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Unfortunately, that sliminess puts off many diners, but you can minimize it by buying small, fresh okra and by cooking it very briefly.  Okra's popular in the South, where they fry it in cornmeal, pickle... More »
Okra (also known as gumbo), is a tall-growing, warm-season, annual vegetable from the same family as hollyhock, rose of Sharon and hibiscus. The immature pods are used for soups, canning and stews or as a fried or boiled vegetable.
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Okra (pronounced /ˈoʊkrə/ , /ˈɒkrə/ ), known by many other names, is a flowering plant in the mallow family (along with such species as cotton, cocoa, and hibiscus), valued for it...
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Easy Gardening...Okra Sam Cotner and Dean McCraw, Extension Horticulturists; Texas Agricultural Extension Servic ... Okra is a warm season vegetable which grows well in most Texas soils. For good yields, okra must grow in full sunlight in a well drained, fertile soil.
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Okra is grown throughout North Carolina in home gardens and for commercial markets. It is a warm season crop that belongs to the cotton (Mallow) family and should not be planted until the soil has thoroughly warmed in the spring.
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Okra is a plant that produces an edible pod that is eaten as a vegetable. It originated in Africa, perhaps Ethiopia, and was brought to the Americas with the slave trade. The pods are green, have a ridged skin, and generally a narrow, tapering shape, although some can be almost round.
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Roselle, Aibika, & Kenaf (Other Edible Hibiscus); (Excerpts from "Okra, Roselle, Aibika and Kenaf From Seed To Supper") ... Okra, [OH-kruh] Hibiscus esculentus L. (syn. Abelmoschus esculentus) is of the Malvaceae or mallow family along with cotton, hollyhock, rose of Sharon and hibiscus. It is know by many names...
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