This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Cut off both ends from twelve medium-sized whole okras, parboil them in boiling water for five minutes, drain, and put them into any kind of meat-iuice or Madeira sauce (No. 185). Cook for ten minutes, and serve arranged in clusters with a quarter of a pint of Bearnaise sauce (No. 166).
 
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