While noodling around for other things in my area, I ran across this
youtube video about Gullah Grub Restaurant. It's a video of how they
make shrimp with okra. I seem to remember okra being mentioned recently.

Bill Green is the owner and chef at Gullah Grub Restaurant on Saint
Helena. If he's a tad difficult to understand it's because he's Gullah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIlzuUW7X2c

First off, that's garlic powder. Why not use chopped fresh garlic?

You can't tell by looking at him in this video but he seems to aspire to
the British gentry. He's an avid horseman and he raises fox hounds. I
had no idea fox hunting was a big thing here until John and I had dinner
at Gullah Grub. Bill Green sat down at our table and tried to sell us
his coffee-table book. Complete with pictures of him with his horse.
He was wearing jodpurs and red riding coat. He's pictured with his his
fox hounds. It was a rather strange dining experience, to say the least.

That doesn't mean he can't cook. We were just uncomfortable being
approached that way. I don't even remember what we had for dinner. I
know it wasn't this shrimp with okra. Maybe a bowl of gumbo...

Jill

On Friday, July 4, 2014 9:31:21 PM UTC-7, jmcquown wrote:

> While noodling around for other things in my area, I ran across this
> youtube video about Gullah Grub Restaurant. It's a video of how they
> make shrimp with okra. I seem to remember okra being mentioned recently.
>

> Bill Green is the owner and chef at Gullah Grub Restaurant on Saint
> Helena. If he's a tad difficult to understand it's because he's Gullah.
>

So is Justice Clarence Thomas, but he's learned to sound mainstream.

>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIlzuUW7X2c
>
> First off, that's garlic powder. Why not use chopped fresh garlic?
>

Garlic powder is consistent. Garlic comes from different parts of the world,
depending on season. Some garlic is plain nasty. Some can be salvaged if you
cut out the plant embryo.

And, more and more, the fresh garlic market is dominated by Communist
Chinese imports. I'd rather have an American-sourced product, even if it
is powder.


>
>
> You can't tell by looking at him in this video but he seems to aspire to
> the British gentry. He's an avid horseman and he raises fox hounds. I
> had no idea fox hunting was a big thing here until John and I had dinner
> at Gullah Grub. Bill Green sat down at our table and tried to sell us
> his coffee-table book. Complete with pictures of him with his horse.
> He was wearing jodpurs and red riding coat. He's pictured with his his
> fox hounds. It was a rather strange dining experience, to say the least.
>
>

Fox hunting is a thing on the East Coast. If you have a horse, and like
to ride, it is one way to ride in company.

You maybe showed polite interest, and that was enough to set him off.