You are very brilliant!!!

@GwyndolinOwO

2 жыл бұрын

thank you for giving him this neat idea!

@GuppyCzar

2 жыл бұрын

Yay its Babatunde! Hope you are well.

@ihuomasindextv4255

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he is

This is definitely something I need to make. Thank you for including Babatunde's video too; so great to have both versions for comparison.

@Reinsworth

2 жыл бұрын

Oh hey there max! I see u also watch this channel hahaha

@spazzypengin

2 жыл бұрын

History of okra when?

@TheViralEvolution

2 жыл бұрын

Ghanaian Kaklow would be an awesome video idea.

@go-away-5555

2 жыл бұрын

Matt Miller 😜 also watches Atomic Shrimp?! :o

@illustriouschin

2 жыл бұрын

Why didn't you comment on Babatunde's video?

*Afterthoughts & Addenda* I think there might actually be some creative value to this process - that is, reduce a recipe to a sketch, then give it to someone else who has never seen the desired result, and let them rebuild it based on that sketch, using their own imagination to fill in the gaps. I am aware that what I made is far from authentic, but I'm actually not at all unhappy with how it turned out.

@debbie4503

2 жыл бұрын

@Atomic Shrimp please will you make another Nonsense Scam Video? I watched the other one last night. Very Funny! 😆

@BobbyCarbonKJV

2 жыл бұрын

@@debbie4503 Atomic Shrimp is busy luring scammers into a trap with his delicious cooking. He's gotta give them scammers cause to let their guard down with his culinary delicacies.

@maslav_

2 жыл бұрын

There is a local Polish youtuber who does comedy and cooking trying something similar. He did a series of videos where he prepared the recipes from youtube tutorials in a foreign language without translation, trying to guess the ingredients and techniques used from the visuals alone.

@notthatcreativewithnames

2 жыл бұрын

Cooking telephone sounds like a great idea for multiple channel collaboration. (By "cooking telephone", I mean series of cooking in the style of the game "telephone", not cooking a telephone handset which probably has been done by some KZreadrs.)

@PabloBD

2 жыл бұрын

I found your version more appetizing

I just wanted to leave a comment to show support for this channel. It's so nice to see a genuinely nice and interesting person being their genuine self on social media. No sponsers or ads, no filters or photoshop ... just really wholesome content. I can't help but feel how much nicer the world would be, if we had more people like you in it. Have a beautiful weekend and take care :)

Okra is a fairly big ingredient in New Orleans style creole food (for cultural reasons I'm sure you can deduce easily) and it's often used as a soup thickener for things like gumbo. I, personally, enjoy the taste that the okra adds, but it adds its slimy quality to the soup/stew (varies by preparation how much liquid you serve it with) and I have texture issues with that. Wonderful video as always

@patricialavery8270

2 жыл бұрын

I love New Orleans type gumbo,I definitely saw the close resemblance to Babatunde's dish

@HalfbreedTrini

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I love the texture it gives to the meal. I’m hungry now

@Rick_Cleland

2 жыл бұрын

_Pigs can sniff out truffles with their snouts._

My wife makes palm oil from palm nuts. As you say it is local grown and not from deforested plantations. I even have some video clips of her making it if you are interested 😊

I love the idea of taking a traditional dish and adjusting to what you can source locally. Expand the dishes that we consider normal to eat! Carry on with the fantastic content 👌

I think its totally fine that its not authentic - you liked it, I learned some stuff, and it was entertaining. It might be fun to give it a go again now that you know the end result.

We eat okra regularly in our house and is probably one of our most favourite vegetables. Have a go at frying the okra first, it adds a great flavour profile and will stop the okra from making your dish slimy, just fry up with a pinch of salt, maybe some garlic toward the end and add to your dish towards the end of the cooking process.

@peterclarke7240

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking... I'd have bunged it in with the onion and bacon (and a bit of garlic, as you say) to fry off some of the liquid in the okra... But my only experience of Okra is in Bhindi Bhaji, and I've always assumed that was the right way to cook it, and I always treat it like courgette, which always tastes better if you fry or sauté it first.

