[Redbaron]

Jennifer,

When I was a child there was ONLY ONLY one food I didn't like. Okra. Seriously. I was a veggie maniac. I love EVERTHING. Now it is true you can purposely cook something poorly or grow a spitter tomato variety and I won't like it. But cook it well and good variety and I liked it, everything.

Then I tried okra. BLEH Ruined my perfect record.

But years go by and slowly tastes change and okra is now one of my favorite veggies. I actually use that slime as an advantage as a thickening agent for things like gumbo.

I guess I should have been less a pickey eater as a child. All those years I missed out on one of the great veggies on the planet, just because I didn't know how to cook it properly.

I will be using that recipe. Thanks