Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
You can add it to soup and gumbo only if you were born in the south or have a strong stomach and the ability to eat slime. The only way for Yankees and the weak stomached to eat okra is to bread it and fry it.
A major word of caution --- never ever ever cook with tomatoes because it will look like what happens when you get hit in the nose by a line drive.
Now I am born and bred southern, Born and raised in Florida,a Georgia transplant for 3 1/2 yrs. I guess maybe you have to be if you love Tomatoes and Okra.. :shock: :lol: :lol: Because I do :shock: and love them boiled with bacon drippings :shock: :lol: Love them cornmeal breaded and fryed also tomatoes. Nothing like okra and tomatoes over white rice. :lol: :lol: When I cook them together then look at and smell them My family's mouth's always watered and come running to see them they are done. We never thought they looked like what happens when you get hit in the nose by a line drive. :lol: :lol: I do love that describtion.
But then I guess you have to be SOUTHERN BORN.. OH I DO LOVE THIS!!!! :lol: :lol:
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