In Konkan region of India we do something similar. We add dried fish or dried shrimp to vegetables like okra, egg plant, bell peppers

On the price of Okra in UK vs Nigeria, I wanted to add that Okra is also very inexpensive here in the US, because we grow it here in several states. Ours looks more similar to yours than Babatunde's- long and thin and similar in hue, sometimes a few shades paler. It's commonly cut into short pieces, breaded and fried (absolutely delicious) or cut up and put into soups such as gumbo.

We (primarily Southern Americans) eat black-eyed peas with okra, without scotch bonnets (hot sauce is added at table, if you like) Add the okra whole or cut in half (that way yours peas aren't "snotty")- side plate of sliced tomatoes and onions, add some cornbread, and ice tea. Fried okra is wonderful too ; )

@ShellyS2060

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a dinner my Granny made. Great, now I'm craving okra, and it's not in season yet... 😀

@p1x3lman

2 жыл бұрын

duly noted. i just bought some okra even though i don't really know what to do with it. cheers mate!

Stockfish always brings back memories of my grandfather drying haddock under the garage roof, in the fishing villages around here that was always the tradition. Cod for exports such as salted or stockfish and haddock for own consumption. I'm always amazed to see how far this ingredient has reached from the north Atlantic and gotten ingrained in food culture around the world.

@gavind351

2 жыл бұрын

When it comes to fish, catfish reminds my mom of hiding in a corner out of fear because my uncle really liked catfish so my grandpap would take a nailed board and slam their heads on it. For those who don't know, when catfish are killed, they scream.

@WaddedBliss

2 жыл бұрын

Just been reading about stockfish. Do you know how a Scandinavian/North Scottish product came to be used in Africa?

@demmidemmi

2 жыл бұрын

@@WaddedBliss don't know exactly lt, but since it was made too store for a long time and thus got used on ships for long voyages. It makes sense that it made its way all over with those ships and probably got shipped in quantities to colonies around the world.

@demmidemmi

2 жыл бұрын

@@gavind351 that confirms my theory that catfish are actually aliens, how can fish scream 😂

@WaddedBliss

2 жыл бұрын

@@demmidemmi Similar to salt cod.

you should try some fried okra with your leftover okra. it is a staple side here almost any restaurant has it on the menu. our climate is very similar to Africa's and came to America with the slave trade. John Townsends and sons have a great recipe similar to this made at Mount Vernon the estate of Gorge Washington and now historic site. They used catfish as it was a surplus fish from their fish barreling operation there. These barrels of fish were actually sold to British traders completing the Triangle trade of the time.

@doubtful_seer

2 жыл бұрын

God I love fried okra. It gets rid of some of the sliminess and just tastes awesome.

Hi Mike, Carotino's "Healthier Cooking Oil" is a blend of red palm oil and r'seed oil and claims to be ethically and sustainably sourced. Available in most UK supermarkets and is quite reasonably priced :)

I had my first experiences with Okra when I moved to Georgia (US) as a kid. It took a little getting used to but now it's a staple in my garden. I really enjoyed this format with the basic recipe, looking forward to what you guys come up with next.

These collabs always bring a smile to my face.

Love this collab and the results of both soups. I've always thought chefs, or at least cooking show/book chefs, get too hung up on what is the proper form of classic dishes. It stifles the creativity of home cooks. Looking forward to more of these recipe adventures.

i could watch you cook toast and still be entertained great content

@michaelkobylko2969

2 жыл бұрын

His Marmite and muffin/crumpet videos weren't far off that!

@cry_g8960

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelkobylko2969 gonna have to watch that now

8:27 I made a comment over at Babatunde's about exactly that. I asked him if maybe it was because of the way it is eaten. You two have me drooling all over every time you do a collab!

Decided to go back through all your videos before this video. Watching your videos a second time a year+ later is even better than watching it the first time. Appreciate your continued hard work in creating free content about your life.

Try Okra battered and fried. It's my favorite way of having it. Some folks 'round here also put it in gumbos.

Looks great. If I can find everything I need at the store today, then I know what I'm having for dinner

I love Okra, I always make it with small pieces of lamb inside the soup and eat it with bread.

