T-Mac I have noticed your affection for Tabasco I bet when you load your pockets in the morning a small bottle of Tabasco goes in just in case you need a few dashes away from the big bottle.I love okra, almost any way. I don't care for pickled okra though. At least any I've tried to date, but I try to keep an open mind and still try it from time to time.
My Mom used to throw some okra (whole) on top of beans while they were cooking, mighty good. If you've never had them this way, try it, they kind of take on some of the flavor of the beans and go well with cornbread. But to me, anything goes good with cornbread, I've had cornbread and buttermilk with chopped up green onions and a little Tabasco for breakfast many times. (Actually, it's really kind of a lot of Tabasco.)
I think my grandmother used to put a few pods of okra on top of her beans for grandpa. As soon as you posted that the image came into my mind thinking I have seen that before. I like pickled okra, I like just about anything pickled. My son keeps a jar of them out at his patio bar along with a big jar of pickled eggs. Him and his beer drinking friends love them and he gets both from Nick aka bamapeppy.