elevator Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 Stuff at Superlake the other day was not fresh. Any other sources? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 Might try Pancho's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 Nice guy at the Tuesday market has it in the summer, maybe now. Walk in, take an immediate right, and he is on your right almost all the way down. I will be there housesitting in August, and I have enough fresh Burgundy Okra seed to share, some of it with him. Shoot, by then, I may have okra too. The burgundy is sooo much more tender than the normal. Unfortunately it turns green when cooked or pickled. Sometimes I dream of my grandmother's stewed okra, onions, and home grown tomatoes with fresh dill! So many people think they don't like okra, but the truth is they've never had it properly cooked. That's OK, more for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeser Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 9 hours ago, elevator said: Stuff at Superlake the other day was not fresh. Any other sources? I usually buy at Abastos at the Asian's vegie booth at mid rear of second building. There are all the way through on the outside. I haven't been there for a month or two but they usually have it this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafterbr Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 5 hours ago, camillenparadise said: Nice guy at the Tuesday market has it in the summer, maybe now. Walk in, take an immediate right, and he is on your right almost all the way down. I will be there housesitting in August, and I have enough fresh Burgundy Okra seed to share, some of it with him. Shoot, by then, I may have okra too. The burgundy is sooo much more tender than the normal. Unfortunately it turns green when cooked or pickled. Sometimes I dream of my grandmother's stewed okra, onions, and home grown tomatoes with fresh dill! So many people think they don't like okra, but the truth is they've never had it properly cooked. That's OK, more for us! I would be interested to know if Okra will make at Lake Chapala. I'm not sure if it gets hot enough. I have bought Okra at Superlake but I do not know where it comes from. Where I was in Victoria, Australia the climate was about like it is here. It never gets hot for an extended period. There was no okra in the local markets so I had Okra seed shipped to me from the states. The okra came up but never produced. Just before I left I found some in the Victoria market that had come down from the Gold Coast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Well, I'm on the coast in Nayarit and I know from experience okra LOVES it here! I will bring all I can. Seeds too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafterbr Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Gracias, I am sure it gets warmer where you are than here on the lake shore. I agree with you Okra is one of my favorites. Have found most Mexicans I have talked to do not know what Okra is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillenparadise Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Spanish word is "angu" but that don't mean they know how to cook it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambconsultants Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Yes it does grow here. I have found it at superama grocery on lopez mateos about 3 km to the south of costco. Sell alot of different items there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeser Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 12 hours ago, rafterbr said: I would be interested to know if Okra will make at Lake Chapala. I'm not sure if it gets hot enough. I have bought Okra at Superlake but I do not know where it comes from. Where I was in Victoria, Australia the climate was about like it is here. It never gets hot for an extended period. There was no okra in the local markets so I had Okra seed shipped to me from the states. The okra came up but never produced. Just before I left I found some in the Victoria market that had come down from the Gold Coast. I have grown okra in seasons past and produced enough for the freezer for later use in gumbo, stewed and fried durning producing season. Trick is to plant it in late Feb as the it will be up and ready when the heat hits in March, April and May. After May the production is light and you may want to pull it up in favor of something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafterbr Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 1 hour ago, geeser said: I have grown okra in seasons past and produced enough for the freezer for later use in gumbo, stewed and fried durning producing season. Trick is to plant it in late Feb as the it will be up and ready when the heat hits in March, April and May. After May the production is light and you may want to pull it up in favor of something else. Thanks, I will try this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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