# Okra - on the grill! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198 "2011-07-07T16:15:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/21 "2011-07-12T19:09:57Z")
Is it out of season? I was going to grill some Friday and it was not to be found at the grocery. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/22 "2011-07-14T02:40:52Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Ogre’s Okra GOOD. > > Sim’s First Shrimp, not so much - but there’s another weekend coming. Ah! Glad you liked it! Sorry about the shrimp. What happened? **carnivorousplant** - I’m surprised. I can usually find it throughout the summer, and it should be coming in almost continuously. Has anyone thought about the dip idea? I confess myself intrigued. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/23 "2011-07-14T03:25:30Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Has anyone thought about the dip idea? I confess myself intrigued. Something with sour cream or the Mediterranean yogurt/cucumber thing. I’d just go for cooked and dripping in sesame seed oil and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/24 "2011-07-14T03:26:56Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > So how’d it go, you guys? Did you try it? Like it? I did a few days ago as an accompaniment to some pit beef, and it was very good indeed. It had never occurred to me to grill okra before, and this will become part of my vegetable grilling rotation. Which is good, as I’m getting a little tired of my old standbys: zucchini, eggplant, and red peppers. And corn, of course (grilled naked for maximum flavor and char, none of this in-the-husk stuff.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/25 "2011-07-14T03:56:10Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > none of this in-the-husk stuff.) Oh, fie, Sir, fie! That’s how you know it is ready, when the husk burns off. Oh, fie! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/26 "2011-07-14T03:57:54Z")
Gumbo File’ YYYYYYYEAAAHHHWWW. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/27 "2011-07-14T04:07:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Oh, fie, Sir, fie! > That’s how you know it is ready, when the husk burns off. > Oh, fie! Just rousing a little rabble. 😉 In-husk is fine, as long as you do it so you let the char get through. What really is unacceptable is foiled corn thrown on the grill. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/28 "2011-07-14T04:12:19Z")
Mmmm. I usually roast or grill mine after marinating it for a couple hours in olive oil, soy sauce and ginger. YUMMY! ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/29 "2011-07-14T13:23:11Z")
From Five Spices, Fifty Dishes, by Ruta Kahate: Mix yogurt with salt and sugar. Make a pile of cayenne and turmeric on the yogurt. Heat black mustard seeds in oil. When the seeds have popped, pour them and the oil over the spices on the yogurt, to cook the spices. Top with your cooked okra. The recipe is meant for crispy fried okra (and is delicious!), but I bet it would be heavenly with the grilled okra, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198/30 "2011-08-10T23:31:22Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > So how’d it go, you guys? Did you try it? Like it? Belated follow-up: I didn’t get to try it. I can’t find fresh okra in any of the supermarkets around here in Connecticut. I’m still looking, but I’m starting to despair. BBQ is long gone now, but if I find the okra, it’s an excuse to make more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-on-the-grill/588198.md?page=1)