Originally Posted by
ladydukes
Debbie JJ, I LOVE okra...both fried or boiled, or in gumbo. We moved to WA state in 2009, and cannot for the life of me find fresh okra. No one here likes it, or so I'm told. I think in the five years we've been here, I found fresh okra one time at an outside fruit/vegetable stand. So, when we travel to TX during summer months, I eat all I can, well...I try! We plan to move back to TX when our house sells, and when we do, we are planting OKRA!
My guess as to why you don't find fresh okra in WA is it doesn't get hot enough for it to grow. Okra likes the heat of TX. I love a mess of pan fried okra.