In article >,
Vicky Conlan > wrote:
>According to >:
>>I'm apparently vegetably-challenged.....what kind of vegetable are lady
>>fingers?
>
>Otherwise known as okra, I think. I've not tried it, as far as I'm aware.
>I got the impression it went a bit slimey when cooked, which has put me off
>so far.

Me too. Boiled okra creates unbelievable quantities of mucus that
dribbles off like the stringy slime in a Hollywood alien creature
film. I get nauseous just looking at it.

*Fried* okra, on the other hand, is palatable.
-A