[Homestead] End of the season okra

VAN DELL JORDAN vdjor at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 26 18:58:04 EDT 2006


thx for the suggestion
If there is any garden next year okra will be in it.
Van Dell

--- SISU! <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
>   of all  of
> > the southern cultural traditions okra was one that
> didn't make it to
> > little dixie. Van Dell
> 
> 
> Which is why I posted it.  I know there are plenty
> of folks who have
> never grown or eaten okra, and those that have eaten
> it, usually have
> eaten it fried and liked it, or eaten it boiled or
> steamed and did not
> due to it's characteristic often slimy texture when
> prepared that way.
> Pickled okra is not slimy, and when I ate it raw it
> wasn't slimy,
> although I will say that the more I chewed it, the
> more slimy it
> seemed, so I took small bites and chewed 5 or 6
> times for the taste and
> then swallowed it.
> Van Dell, you are in mid northern Missouri, right? 
> If you can grow corn,
> you can grow okra.  It's really good for you and
> despite it's
> reputation, it's tasty and easy to grow, prepare,
> and can.  It also
> produces continuously, so those on a budget get
> their money's worth from
> a few okra plants.  Try it next year.
> 
> Bev
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