This section is from the book "Meatless Cookery", by Maria Mcilvaine Gillmore. Also available from Amazon: Meatless cookery.
Boil young pods of okra in boiling salted water until tender, about twenty minutes. Drain and heat for five minutes with a scant cup of cream, a tablespoon of butter, salt and pepper.
1 quart okra 6 large tomatoes or I pint can tomatoes
1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 small onion Water
Wash and remove the stem ends of the okra pods, cut into thin slices. Peel the tomatoes, and press out the seeds. Cut into small pieces, add sliced onion, salt, and sufficient water to almost cover. Cook thirty minutes. Add the butter.
 
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