[RonnyWil]

I had a friend that could not get her kids to eat okra. She flattened the whole pods and battered and fried them and told the kids they were little fish. They loved them.

I prefer my okra fried but I stopped using cornmeal. It just seems to hold too much oil. Now I dip the whole pods in buttermilk and roll them in flour with onion and garlic powders, salt and pepper and corn starch then deep fry. They are not as greasy and are really good!