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[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 28 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Okra is the most unpleasant vegetable I ever did eat

But if it helps save the world, it'll have my eternal respect.

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Fried okra is too damn good. The best tasting way to eat it.

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

They're pretty good batter fried. Good for stew too if used appropriately, too much okra can make the stew boogery in texture

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even in Creole dishes? Or Southern fried?

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't know. The only Okra I ever ate was the one my mother made when I was a teen. And it was slimy and gooey and got my autism going crazy.

Nowadays I don't eat dishes that have it, or do but push it aside.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Shouldn't be slimy and gooey when prepared well. Sounds like a cooking fail.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In my culture, properly cooking okra is a rite of passage/test of a good homemaker (I hate that word). Kind of as a difficult task to separate the men from the boys. (Well not specifically men and boys. You know what I mean.) It reflects on how you were taught to cook and manage a household as well, so it’s a test of the household you came from, in a way.

Simultaneously, okra occupies the same cultural context that my child self saw for broccoli in western cartoons. The unpleasant vegetable your mom makes you eat. Only I never found broccoli to be foul at all, and my parents don’t like okra so I never had to eat it lol

[–] nerv@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How about a good enough cook? Because knowing how to cook without trashing the kitchen in process is a feat worthy of respect. Took me a few years to achieve.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think I was being obvious about holding my nose and using outdated words to imply my own distaste for how it’s still thought of around me.

[–] nerv@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I just suggested a more neutral expression, for future use. That expression doesn't have an equivalent in my language but I understood your words. Carrying around bagage of that sort just weighs us down; I went through a similar situation in my life and it was not pleasant.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You just didnt have good okra then! Good chef can easily control the goeiness and other attributes.

My favorite take is simply young quality fruits on a skewer grilled on low heat with butter, salt and chilly and its absolutely delicious. It's very big in China especially with sichuan chily flakes.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

Man when you're talking about the "goeiness" of a vegetable, I can see how a lot of people would be turned off by it.