Okra and fenugreek extracts remove most microplastics from water, finds research
Okra and fenugreek extracts remove most microplastics from water, finds research
The substances behind the slimy strings from okra and the gel from fenugreek seeds could trap microplastics better than a commonly used synthetic polymer. Previously, researchers proposed using these sticky natural polymers to clean up water. Now, they report in ACS Omega that okra and/or fenugreek ...
If you rather read the research paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.4c07476
Okra is amazing. You never really know the greatest of it, unless you're in the south and grow up with it.
Fried okra alone with some ranch? Amazing
Okra with your fried steak and mash potatoes? Amazing
Okra with a side of hush puppies and cottage cheese? Amazing
So many options really. Throw it in the oven for a great snack. Healthy all around. Believe in Okra. It's here to save the planet and I'm here for it.
They make pretty flowers too.I'm guessing by the recipes you mean Southern USA. I thought okra was from somewhere in Asia, but Wikipedia tells me it's from East Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea and "East Sudan" - which is kinda funny as there's a Sudan and South Sudan).
In Asia, there's what's called Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai okra, but those are actually in a completely different plant family than actual okra and closely related to squash. If picked while immature, they're said to taste similar to actual okra. You can find them in Asian markets. They're in the luffa genius and if fully grown, they're used like sponges for scrubbing.
You had me at fried okra 😋 but lost me at ranch 😣
Proper homemade ranch, not that nasty Hidden Valley shit. It's pretty great.
Boil it, mash it, stick it in a stew.
Okra is the most unpleasant vegetable I ever did eat
But if it helps save the world, it'll have my eternal respect.
Fried okra is too damn good. The best tasting way to eat it.
They're pretty good batter fried. Good for stew too if used appropriately, too much okra can make the stew boogery in texture
You just didnt have good okra then! Good chef can easily control the goeiness and other attributes.
My favorite take is simply young quality fruits on a skewer grilled on low heat with butter, salt and chilly and its absolutely delicious. It's very big in China especially with sichuan chily flakes.
Man when you're talking about the "goeiness" of a vegetable, I can see how a lot of people would be turned off by it.
My siblings and I would occasionally eat raw okra from our garden growing up. They’re covered in fuzz that is really soft when they’re small, and it’s quite a weird texture experience with slimy ball-bearing-like seeds on the inside lol
This article has made me realize it has been way too long since I last had gumbo or jumbalaya or any good homemade southern cooking. :(
My grandmother made the best okra gumbo. Haven’t found anything like it since. Damn. It’s not cold outside but I want some good okra gumbo now lol
I love okra, but my wife hates it. This article will by no means be used to influence one side of that debate.
Now the world will have to start reacting to Micro-Okra in the water? When will this end‽
The microkra
publication title is "Fenugreek and Okra Polymers as Treatment Agents for the Removal of Microplastics from Water Sources" which makes it a bit better to get what they are doing. Here is a significant sentence of the abstract "The microplastic removal efficiency of polysaccharides derived from fenugreek, okra, and the combination of okra and fenugreek in the ratio of 1:1 was studied in simulated and water samples collected from various sources under bench-scale laboratory conditions. "
I fucking LOVE okra and I'm glad to see that it's even good at other things than me turning it into the most delicious, crispy and nutritious snack you've ever had. When you cook them right like we do down south (yeee-haw!), they'll never be slimy like that shit you get in the freezer section at a grocery store.
I got 8 okra stalks just coming up in my garden that will yield me many, many pounds of okra throughout this summer.
Are you anywhere near VA? I need yo to cook me some okra so I can find out what it's like not slimy.
What's the go on cooking it good? Can you link some recipes? Thx.
Cut off the stem end
Slice lengthwise
Drizzle with chili oil and salt
Roast at 425 for 25-30 minutes, turning once
That's literally all you need to do for an amazing crispy and spicy snack
Nah man okra still nasty
Glad to know okra is good for SOMETHING. lol.
I hate articles like this because if it gets popular soon health influencers will be telling everyone that eating okra and fenugreek will cure all diseases or that taking some proprietary okra/fenugreek supplement will cure all diseases.