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  • From: "SISU!" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] End of the season okra
  • Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:23:37 -0400



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
--
Bevanron in NW Georgia EarthNSky Farm 34.498N 85.076W
SISU! (Finnish--There is no single word in English that encompasses
all that sisu means, but it combines the following ideas: guts, pep,
determination, stubbornness, perseverance, hardiness, stamina, go, do,
nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit. It's like "Just Do It!" & "Go for It!")
GO NAVY!





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