I'd love to see you try to create Tremblett's Pie, which you invented in Let's Try A Series Of Rambling Diversions.

okra is quite affordable in the philippines too - just boiling it and having it with soy sauce is a good snack or even added as a side in meals

@ShellyS2060

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds really good!

@jeffreyau9751

2 жыл бұрын

Not from the Phil, but I've learnt to love it with Datu Puti and chillies!

you ought to put some okra in your garden, it grows like wildfire and the flowers are b e a u t i f u l

It looks so good. My grandfather always grew okra. He would batter and fry it - delicious.

Yesssss. I thought you'd forgotten about this!!

Interesting recipe. After watching Babatunde's version, i'd still taste both

If you have never tried fried okra, you must! It is fabulous! Thanks for the soup recipe. You can also make the soup without all the fish and it's quite different and delicious. And bonus, no slime.

I prefer my okra pickled. I've never eaten okra stew, but I love meat stew served over mashed cauliflower. That meat has been clam or fish chowder, too. Thank you for trying this! I think it's perfectly acceptable to use what you have. Also, bonito flakes are dried fish, too, and delicious.

8:20 Ooooooh. Soup here (Jamaica) has got to be thick too. Maybe not stew thick but definitely much thicker than anything I ever got in the US. We actually add things specifically to thicken the soup.

@angelawat98

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, especially pumpkin

Different cuisines seem, to me, to have different definitions for what qualifies as a soup. In Thai, for example, "soup" and "curry" are under the same category, only differ by the creaminess or fattiness. "Soup" or "tom" (lit. boiled) or "kaeng chuet" (lit. non-spicy curry) dishes are thinner and less fatty, while "curry" or "kaeng" (lit. curry) are thicker and contain higher amount of coconut milk. However, "kaeng pa" (lit. wild curry) does not feature coconut milk but instead uses oil, and its appearance is similar to the okra soup in the video.

Americans in the south use a lot of okra. You should try pickled okra.

I find your videos very informative and relaxing. Thank you 😊

Fried okra is one of my absolute favorite side dishes. I've never had okra soup tho. The closest thing I've had is my grandmother's stewed okra which is served without the broth. I think okra is kind of an old person's food, at least in the US.

@derekp6636

2 жыл бұрын

eh also popular in the south, we deep fry it a bunch though too! Gumbo and some other cajun dishes are pretty good with okra in em. Gotta make sure you pick them small though so the veins are tender

@t_ylr

2 жыл бұрын

@@derekp6636 yeah my Grandma is originally from Lake Charles haha

@t_ylr

2 жыл бұрын

@@Felpies that's probably a universal thing cause back in the day people cooked things from scratch more.

That looks so good, I would eat that in a flash and enjoy every spoonful.

That sounds and looks tasty. Also, I love your soup spoon, Mike.

I enjoy your recipe swaps, the soup looked very flavourful. Thanks for sharing.

True authenticity, adding in the Nigerian background noise... You are some man for one man, Shrimp.

A standard southern US recipe is okra and tomatoes. There are plenty of recipes around. There are even canned versions here.

It looks delicious. Also, I love this idea for a collab!

Love okra and peanut soup! I think the sliminess of okra is another thing you just grow up with. This series is absolutely one of my favorites.

That looks absolutely delicious

So many ingredients I've never used. Some I've never heard of. Thanks for showing how it's done.

I used to hate okra but as I've gotten older I enjoy it. When I go out for an Asian meal I have them as I side order and every once in a while l make an okra curry.

this was a enjoyable interesting change for this type of video

This looks amazing. I really need to try it, Nigerian cuisine is so good. I love salt fish!

My eyes started watering, and even stinging a tiny bit, when you blending the pepper! Pavlovian responses are funny things...

I always love seeing these collaboration videos - thank you for making them. WIll you ever do a similar thing with other foods from different cultures?

@jensgoerke3819

2 жыл бұрын

I guess someone from another culture with the right set of skills and personality would need to approach Mr Mike and offer their collaboration. If both sides "hit it off" we might see some sample videos.

i love these collab videos! keep them coming please :)

That looks like a perfect fall soup. Okra is pretty nice, I hope it becomes more common around here.

