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Subject: Morrison's tomato aspic and stewed Okra From: Edwin Date: 3/13/2020, 3:59 PM To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com On 3/13/2020 11:38 AM, Edwin wrote: I saw your list of recipes on the website but sadly nothing on my two favorites from Morrison – stewed okra and tomato aspic. Any luck on those Edwin
Hello Edwin,
Below are what I have for those dishes. I wondered if they served "tomato aspic and stewed okra" as a single, combined dish, but I could not find any evidence of this. I never noticed - aspic and okra are not my cup of tea.
There are two okra recipes - one for fresh okra and one for frozen. However, they are quite different, the fresh one using bacon grease and the frozen one using stock.
These are food service recipes, and therefore they make large quantities. Perhaps you can figure out how to cut them down for home use.
* I was not able to find out how many ounces are specifically in a #10 tomato juice can. However the average amount of any product in a #10 can is given as 109 ounces.
** #200 or "full-size" steam table pan's capacity is 346 ounces.
*** No details given on stock. Probably leftover stock from roasting beef. They saved and froze stock from roasting beef for use in other dishes.
Phaed
Tomato Aspic Tomato Juice 1 #10 can* Parsley 1 oz Celery 4 ozs Bell Peppers 4 ozs Onions 8 ozs Salt 1/4 oz Sugar 1/4 oz Tabasco 3 drops Lea & Perrins 1 1/2 ozs Bouillon cubes 2 Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Let simmer 5 minutes. Remove the above from heat. Strain. Gelatin 2 1/2 ozs Enough Water to dissolve Add dissolved gelatin to mixture. Pour into molds and congeal (let set) ------------------------------------------------------- Okra Bacon ends 1/2 lb Fry bacon to get meat grease. Fresh okra 15 lbs Water 1 qt. Salt 1 1/2 Tbsp Pepper 1 Tbsp Put grease and okra in roasting pan. Cook in oven until done. (450 degrees F.) -------------------------------------------------------- Okra #2 Frozen Okra 8 lbs for #200 steamtable pan** 4 lbs for 1/2 #200 pan; 3 lbs for #160 pan Arrange in steamtable pan while still frozen. This is done so as not to handle but once. Fill pan with stock*** to one inch deep. Cover and steam 35 minutes. Do not boil. Season with one ounce of salt for each 3 pounds of okra; add 2 ounces margarine or butter. Cover. Keep hot and let stand 5 minutes before serving. *** No details given on stock. Probably leftover stock from roasting beef.
James sent this recipe from his different version of the Morrison's Kitchen Manual.
Phaed
Morrison’s Okra (Frozen whole) Yield: 50 servings/portion 6-7 pods 1/2 #200 steam pan 10 lbs frozen whole okra 2 oz. bacon base 1 1/2 quarts bacon stock 1 1/2 oz salt 4 oz. oleo, melted Arrange okra in two steam pans. This is done so as not to handle twice. Add raw base to stock. Use stock to cover pan one inch deep. Cover and steam for 12 minutes. Do not boil. Add salt, one tbsp per pan. Add oleo and cover. Keep hot and let stand 5 minutes before serving.