Just fumbling around here during lunch and found this post...
makes me laugh to see so many people repulsed by okra
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I'm with Puddy...have always cherished the wonderful, "slimy" okra, used in all sorts of ways! Back where we used to live, we had to go without lots and lots of things, including food sometimes (why we moved away eventually), and okra was always one of the things that kept us going...easy to grow, easy to go to seed and save for next year...easy to keep, easy and versatile to cook...I think sometimes about all we had to eat was okra, greens, and pinto beans
...good thing I always did just like the stuff!
Anyway, I just found it kinda interesting that okra is one of those things that seems to turn so many people off...and...
Thanks, DianeR, for that yummy-looking recipe you linked...I think that one might end up on the groundhog(g)'s table this evening!!!
Sounds really good!
Oh...I always did love eggplant too...groundhubby thinks eggplant is "slimy"!