It's always good to get as close to authentic as you possibly can, but the main thing is just learning about and appreciating another culture. I doubt any Nigerians will be mad about substitutions, probably delighted to see an Englishman making one of their favourite dishes. If I saw a video of a Nigerian trying to make something traditionally Australian (like a Lamington or a Pav), then I wouldn't be offended, I would be absolutely delighted and happy to see someone on the other side of the world trying to learn about my country and my culture.

...man that looks good, may have to try that soon!

We eat a lot of okra in Brazil, too. Chicken and okra stew is one of my favorite dishes. Kinda hard to make properly, though. They tend to secrete some nasty stuff when not prepared correctly. Absolutely delicious though! Makes me miss my mother in law. Bahahahaha!

Thank you for showing me the Infinite basil conveyor. 2 weeks ago I put my first cuttings in a cup of water, tomorrow I will plant them. That also made me research how to properly grow basil and even the original plant from supermarket looks much healthier than ever before after proper water and fertilizer schedule.

I really want to try this, it looks really nice.

I am from Louisiana and we eat a lot of Okra here - mainly stewed down with tomatoes or in our famous Cajun dish, Gumbo. The sliminess reduces over time as you cook down okra if it's off-putting to you, but as someone who grew up eating it, I don't mind it at all. I see a lot of people online who really can't wrap their heads around it, but we love it :)

Turns out the video was the perfect length to watch while eating a bowl of creamy corn-and-canned-tuna chowder. Now I want to try this soup some time. I've cooked middle eastern-style okra stew several times before, but the combination with fish sounds interesting.

These are always so interesting!

My mouth was watering!

I have to say the idea of ​​cooking a foreign recipe that you neither know how it should look like nor how it should taste is fascinating. Maybe it's a bit like the old days, when people haven't traveled that much and so far, but recipes for foreign dishes were already in circulation. For the fact that you had no idea what you were cooking, I think the result is passable. And you enjoyed it on top of that. ... and I finally have to find these fabulous Scotch Bonnets here in Germany, I really want to know how spicy they are!

Fantastic fusion🤩

Okra Soup (Collaboration with Africa Everyday) "Mistakes were made" And i simply bursted out laughting. You do have a way of life.. Love you man.

Is it a soup? Is it a stew? I've definitely produced meals "somewhere on the soup-stew continuum" and I don't think there's value in trying to tie things down further than that.

@curlygurly2112

2 жыл бұрын

stoup

@ahandsomefridge

2 жыл бұрын

I for one cooked up a very tasty chili-soup-stew this week. That is to say: it started out rather soupy but at day 5 (I made a *lot*) it was definitely more of a stew.

@juliecobbina2024

2 жыл бұрын

In west Africa soup can be a heavy meal with various meats and vegetables. Not a spoon job either .

Atomic Shrimp :the stock cube has a lot of salt, the stock and the sardines also have a lot of salt Idiot in comment section : YoU DidN't AdD SalT

@ShellyS2060

2 жыл бұрын

😀 see pinned comment

You are very interesting and creative! I’ve really enjoyed your channel and your collaboration is so awesome

sounds delicious to me. okra in soup is always delicious! really ought to make some okra and catfish gumbo soon.

Looks delicious & very yummy looking 😋

I’m not big on very fishy dishes but that looks amazing. Another success!

Okra is rarely seen in Australian supermarkets, but I will try these recipes when I can obtain some. So often, we miss out on wonderful food because we haven't grown up with it and are not willing to step out of our comfort zone. I love soup made from Jerusalem artichokes. Most people "don't like it". This comment usually comes from people who haven't tried it. Funny how we don't like things that we have never tasted....😝🤔. Thank you for your videos. I learn so much from them. Also the recipes from Africa Everyday. He is a lovely person that we would never have been aware of, but for you. Greetings from Dimboola in Victoria, Australia.

So it gave me opportunity to look at the etymology of the word soup. It seems it covers broth and stew, but one important point is the starch (bread, rice, pasta...) and the fact that it is the first dish of the meal. Basil sounded a strange choice, but glad it worked!

Okra has a tendency to be slimy when it’s cut. And the longer it sits cut open, the slimier it will be. So, the best way to prevent the unwanted texture is to slice it just before eating or cooking. Best as Fried Okra or pickled okra (whole okra, not sliced). :)

@PandemoniumMeltDown

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice :)

That colour is gorgeous. Reminds me of a good sofrito.

