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Mary
 
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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> > > 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.
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> Okra wrote the book on slime.
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> When I worked in OKC for a couple years, I think I probably had 50
> people tell me, "Okra isn't slimey if it's cooked [right] [young]
> [properly] (take your choice)."
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> Folks? Okra wrote the book on slime. I had pounds of it deep fried
> and sauteed and fixed every which way for me to prove it wasn't slimey,
> and do you know what? Okra wrote the book on slime.
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> I feel about okra the way Barb feels about beets. That's how bad it
> is. I first had it when I was a youngster and lived in Miami - had
> more of it in Kentucky when I lived there in grade school - had pounds
> of it in OKC when I was an adult.
>
> Folks? Okra wrote the book on slime. There is no way to fix it that
> it isn't slimey.
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