Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. okra on table - Nungning20/Shutterstock For the crime of slime, okra has been exiled from many kitchens. And even while okra's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Okra gets its slime from a substance called mucilage. Okra is one of those vegetables with a polarizing reputation. Whether you ...

Our vegetable garden just keeps on going and growing. Not everything of course. The summer’s heat was just too much for most of our favorites. A couple of the vegetables never got the message that the ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I enjoy a side of fried okra as much as the next ...

“Mucilaginous.” I remember the first time I heard that word. It was in reference to okra, the slimy green pod vegetable I grew up eating virtually every meal in the South. Before then, I had never ...

We are harvesting okra like mad right now! When the okra plant is at its peak, pods can be harvested practically everyday because they set on and grow so quickly. I love fried okra, it is a farm ...

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