How does one describe okra?

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/28/05 at 11:55pm

Here I was trying to explain what fried okra is to one who has never stepped foot in the south. And I sucked at it! So my question is, how DOES one describe okra???

Updated On: 1/28/05 at 11:55 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/28/05 at 11:56pm

For some reason, this makes me laugh.

[bernadette88]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 12:12am

I dunno, but it is damn good stuff!

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 12:16am

I think so too! My favorite restaurant in Atlanta is called Agnes and Murial's. They have the best damn fried okra in the world. It has a nice little hot sauce over that is not too spicy but just right. And I'm trying to explain it to her but she just kept getting more confused!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 12:26am

And the most random thread of the day goes to..............Chrys!

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 12:29am

LOL! Really though, can't someone answer this question???

[Ellie3]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 12:38am

Um, greeny vegetabley stalky things that you put in soup and such?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 12:44am

I always thought okra seemed like skinny green peppers.

[Sally]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 12:53am

slimy, glutinous----not the fried version

[SmrtAss]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 1:11am

Okra is a green seed pod, usually 3 to 4 inches in length. The mucilaginous inside is good for thickening gumbo. The faint of heart prefer it sliced and fried, but lots of southerners like me love it stewed with tomatoes (and highly seasoned), or boiled and slurped, slime and all. Not many vegetables are as equally hated and revered as okra.

[wildcat]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 2:32am

I thought Okra was a very rich woman with her own talk show...

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 2:33am

Tee hee.

[Jon]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 11:21am

Slimy crap that ruins gumbo.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 11:28am

Delicious!

[Taryn]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 3:39pm

Disgusting. I'm glad I don't have to deal with fried okra anymore now that I've moved out of South Carolina. :P

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 4:06pm

i thought okra was a killer whale. and agnes & muriel's rocks.

[centerstage]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 5:14pm

At the risk of sounding very stupid, whats gumbo?

[centerstage]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 5:14pm

At the risk of sounding very stupid, whats gumbo?

[MaTakeALookAtMe]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 5:39pm

This is a funny thread. Okra is one of my favorite foods...but I have had trouble explaining it to outsiders..

[dancersmom2]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 6:20pm

Fried okra, done in the right way, is a delicious excuse to eat crispy, salty cornmeal bits deep-fried to perfection. The stuff under the cornmeal coating is secondary.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 6:21pm

Carefully

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/29/05 at 6:23pm

i must admit, i like well-prepared fried okra also

[DBillyP]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:10am

Nice one SmrtAss, but you forgot pickled...good stuff!

[beacon1]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:21pm

I tried it once. An unfortunately blind date experience at (good heavens) Cracker Barrel...it was icky (the okra)...and the date wasn't much better.

How many first dates have you had where the guy you just met wants to debate about sexual identity. I mean...how about a lighter topic before you try to get me happy and grope me in a parking lot.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:27pm

I guess it is sort of like a pepper. I wish I would have thought of that. I kept saying "It has little seeds inside and the outside is fuzzy kind of like a peach." Oh dear.