oven (thanks for that tip!). That battered okra we get in restaurants is most likely frozen and just dumped in the fryer. I also grew up calling it okree. I didn't know it was called okra with an "a" at the end until I was grown 😃

[@denisaboss]

My name is Denisa . I am from Arkansas and I cook my okra the same way. Love your and the girls channels

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! So glad you enjoy our channels 😀

[@paulatwood998]

Oh my goodness! You have cooked up such a fine meal. Yes, the Malabar spinach is one of the best. I also like the idea of the light breading so that you have more flavor from the okra.

[@lisab1419]

Malabar spinach is slimy, as if okra wasn't. But I just can't eat slimy spinach. My cousin and neighbor grows it and likes it better than regular spinach. She calls it "Summer Spinach".

[@shirleyhall1924]

So amazing, ya'll eat just like we do. We love our fried (or stewed) okra, deer meat, garden veggies, biscuits, etc...... We live in coastal South Carolina but both our families (my husband and I) have a long family history here, dating way back. We both grew up living self sufficiently and much of our cooking comes from that lifestyle, as I'm sure is true in Appalachia. The only connection to Appalachia that we have is through my mother who grew up in very poor conditions in the Virginia Appalachians. Making do is a way of life for us and no one, NO ONE, eats better. With the way things are going these days, the knowledge of what people have done in the past to survive is almost a necessity.

[@sarahr2055]

Wow, what a beautiful feast! Thank you for sharing 😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JorgeTorres-re6sn]

I like how the videos end with the man serving himself. Very unique touch. Love your videos, and the food looks delicious.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much 😀

[@craftingontheporchwithbill]

Wonderful foods. The okra is perfect. You are the first person that i have seen making jelly out of mulberries. Thank you for a great video.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@evan.geline]

every time you fix up a plate I wish I could teleport back home! I swear I can smell it through the screen. thank you for keeping these recipes put up on the internet