Pickled Okra

Okra was no doubt brought to the South some three hundred years ago by Ethiopian slaves, who alone knew how to cultivate it. Since non-Southerners generally have an aversion to (if not a horror of) the pods when they’re boiled to a viscous (okay, slimy) consistency, I’ve always said that the best indoctrination for these timid souls is either fried or pickled okra. Throughout the South (and especially in the Deep South), pickled okra is almost routine at cocktail parties, picnics, genteel b