I/912Un2OiMJL._SY550_.jpg' alt='Lady Fingers' title='Lady Fingers' />Call Us 919 8282270. Twitter Facebook Instagram Home About Menus Services Weddings Venues Gourmet To Go. Your product will be shipped to its final destination to arrive in 2 business days or faster. If your order is placed before the 11 a. PST cutoff time, then it will. Ladyfingers often called with their original Italian name, savoiardi, or sponge fingers in British English are low density, dry, eggbased and sweet sponge biscuits. Okra Wikipedia. Okra or okro US or UK, known in many English speaking countries as ladies fingers or ochro, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It is valued for its edible green seed pods. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with supporters of West African, Ethiopian, and South Asian origins. The plant is cultivated in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions around the world. Vernacular names in English speaking nationseditThe name okra is most often used in the UK, United States and the Philippines, with a variant pronunciation in Caribbean English and Nigeria of okro. The word okra is from the Igbokr. The plant and its seed pods are also known as ladys fingers. In various Bantu languages, okra is called kingombo or a variant,6 and this is possibly the origin of the name gumbo, used in parts of the United States and the English speaking Caribbean via Portuguese quingombo. Origin and distributioneditOkra is an allopolyploid of uncertain parentage proposed parents include Abelmoschus ficulneus, A. Truly wild as opposed to naturalised populations are not known with certainty and the species may be a cultigen. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, with supporters of South Asian, Ethiopian and West African origins. Supporters of a South Asian origin point to the presence of its proposed parents in that region. Supporters of a West African origin point to the greater diversity of okra in that region. The Egyptians and Moors of the 1. Arabic word for the plant, bamya, suggesting it had come into Egypt from Arabia, but earlier it was probably taken from Ethiopia to Arabia. The plant may have entered southwest Asia across the Red Sea or the Bab el Mandeb straight to the Arabian Peninsula, rather than north across the Sahara, or from India. One of the earliest accounts is by a Spanish Moor who visited Egypt in 1. From Arabia, the plant spread around the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and eastward. The plant was introduced to the Americas by ships plying the Atlantic slave trade8 by 1. Brazil. It was further documented in Suriname in 1. Okra may have been introduced to southeastern North America from Africa in the early 1. By 1. 74. 8, it was being grown as far north as Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson noted it was well established in Virginia by 1. It was commonplace throughout the Southern United States by 1. Botany and cultivationeditThe species is a perennial, often cultivated as an annual in temperate climates, and often grows to around 2 metres 6. It is related to such species as cotton, cocoa, and hibiscus. The leaves are 1. The flowers are 48 centimetres 1. The fruit is a capsule up to 1. Abelmoschus esculentus is cultivated throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world for its fibrous fruits or pods containing round, white seeds. It is among the most heat and drought tolerant vegetable species in the world and will tolerate soils with heavy clay and intermittent moisture, but frost can damage the pods. In cultivation, the seeds are soaked overnight prior to planting to a depth of 12 centimetres 0. Germination occurs between six days soaked seeds and three weeks. Seedlings require ample water. The seed pods rapidly become fibrous and woody and, to be edible as a vegetable, must be harvested when immature, usually within a week after pollination. Okra is available in two varieties, green and red. Red okra carries the same flavor as the more popular green okra and differs only in color. When cooked, the red okra pods turn green. The most common disease afflicting the okra plant is verticillium wilt, often causing a yellowing and wilting of the leaves. Other diseases include powdery mildew in dry tropical regions, leaf spots, and root knot nematodes. The products of the plant are mucilaginous, resulting in the characteristic goo or slime when the seed pods are cooked the mucilage contains soluble fiber. Pods are cooked, pickled, eaten raw, or included in salads. Okra may be used in developing countries to mitigate malnutrition and alleviate food insecurity. NutritioneditRaw okra is 9. In a 1. 00 gram amount, raw okra is rich 2. Daily Value, DV in dietary fiber, vitamin C and vitamin K, with moderate contents of thiamin, folate and magnesium table. Leaves and seedsedit. Stir fried okra with diced chili peppers. Okra bloom with seed pods. Okra leaves may be cooked in a similar way to the greens of beets or dandelions. The leaves are also eaten raw in salads. Okra seeds may be roasted and ground to form a caffeine free substitute for coffee. When importation of coffee was disrupted by the American Civil War in 1. Austin State Gazette said, An acre of okra will produce seed enough to furnish a plantation with coffee in every way equal to that imported from Rio. Greenish yellow edible okra oil is pressed from okra seeds it has a pleasant taste and odor, and is high in unsaturated fats such as oleic acid and linoleic acid. The oil content of some varieties of the seed is about 4. At 7. 94 kgha, the yield was exceeded only by that of sunflower oil in one trial. A 1. 92. 0 study found that a sample contained 1. A 2. 00. 9 study found okra oil suitable for use as a biofuel. Bast fibreeditBast fibre from the stem of the plant has industrial uses. ReferenceseditThe Plant List A Working List of All Plant Species. Retrieved 3 October 2. National Research Council 2. Okra. Lost Crops of Africa Volume II Vegetables. Lost Crops of Africa. National Academies Press. ISBN 9. 78 0 3. Retrieved 2. Harper, Douglas. okra. Online Etymology Dictionary. Mc. Whorter, John H. The Missing Spanish Creoles Recovering the Birth of Plantation Contact Languages. University of California Press. ISBN 0 5. 20 2. Retrieved 2. Alternative Cold Remedies Ladys Fingers Plant, curing colds. June 2. 00. 9 Archived May 1. Wayback Machine. gumbo. Oxford English Dictionary 1st ed. Oxford University Press. Okra, or Gumbo, from Africa, tamu. Okra gumbo and rice by Sheila S. Walker, The News Courier, unknown dateOkra SeedPDF. Retrieved 2. 01. 2 1. Red Okra Information, Recipes and Facts. Appetizers For Thanksgiving. Retrieved 2. 01. 5 0. Growing okra. Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland. September 2. 00. 7. Archived from the original on June 1. Retrieved 2. 4 June 2. Gemede, H. F. Haki, G. D. Beyene, F Woldegiorgis, A. Z. Rakshit, S. K. Proximate, mineral, and antinutrient compositions of indigenous Okra Abelmoschus esculentus pod accessions Implications for mineral bioavailability. Food Science Nutrition. PMC 4. 77. 94. 80 . PMID 2. 70. 04. 11. Okra Greens and Corn Saute, M. S. Milliken S. Feniger, 1. Austin State Gazette TEX., November 9, 1. Confederate Coffee Substitutes Articles from Civil War Newspapers. Archived September 2. Wayback Machine., University of Texas at TylerMartin, Franklin W. Okra, Potential Multiple Purpose Crop for the Temperate Zones and Tropics. Economic Botany. 3. BF0. 28. 58. 55. 8. Mays, D. A., W. Buchanan, B. N. Bradford, and P. M. Giordano 1. 99. Fuel production potential of several agricultural crops. Advances in New Crops 2. Jamieson, George S. Baughman, Walter F. Okra Seed Oil. 1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Farooq, Anwar Umer Rashid Muhammad Ashraf Muhammad Nadeem March 2. Okra Hibiscus esculentus seed oil for biodiesel production. Applied Energy. 8. De Rosa, I. M. Kenny, J. M. Puglia, D. Santulli, C. Sarasini, F. Morphological, thermal and mechanical characterization of okra Abelmoschus esculentus fibres as potential reinforcement in polymer composites. Composites Science and Technology. External linksedit. Ladyfingers Caterers.