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An Undeserved Gift - Okra in The USA


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Interesting article on the history of okra / gumbo in the southern USA.

 

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Okra, 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.

 

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43 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

Okra unites, in the gumbo pot and in our lives.

Yep, we either love it or we hate it ——if that’s considered uniting……

Wait!. I just remembered — I’m not a Southerner. 

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Have never been a huge fan of okra in gumbo, though I won't pick it out, either. But I will eat all the fried okra you will put in front of me. As long as it's not that nasty batter-encased stuff from the freezer section of the supermarket.

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