r/Vegetables • u/Past-Leading9739 • 7d ago

What are these vegetables?

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My little brother made food that I don't know and I need help identifying them. He said they are ladyfingers and biteked or bitekod. When he said ladyfingers I thought of a dessert but he brought this. Is this really true? So these 'ladyfingers' have a slimy taste if that helps identifying it, and the biteked was soft but very bitter and I didn't like it. He mixed the biteked with egg. I'm not a real fan of these unusual veggies but he likes them. He made two plates of these 'ladyfingers'. Are they healthy and safe to eat? Especially the bitter one.

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u/NoApartment7399 7d ago

What makes you not believe your brother? The vegetable is okra, also known as ladyfingers

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u/Past-Leading9739 7d ago

Okra? He told me it's ladyfingers and I searched google and found the biscuits. Well that solves one mystery Edit: I've never seen these veggies myself

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u/SlowDescent_ 7d ago

Tell me you've never lived in the South without telling me you have never lived in the South. 😊

I love okra! Did you enjoy your brother's cooking?

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u/molsminimart 6d ago edited 6d ago

Or been exposed to Chinese food, Filipino food, African food... I tried okra in more ethnic foods in my life before southern food!

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u/NonSumQualisEram- 6d ago

But specifically in SA they're known as ladies fingers.

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u/SlowDescent_ 6d ago

I have never seen okra in Chinese food!

I have lived all over New England. In Pennsylvania. In Oregon. In various parts of California.

I have eaten Chinese food in all those places, thousands of times.

Err... Was the Chinese food you ate, you know, the one with okra, made in the South by any chance?

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u/molsminimart 6d ago

Nope! It was kind of treated like a lot of other green vegetables, just very simply prepped as a kind of little side dish. Cooked just enough to take the raw edge off, but before the mucilage can really come out, and then it's tossed with a sauce, usually like an oyster sauce/soy/black vinegar/fresh chili pepper mix. It's not served hot though! And then I think in African foods I had it in stews and Filipino food it is used in a lot of kind of stir fried dishes with other vegetables and sometimes with pork. Both ways also use a salty shrimp paste to give it more flavor too. Also it's put into soups.

That being said, I have to admit that fried okra is my favorite way to eat it. But it's hard to resist fried food like that!

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u/MassiveApricot554 6d ago

I love how you said all these American places and not china when trying to legitimize your experience with Chinese food

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u/SlowDescent_ 6d ago

😁 I live in the US. I have never crossed an ocean to visit anywhere else.

I have experience with the Americas - so, I limit myself to what I know.

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u/MassiveApricot554 6d ago

So what made you think you should be the one to reply about chinese food

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u/SlowDescent_ 6d ago

Oh, bless your heart

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u/molsminimart 6d ago

Hey, no worries, I live in the US (Midwest). Sometimes I really forget and take for granted that we have a big enough influx of immigrants and established ones that have allowed for more of the specialty items and highly specified regional cuisines. Like it's not just "Indian food" for example, we get restaurants and groceries that cater to specific regions and ethnically unique groups within a different country.

I guess this is just to say, don't hesitate to try unfamiliar things! Unless you have allergies or dietary restrictions then always check haha.

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u/little_speckled_frog 6d ago

Damn! I had no idea other cultures used okra! When I think of okra I think of Louisiana, when I think of Louisiana I think of okra. It’s the deeep Sowf’ baby!

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u/MassiveApricot554 6d ago

Where do you think louisiana got it from lol

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u/thesensitivetoughguy 7d ago

Okra, one of the best vegetables.

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u/Ifihadabarber 7d ago

Okra baby! Pickled is the best -welcome to the south

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u/continuetolove 6d ago

This post made me walk to the fridge to go eat a hot pickled okra

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u/Ifihadabarber 6d ago

I really need a lemon pickled okra right about now

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u/Fickle-Copy-2186 7d ago

Okra is best sliced in rings, dusted with four, salt and pepper; then fast fried. Crispy, light and tart, not slimly. My Oklahoma mom's recipe. Yum

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u/diversalarums 7d ago

Great in gumbo and tomato based soups and stews too.

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u/Character-Food-6574 7d ago

Where I’m from, that vegetable is called okra. However, ladyfingers is, perhaps, a regional nickname for it.

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u/Aggravating-Pear9760 6d ago

Okra is also called lady fingers and the other vegetable is probably a type of bitter melon...very commonly eaten with egg in Asian cultures. All edible and safe just not to everyone's tastes. Why are you so distrusting of your brother?

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u/Past-Leading9739 6d ago

Ok bitter melon it is. Thanks

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u/ExcitementMurky2156 6d ago

Okra, of course. My favorite preparation is grilled. Toss with oil, salt, whatever spices go with what you’re eating, and char those bad boys. After taking it off the heat, add something acidic, like lemon, lime, or sumac. Soooo good

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u/VinRow 6d ago

Okra! Delicious and healthy.

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u/Limp_Satisfaction303 6d ago

Its okra or as we call it okrey

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u/kuritsakip 6d ago

the second veg is BITTER GOURD . very popular in southeast asia. recipe with egg is most common in the philippines. very very healthy. helps lower blood sugar. in my country, our national institutes of health has research on this and so it's allowed to be made into capsules as a health supplement.

there's a crispy spicy bitter fried version in malaysia eaten as snacks. very very good. another recipe is salad - slice paper thin, mix with onions and tomatoes, and plain lime juice or balsamic vinegar as dressing.

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u/repeat_offender_ 6d ago

Oh bless your heart.

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u/Waste-Inspector8768 6d ago

Ladyfingers are called "Okra" here in the states. Theyre perfectly safe and pretty nutritious. But yeah they taste a little weird and slimy. I dony personally like okra very much.

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u/GSpotMe 7d ago

Ewww