This post is out of sequence and overdue but I thought I woyld post it anyway. This post is O for Okra.
The photo is of the flower of the okra plant. Its quite a lovely flower. The green buds behind it are very young okra pods. I choose this as the subject because I have always wanted to photograph this flower.
Okra is a staple of caribbean cooking. I believe it also festures prominently in southern cooking from the US. It is a green pod, that may be 5-7 inches long , with scores of pink seeds inside. I have added a pic of the pod on the plant as well, for those of you who don't know the vegetable.
For us in Barbados it is particularly important because it is a central ingredient in our national dish- flying fish and cou-cou (we pronounce it kuh-coo). Okra is actually used to make the cou-cou, which is the starchy part of the meal, by combining it with cornmeal. You can't cou-cou witho
I don't like okra and will not eat it as a rule. I consider the texture to be slimy but I am in a small minority. Everyone else around me loves it. I do however love this flower.
oh it is pretty. Our neighbor grew it last year. We do eat it in the South but it's really not in much. Mainly people just do fried okra but it's not a huge deal around here I don't think. Never has been in our house or where we eat.
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