SC - Okra

[Jasper Fieth]

Message is at the bottom, I include this for clarity...

> > Don't know what it is with you Yanks, serving boiled okra as a food. The
> > "slimyness" of boiled okra works wonders as a thickener for stews and
> > gumbos. If you wish to actually EAT okra, as opposed to thickening with it,
> > try frying it with sliced green tomatoes. Dredged in spiced corn meal or
> > flour, it's wonderful.
> 
> Speaking as one of the yankiest Yankees on this list, and one who likes
> okra in just about all forms, I should point out that A) okra is not the
> only way to thicken gumbo with the requisite mucilage, and B) that okra,
> be it boiled, fried, or in numerous other preparations, is quite popular
> all over the world, and the South is only one of several places where
> its inner mysteries are understood. But it does seem to be the case that
> one person's slime is another's glue, er, mucilage...
> 
> Adamantius
> ______________________________________
> Phil & Susan Troy
> troy at asan.com

Speaking as a Finn who has gagged on more forms of okra than I care to
relate, does anyone know how to deslime okra and/or make it edible? If
anyone cares to send any receipes for it they swear by, I'll duly try them
out... I'd love to make some okra people didn't refer to as "bait".

Esko Sola

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