This whole thread has been quite amusing to me. Grew up in Tennessee I grew up eating boiled okra. Did not know there was any other way to eat it. When I went to college a friend of mine talked about fried okra. I had never heard of it. Asked my mom about it when I went home one weeek-end. She said why, of course you can fry okra. I love okra, fried, boiled, in soup, gumbo. JUst love it. Boiled okra is a true southern delicacy