critters & me in azusa, ca wrote:
> On Oct 8, 9:26 am, Bob Muncie > wrote:
>> critters & me in azusa, ca wrote:
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>>> On Oct 8, 7:58 am, Nancy2 > wrote:
>>>> On Oct 8, 7:04 am, "john royce" > wrote:
>>>>> What is the best way to cook Ockra (ladies fingers) so as to minimize the
>>>>> slimy texture?
>>>> It's "okra."
>>>> There is no way to de-slime it. Throw it in the compost.
>>>> N.
>>> yuck...almost as bad as nopalitos; sold in jars here in socal and is
>>> peeled cactus that is put into scrambled eggs. i guess it's an ethnic
>>> thing. and you have to be raised eating it in your family. i never
>>> could learn
>> I hope you haven't limited your future due to a non-appreciated offering.
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>> Even if jarred, I assume they would lose their sliminess if fried at a
>> high enough temp, or for long enough. I think it is likely the same way
>> with cactus.
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>> Please post back with some of your experimentation.
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>> Bob
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> i ate it 50 years ago, (at age 16) when married to the mexican
> husband, and once was enough. now hot stuff in general
> that is good; i'll eat any type of mexican food except nopalitos. i
> love menudo (when it is made correctly with lots of tripas and pata, &
> caldo (either chicken or beef).
>

I think eating those brains likely put holes in yours.

Nothing wrong with Mexican cooking. I love it myself.

But what does that have to do with Okra, and cooking it in ways that are
not slimy?

Bob