On Mon 18 Jul 2005 12:56:24p, OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article >, "Mary" >
> wrote:
>
>> "I-zheet M'drurz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Mary spaketh thusly:
>> >
>> > > Anyone hear the comic who said he ate so much okra as a child that
>> > > he couldn't keep his socks up?
>> >
>> > OK, anybody else who doesn't get it, raise your spatula...
>> >
>> > --
>>
>> Have you ever had fried okra? It is kind of like deep-fried
>> slime. Very slippery. It is almost as though southerners
>> were hard pressed to find something to deepfry and settled
>> for something that would hold its shape just long enough for the
>> batter to brown.
>>
>> ba boom!
>>
>>
>
> Sorry, but all of the deep fried, breaded, Okra I have had was not slimy.
> That is why they fix it that way. It gets RID of the slime!

Correct! However, if you don't really want fried okra, you can lightly
saute it in just a bit of oil or butter and then steam 'til tender.
Sauteing it first prevents it from being slimy.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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