A Southern delicacy....

[Michael Stafford]

I love this time of year when three of my favorite things are available fresh from the garden...tomatoes, corn and okra. Now, I don't like fresh tomatoes because they disagree with me but I love them cooked. There is nothing better to me than a corn, tomato and okra soup/stew. Corn cut fresh off the cob, thin slices of okra and chopped tomatoes cooked together make a wonderful soup. Combine that with some biscuits, not those things out of a can, but some self-rising flour, Crisco and buttermilk expertly hand mixed and patted into shape by hand; no biscuit cutters allowed. Throw in a strip of fat with a streak of lean, i.e. side meat or fat back and you have a meal fit for a king, a Southern king but a king nonetheless.

[Karl Laustrup]

Sounds good to me. So when's supper Big Mike????

Karl

[skip coyne]

leave my corn on the cob

stew my tomaotoes

fry my okra .......

[tod evans]

mike, chuck a few chilis into that pot and i`m in....tod

[Joe Pelonio]

That sounds good Mike, and I didn't read it until after lunch because I was expecting something about road kill. You could also put some of that corn in some hush puppies and fry up some catfish to go with the soup. I'm not from the South, but like southern cooking too (as well as most other kinds).

[Andy Hoyt]

Sorry to disagree with you like a tomato, Mike.

But sweet corn is best enjoyed still on the cob, still on the stalk, and still hitched to the field.

How else can it be considered fresh?

Mmm mmmm goood.

[Michael Stafford]

Karl, supper is when you show up. Guarantee you a bowl when you show up.

Skip, fried okra is also a Southern delicacy....Been eating it all my life.

Joe, had hushpuppies made with corn and onions for lunch with my wife. Around here cornbread in one form or another is a staple of home cooking restaurants.

[Brad Thompson]

Michael,
CMT broadcast a Hee Haw marathon this weekend - DAMHIKT.

Your description reminded me of the Grandpa Jones "Grandpa, what's for supper?" routine.

Man, my age is showing worse than a bad haircut.

It did make my taste buds water thou,
Brad

[Michael Stafford]

Andrew, corn on the cob is a wonderful thing. I eat it nearly every night when I can get it fresh. It all starts with Ambrosia, a wonderfully sweet yellow and white hybrid and progresses through many other varieties. Currently we are feasting on Silver Queen for the next few weeks. But someone of your epicurean tastes, that of a bona fide Moxie drinker brings nothing to the table about Southern gourmet cuisine...

Brad, in my family a lot of the things that Grandpa Jones described were family favorites and certainly were on the menu at one time or another. Hee Haw!!!

[Joe Tonich]

Big Mike......ya always scare me with posts like this.

I opened it up expectin sumthin about Mountain Oysters and find ya done got civil..

WASSUPWITDAT????????????

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

For me....................

Bread and Fry the Okra.

Roast my corn, still in the husk. (HMMMMMMMHMMMMMMMM GOOD!)

Bread and fry my Tomatoes GREEN (Mine NEVER make it to the table!)

and make the biscuits EXACTLY as you stated. (My DAD was a nationally recognized master baker and that sounds like his recipe!)

Now, you have made a meal from HEAVEN!

Bruce

[Curt Fuller]

Set another place at the table Mike. I'll be right there!

[Ken Garlock]

Just finished some corn on the cob, great stuff. The tomatoes where the little marble size, but they taste good with a little salt. No okra, but it is good stuff either deep fried or in gumbo.

Did I see someone mention Moxie? You mean the EPA or FDA hasn't band that stuff as a dangerous chemical. Last I heard it was made from the sludge leftover from the Love Canal.

[Doug Shepard]

That sounds good Mike, and I didn't read it until after lunch because I was expecting something about road kill. You could also put some of that corn in some hush puppies and fry up some catfish to go with the soup. I'm not from the South, but like southern cooking too (as well as most other kinds).

You are reading my mind. My favorites from vacations down south are hush puppies and catfish.

[John Kain]

I'm a Yankee living in the south for just a short-time. However, I really, really have enjoyed the esteemed "low-country boil" in my time in Confederate country. I haven't tried your idea, but I like the thoughts of it.........and I'm hungry.