Record #:

22251

Author(s):

Hill, Corbie; Gotwals, Lissa [Photographer]

Abstract:

It's a different looking, small ribbed green pod that is edible. It's has a slimy-when-cooked-texture and might be the vegetable from another planet. But it has wound its way onto the palette of Southern eaters who devour it fried, raw, or in Brunswick stews and gumbos. It's okra!

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 3, Aug 2014, p114-118, 120, 122, il

Subject(s):

Okra