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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
Okra!
I've been living up north so long that I forgot that it even exists! Up here it costs about as much as a small steak.  When I do buy enough for myself (wife thinks that it's (small) ok) it usually totals about $10 or more.
I've made entire meals out of okra. Living in Florida it even grew along the road like a weed.
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Yuck!!! Oh, wait. I thought you said Oprah. Never mind.
I grew up on black-eyed peas "flavored" with okra. If you boil it long enough, the okra becomes a slimy, tasteless string thing that you have to try to eat around. The other option was to fry it in which case it tastes just like everything else you fry. Recently, I had a Mediterranean dish with okra, tomatoes, and a little lamb for added flavor. The okra was fairly firm, not slimy at all, and tasted great. Who knew?