Okra loses its slime when you chop it (as you did), bread it and fry it. I also like pickled okra more than cucumber pickles. Now I'm craving both.

I love pickled okra. Would love to try this

I used to have "Bhindi Bahji" when having a curry, which is made from Okra, and always loved it. I think its flavour is helped by a spicy sauce, although some fry it and that would be an interesting thing to try someday.

Here in the US South where African cuisine has collided with French and Spanish cooking, the equivalent soup/stew is gumbo. It would have andouille sausage instead of bacon, and fresh seafood instead of dried; it would start with a dark roux - and I’ve never seen it made with sardines - but a hefty pile of basil might be an excellent addition. The mucilage from the okra does indeed serve as a thickener and contributes a beautiful silky texture.

You and babatunde always make me hungry

Looks yummy!

Looks delicious

Fried Okra YUMMY! 😋

I love the bird table cloth.

Hello, I was wondering, is okra grown in a green hous in the UK or can it be grown outside? I live in the southern US and it grows like crazy here. Thanks I thought it looked like a very nice soup

Here in the U.S. they sell jars of pickled okra (dill I think) and it is very tasty. (Not a fan of okra in much else). That soup looks interesting, but I immediately thought it might be a lot nicer over rice.

😂 I don't even eat fish ever, and yet want to try that! Fantastic job as always!

The stickiness is just a starch. It really cooks up well.

Wow this was pretty cool 😎

This takes me back to Westfall grinding agony

@LazyLifeIFreak

2 жыл бұрын

Goddamn Murloc eyes and their terrible drop rates :/

You need a trip to Wolverhampton. Loads of salt fish in the Jamaican shops and cheap okra in the Indian supermarkets, along with huge packs of spices, weird and wonderful veg and Indian beer and Whisky to wash it down. Actually that would be an interesting challenge.

I LOVE your channel. Your voice is very soothing. I've learned tons of things from you. In USA okra soup is called gumbo and is also the basis for Jambalaya. There are 1,000s of recipes. Louisiana is ground zero for this dish. Hank Williams Senior wrote a song about it. LOL

Dried crayfish looks a lot like dried baby shrimp, a common flavoring ingredient in China (and I assume other parts of east Asia). They go great with eggs or stir fried vegetables.

In the American South, okra is eaten often. In my house it's always cut it into rounds and pan fried with green tomatoes until crispy. Never cared for the sliminess of it myself, but when cooked thoroughly, that particular textural element thankfully disappears.

Very appetizing !1

Never would have thought fish and bacon would go well together. Still very interesting. 👍

That doesn't seem half bad. The Babatunde dish is something I couldn't eat.

This comment is off topic (although I enjoyed the video!) I wanted to post an idea for a limited budget food challenge, this is only an idea so the rules aren't perfect and if this idea is somehow considered, rules and guidelines can be altered. It's called the Tin Can Challenge 2 days - 6 meals - 1 person Total budget - £8 (after doing some research I found this budget would be feasible but also create a challenge) Only food packaged in a can (of any size or shape) is permitted Each meal must use (at a minimum) the contents of 1 can and 1 raw ingredient Using the same can for different meals is allowed, but repeating a meal is not Raw ingredients: To make the challenge interesting you are also allowed raw ingredients. The budget for these items must be less than £4 and it comes out of the total £8 budget. This means you have some independent freedom within the budget. Sticking within the rules In this definition a raw ingredient is something than cannot be broken down into separate ingredients further. Fruit, veg, flour etc. Bread, pasta anything with spices, seasoning is not allowed. I think it also provides a contrast from things quite heavily produced to something that can be pulled out of the ground. Water, kitchen facilities, vehicular transport are all allowed I will leave foraging, and other kitchen cupboard ingredients to you Again this is only an idea from my head, but I think it's an interesting one. Especially seen as you have a weird stuff in a can series

....for an on the fly riff on a recipe that looks pretty good.

i bought once red palm oil from an asien market and it was organic harvest it was one of the best oils i ever tasted