Okra is amazing. You never really know the greatest of it, unless you’re in the south and grow up with it.
Fried okra alone with some ranch? Amazing
Okra with your fried steak and mash potatoes? Amazing
Okra with a side of hush puppies and cottage cheese? Amazing
So many options really. Throw it in the oven for a great snack. Healthy all around. Believe in Okra. It’s here to save the planet and I’m here for it.
They make pretty flowers too.Counterpoint: one piece of slimy okra from someone who didn’t know how to cook it will turn you off to it forever (in my case at least)
how do u cook it right? i wanna try it now
I found this on the german Wikipedia article (but not on the English one) to Okra but was to lazzy to translate it all so Deepl took over.
"When cooked, the pod releases pectin, a slimy substance that is suitable for thickening dishes. If you want to do without it, you can either blanch the okras in vinegar water for five minutes (first cut off the tip and remove the stem) and then rinse with cold water or soak them in cold lemon water for one to two hours before processing.
Another method of cooking the pods without producing mucilage is to cut off the stem only enough to leave the pod intact (or leave the stem intact) and cook the okras in the oven only until they are soft. They can then be mixed with other cooked vegetables, for example. The classic way is to mix the cooked pods with tomato sauce and garlic. "
You can’t. It’s always disgusting.
It’s a staple vegetable in Asia. Not its fault you never tried it cooked correctly.
You had me at fried okra 😋 but lost me at ranch 😣
Proper homemade ranch, not that nasty Hidden Valley shit. It’s pretty great.
I’m guessing by the recipes you mean Southern USA. I thought okra was from somewhere in Asia, but Wikipedia tells me it’s from East Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea and “East Sudan” - which is kinda funny as there’s a Sudan and South Sudan).
In Asia, there’s what’s called Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai okra, but those are actually in a completely different plant family than actual okra and closely related to squash. If picked while immature, they’re said to taste similar to actual okra. You can find them in Asian markets. They’re in the luffa genius and if fully grown, they’re used like sponges for scrubbing.
Boil it, mash it, stick it in a stew.
I love okra, but my wife hates it. This article will by no means be used to influence one side of that debate.
My siblings and I would occasionally eat raw okra from our garden growing up. They’re covered in fuzz that is really soft when they’re small, and it’s quite a weird texture experience with slimy ball-bearing-like seeds on the inside lol
This article has made me realize it has been way too long since I last had gumbo or jumbalaya or any good homemade southern cooking. :(
My grandmother made the best okra gumbo. Haven’t found anything like it since. Damn. It’s not cold outside but I want some good okra gumbo now lol
Now the world will have to start reacting to Micro-Okra in the water? When will this end‽
I hate articles like this because if it gets popular soon health influencers will be telling everyone that eating okra and fenugreek will cure all diseases or that taking some proprietary okra/fenugreek supplement will cure all diseases.
That’s very nice of them
I fucking LOVE okra and I’m glad to see that it’s even good at other things than me turning it into the most delicious, crispy and nutritious snack you’ve ever had. When you cook them right like we do down south (yeee-haw!), they’ll never be slimy like that shit you get in the freezer section at a grocery store.
I got 8 okra stalks just coming up in my garden that will yield me many, many pounds of okra throughout this summer.
Are you anywhere near VA? I need yo to cook me some okra so I can find out what it’s like not slimy.
Nah man okra still nasty
Glad to know okra is good for SOMETHING. lol.
