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Interesting article on the history of okra / gumbo in the southern USA.
QuoteOkra, not native to North America, arrived here at the same time enslaved Africans did. No one — no botanist, no historian — can confirm exactly how it got here. But it has connected Southerners across the lines of race, faith, and gender for centuries. Okra unites, in the gumbo pot and in our lives.
Interesting article on the history of okra / gumbo in the southern USA.
QuoteOkra, not native to North America, arrived here at the same time enslaved Africans did. No one — no botanist, no historian — can confirm exactly how it got here. But it has connected Southerners across the lines of race, faith, and gender for centuries. Okra unites, in the gumbo pot and in our lives.
Interesting article on the history of okra / gumbo in the southern USA.
QuoteOkra, not native to North America, arrived here at the same time enslaved Africans did. No one — no botanist, no historian — can confirm exactly how it got here. But it has connected Southerners across the lines of race, faith, and gender for centuries. Okra unites, in the gumbo pot and in our lives.
Interesting article on the history of okra / gumbo in the southern USA.
QuoteOkra, not native to North America, arrived here at the same time enslaved Africans did. No one — no botanist, no historian — can confirm exactly how it got here. But it has connected Southerners across the lines of race, faith, and gender for centuries. Okra unites, in the gumbo pot and in our lives.
