Okra And Tomatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 pints okra pods (3-4 inches long)
3 Tbsp. butter or bacon drippings
2 medium onions, sliced
3 medium tomatoes or 1 1/2 cup cooked tomatoes
salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation

Put drippings in a skillet with onions.
Slice okra 1/4 inch thick on top of onions.
Cover and simmer until onion is soft. Slide onions and okra to one side of skillet (to preserve color of okra) and place tomatoes in other half of skillet.
Continue to simmer, covered, until okra is tender.
Fold tomatoes and okra together gently and season to taste.