Pickled Okra

March 29th was a day I never thought would come. While Mary was visiting me I picked up 2 pounds of fresh okra at Reading Terminal and a bag of pickling spices. I had been dying to try making my own pickled okra for a while and this seemed like the perfect opportunity!

I recycled a pickle jar and packed as much fresh, raw okra in there as I could.

Recipe:

Empty, clean 46 fl. oz. pickle jar

2 pounds raw, washed okra

2-3 TBS Pickling spice

4 whole garlic cloves

1 cup white vinegar

1 cup water

2 TBS kosher salt

1/2 tsp sugar

First, wash your okra really really well. Drain. Pack the okra tightly in the pickle jar.

Next, Bring the vinegar and water to a boil.

Add in all ingredients besides the okra. Boil rapidly for 2 minutes.

I let the liquid cool for about 5 minutes (I'm impatient) and then poured it over the okra in my pickle jar.

Let the jar sit for a while to cool. Screw the lid on as tightly as you can. Then comes the hard part. Let the okra marinate for 10 days. The okra was a little slimy at first but I just added a few TBS of water and shook the jar.

I'm always so happy when our fridge looks like this. Stay tuned for an asparagus and artichoke quiche!

Mary visited me in Philly for the weekend!

We had a wonderful time. In between hitting delish Philly eatries we made some pickled okra and a chilled cream of asparagus soup. We also had time to dye Mary's hair with henna from Lush.

Visiting Max Brenner with Mary!

A beautiful sunset in Long Island, Bahamas

We're here in Long Island for a quick spring break getaway visiting my parents. We spent the day lounging and grabbed an early dinner at Winter Haven Resort. Only two days left on the island...

Here are our Guapos tacos!

Our taco hunt last night was a success! Shilpa joined us at the truck and we got $30 worth of fancy street food. Kevin and I split two orders. We tried the chipotle short rib and the carnitas tacos. We also splurged on some of Garces' amazing guacamole.

The truck was very cool. Its your typical food cart, but it's been completely covered in thousands of beer bottle caps!

Considering how many people were waiting for food, I'd say the staff did a fantastic job. We waited for about 15 minutes total to get our food. My only complaint: if I'm paying $6.50 for guac, I want A LOT of guac.

Guapos taco truck!

Guapos taco truck opening night! Yes it's freezing, yes I'm bare legged, but dammit! I'm getting some swanky tacos! Still in line with Kevin but I can't wait! Smells fantastic.