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File freeze-dried Okra Snacks under weird

10:21 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 |  | 
Kim Pierce   E-mail   News tips

okra.jpgThis is one of the wierdest products I've ever seen at Whole Foods Market. I found it at the Lomo Alto store next to the packaged to-go foods case. The Okra Snack was one of several similarly dried and seasoned veggies, which also included Japanese pumpkin squash and carrots. I suspect they're fried and dehydrated a la ramen noodles because they're crackling crisp and the second ingredient after okra is non-hydrogenated palm oil.

I find myself caught in approach-avoidance with them. On the one hand, if you think of crisp okra that has the feel of potato chips, it's a kind of icky proposition. But then when you eat them - yes, I did this, just for you - they're actually kind of good. If I had a kid who didn't like veggies but would eat these, I'd buy 'em. Oh, and about that slime. It never really, really dehydrates completely away.




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Posted by OkraMan @ 11:27 AM Fri, May 02, 2008


These are a common Thai snack food. Go to some of the markets up in Garland and you can often find them there.




Posted by Phil @ 12:48 PM Sun, May 04, 2008


Did you try the carrots?




Posted by Kim Pierce @ 11:23 AM Mon, May 05, 2008


I did not try the carrots. I'm betting they'd be good.




Posted by Jef @ 11:51 AM Tue, May 06, 2008


I too was drawn in to buying these and found them surprisingly tasty. Would make a great substitute if you were craving fried okra.




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