critters & me in azusa, ca wrote:
> On Oct 8, 10:01 am, Bob Muncie > wrote:
>> critters & me in azusa, ca wrote:
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>>> On Oct 8, 9:26 am, Bob Muncie > wrote:
>>>> critters & me in azusa, ca wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>> 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.
>>>> Please post back with some of your experimentation.
>>>> Bob
>>> 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.
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>> Nothing wrong with Mexican cooking. I love it myself.
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>> But what does that have to do with Okra, and cooking it in ways that are
>> not slimy?
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>> Bob
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> it's the slime factor...rinsed or not rinsed. to my taste buds it's
> yuk.

Not saying you are wrong.. I also dislike them in their slimy stare. But
they do lose that sliminess if fried either in a skillet of in a deep
fryer.

To me, the flavor they have is worth making sure they are not slimy :-)

Bob