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Okra
Topic Started: Mar 19 2016, 02:50 AM (188 Views)
Durgan
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Okra grows reasonably well in my area. I decided to see if it could be made palatable. This is my effort, which is more than acceptable.

http://durgan.org/2016/March%202016/17%20March%202016%20Okra/HTML/ 17 March 2016 Okra
Bought a package of okra ($4.99) and experimented with cooking. Cut off the stem end, cut into small pieces, steamed for about 12 minutes, sautéed with butter in frying pan and served. One method of preparation. Pictures depict the process.
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Durgan. Brantford, ON Canada Zone 5B
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Darcie
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IMHO there is absolutely no way that vile plant can be made palatable. Even looking at the picture makes me want to gag, it is so slimy.
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Trotsky
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I like okra but Bob finds it disgustingly slimy so I never make it.
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Durgan
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I just happen to have finished off my cooking effort of yesterday. I mixed the okra and chayote in the same bowl and nuked for one minute. It was absolutely delicious. There are several methods of cooking, but my system is a winner and is simple and quick.

The Chayote squash has a lot of merit and can be used raw or cooked. The slime of the okra is not objectionable in my opinion. But basically I am a garbage guts.
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Dana
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I add it to soups for flavour, one to a pot. Too much okra has a laxative effect for some.

Coastal summers here are too cool for growing okra but I am trying to grow them in the greenhouse. A smaller pot seems to work better than the larger size.
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Trotsky
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Too much okra has a laxative effect for some.


All that slime is soluble fiber, a very good laxative.
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