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19-Jul-2007, 08:09
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I love okra.  |
19-Jul-2007, 08:55
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Originally Posted by Tdol  I love okra. | Okra Winfrey? |
19-Jul-2007, 12:53
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Tdol--- "milk that had gone bad," that's hilarious. I think that's why I feel a little queasy about trying to make my own yogurt, although I enjoy eating it. It's okay if somebody else has presided over the spoiling process, but I don't want it happening in my kitchen.
Is rice pudding a dish that originated in another country, maybe India? |
19-Jul-2007, 14:22
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Originally Posted by blouen I have had a lot, thank you! We have various ways of cooking glutinous rice here, every town in the Philippines has it's own way. Imagine the Philippines having 7,107 islands, and many of those Islands have, at least, 10 towns, and each town has it's own version of cooking glutinous rice. How many do you have now? | I am a proud BULAKEñA and we are the capital of desserts made from glutinous rice!  |
19-Jul-2007, 21:16
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Originally Posted by Tdol I love okra. |
okra? I thought it's just a Filipino word and that we have an English word for it. |
19-Jul-2007, 21:42
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I thought it was an African word.
Mucilaginous pods, mmmm. |
19-Jul-2007, 21:50
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Originally Posted by Delmobile I thought it was an African word.
Mucilaginous pods, mmmm. | We use it too in the Philippines! We were thought that its English counterpart is "ladies fingers". |
19-Jul-2007, 22:21
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Mucilaginous severed fingers. Oh boy, I can't wait to get to the market and get me some of that. With rice!! |
19-Jul-2007, 23:07
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Originally Posted by Delmobile Mucilaginous severed fingers. Oh boy, I can't wait to get to the market and get me some of that. With rice!! | Try to get here in the Philippines, I'll give you a lot of it!  |
20-Jul-2007, 07:06
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We do say 'lady's finger' too , but okra is more commonly used. According to the Oxford Dictionary, it's a West African word. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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