Frozen Vegetables

>>9044185
They aren't replaceable. Even with fucking corn, you can tell the difference between straight-off-the-cobb and canned/frozen. Frozen is good for longer stewed dishes or something along those lines (think shephard's pie), but fresh is good for things like roasted broccoli or freshly sautee'd green beans.

Guess the only advice I could give would be to know what you're cooking,and get good at the dishes you're preparing.

water is the enemy. they'll release a ton of liquid and stew.

don't crowd the pan. drain any water that accumulates.

Here's a solution.

Do you behave a medium sized sauce pan?

Check.

Do you have a stainless steel colander?

Check.

Boil water in the sauce pan and place the colander on top of the sauce pan. Place vegetables in colander and steam to your liking. Works for mes every time.

I wish you luck.

Don't listen to that fresh vegetables taste better bullshit. It's all the same. Frozen veggies for the most part are already blanched and flash frozen to retain quality.

What can I do with frozen okra? I wanted it for an Indian recipe but it was too limp and wouldn't crisp up in the pan. Tried it in gumbo but it turned to mush.

>>9044240
Cooking okra is easy.

Step 1. Throw it in the trash because it is disgusting and slimy.

Sorry I just don't like it. I imagine your from the South? That or Asian/Indian.

Anyway yeah I have never enjoyed that vegetable.

>>9044275
White Canadian, but yeah I wanted it for an Indian recipe and it's like $7 for a pound of it fresh from Honduras or $2 for two pounds of it frozen from India. Will consider the trash.

>>9044185
Fucking steam them, what the fuck are you doing that turns them to mush?

>>9044185
Peas are great.

>>9044240
>Coat in cornmeal batter while frozen
>Deep fry
>Jizz your pants because fried okra is food KINO

>>9044240
it could probably still be fine fried. okra is only good pickled, fried, or in soups imo

>>9044304
This, use the excess water to your advantage

>>9044185
If you can afford it just buy fresh vegetables instead of frozen. In most cases it's a night and day difference. I'm old enough to remember the 1970's, when supermarkets weren't as well stocked with fresh vegetables. Pretty much everything my mom cooked with frozen vegetables was pretty grim. Grim enough that my brother and sister refused to eat vegetables when they were kids. As I got older fresh vegetables became more available year round, mom started buying them and her cooking got a lot better. There's no way I'd ever buy frozen veg for my own cooking.

well you can steam them in a steamer, or steam them in a pressure cooker.

i dunno i can fry them usually and it turns out well enough