Gloria wrote:

> I just watched Alton Brown's episode on okra.
>
> It's a pretty plant/flower but watching what he cooked didn't make me want
> to try it again. I've had it pickled which wasn't bad, but the
> texture of cooked okra is...strange.

It's worthwhile googling some of the things modom used to write about okra:

http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...tho r%3Amodom

I'm a bit surprised that this thread didn't draw him out of the woodwork!

Bob