Since I live in the South, I occasionally cook southern food and it can be very good, even relatively healthy if you do it right. Fried okra is one of the dishes I like to cook when okra is in season. I put my own spin on it by making it gluten-free vegan and it's actually not "deep fried", but more like pan fried in olive oil. The coating of the okra doesn't look as pretty and uniform as the store bought variety, but I think my version tastes as good or better than the regular fried okra. This is a delicious side dish to make when okra is in season, and especially if you have southern relatives that are keeping away from gluten. Scratch that, any southern relatives will do the trick, gluten-free or not.