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KarenS

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3. personally I don't like it,,,

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:18 AM

Apr 2022

only fried and then not so much

it is one of those foods that once I moved out of my parents house, I never had to eat again.

but different strokes, ya know?

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I like okra. Am I weird? [View all] CTyankee Apr 2022 OP

I like it too. In all its permutations. dhol82 Apr 2022 #1

I agree OLDMDDEM Apr 2022 #2

personally I don't like it,,, KarenS Apr 2022 #3

I LOVE okra! jmbar2 Apr 2022 #4

with the stem part cut off? CTyankee Apr 2022 #6

I leave the stem on, and just bite the rest off. Keeps it from getting slimy. jmbar2 Apr 2022 #20

I like fried okra. I will pass on the boiled okra. Grandfather ate pickled okra. Thomas Hurt Apr 2022 #5

pickled okra? Ohio Joe Apr 2022 #10

I love it fried with cornmeal coating nt XanaDUer2 Apr 2022 #7

Okra has nothing to do with it. You're weird. MissMillie Apr 2022 #8

I live in New Orleans and I hate it. zuul Apr 2022 #9

Okra lover here.... you are not weird... secondwind Apr 2022 #11

I love okra! Bayard Apr 2022 #12

I like sauted or fried okra jfz9580m Apr 2022 #13

YES!!!! niyad Apr 2022 #14

Boiled, plain Okra is a big no. mn9driver Apr 2022 #15

No problem with boiled okra. Eugene Apr 2022 #16

I like it and have it a couple times a week Marthe48 Apr 2022 #17

I figure it was something easily grown in Texas and poorer folks could grow it. I see it is now CTyankee Apr 2022 #23

okra is delicious jcgoldie Apr 2022 #18

I love fried okra! CJW Apr 2022 #19

I also like okra in its various... 3catwoman3 Apr 2022 #21

Rolled in cornmeal and flour and then fried to almost a crisp! Laffy Kat Apr 2022 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Apr 2022 #24

So do I malaise Apr 2022 #25

I like it rolled in cornmeal and deep fried. Elessar Zappa Apr 2022 #26

Hard to come by here in the far north, but when it does show up, sarge43 Apr 2022 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2022 #28

Oh, I'm still here, but I miss my okra (hubby won't eat it, being from Wisconsin and all) CTyankee Apr 2022 #33

I don't like it LeftInTX Apr 2022 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Apr 2022 #30

I like it too and I am a dyed-in-the-wool northeasterner. smirkymonkey Apr 2022 #31

It has to be fried for me, same with zucchini. Emile Apr 2022 #32

CTyankee.... Upthevibe Apr 2022 #34

To each his or her own. For my part, I'd have no problem sending the entire okra crop to Russia. NNadir Apr 2022 #35

We Like It, Too ProfessorGAC Apr 2022 #36

CTyankee.... Upthevibe Apr 2022 #37

Okra is easy and nice to grow, makes nice flowers than open and close and PufPuf23 Apr 2022 #38