Fried okra is great. With cornmeal and lots of crisco. In my grandmother's cast iron skillet. None of this breaded stuff that you see offered by various eateries. The greasier the better. Sometimes the fried cornmeal is the best part...

Personally, I like my fried okra with a healthy serving of yellow squash that has been cooked down to a candy-like sweetness. And buttermilk scratch made biscuits, with molasses and butter mixed together as a sort of jelly to dip the biscuits into. And fried green tomatoes as well. And if I have to have some kind of meat, I'll reluctantly take a big slab of country ham that has enough salt to pickle my plate.

Yeah, I'll have some of that.