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Universe Controller 1: Look, Drew's apathetic.
Universe Controller 2: Can't have that. Let's throw a few shapes at him.
I just got another call from the Mysterious Southern Caller. The entire content of the call was "Life is better with oak-rah". Now, apart from the whole who the fuck IS this guy question, I now also have, what the hell is "oak-rah"?
But, uh, cheers, whoever you are. I am no longer apathetic.
(There are sugegstions that what he actually said was "Oprah", but no, I don't think so - Southern accent, plenty of time to work out what the sounds are before the sentence is finished.)
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iresprite tells me the word is "okra", a food eaten in the Southern US, and consisting of "long mucilaginous green pods". Now, unless I miss my English, that's "green slimy pod things". Life is better with green slimy pod things, eh?]
Universe Controller 2: Can't have that. Let's throw a few shapes at him.
I just got another call from the Mysterious Southern Caller. The entire content of the call was "Life is better with oak-rah". Now, apart from the whole who the fuck IS this guy question, I now also have, what the hell is "oak-rah"?
But, uh, cheers, whoever you are. I am no longer apathetic.
(There are sugegstions that what he actually said was "Oprah", but no, I don't think so - Southern accent, plenty of time to work out what the sounds are before the sentence is finished.)
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iresprite tells me the word is "okra", a food eaten in the Southern US, and consisting of "long mucilaginous green pods". Now, unless I miss my English, that's "green slimy pod things". Life is better with green slimy pod things, eh?]
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I have not tried fresh okra, being a Northern sort of chick.
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Now, fresh okra is good, and frozen okra is also good. Fried okra - usually breaded and then fried - is very good.
okra is often added as both a veggie and a thickener - it's a vital component of gumbo. (the dish)
here: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/okra1.html
now grits, those are indeed ground corn. Prepared like oatmeal, though the texture could be called similar to cream of wheat. It's a breakfast thing; you can eat with butter and a pinch of salt, or sugar, or whatever you'd put on your oatmeal. (Though it's also a side dish for other meals, and if you make cheese grits, that's a dinner thing, but I ramble)
My favorite topping for grits: raisins and brown sugar mixed in, and then milk poured on top to cool it, and 'cause it just tastes good.
Grits congeal into a solid lump, much like oatmeal, if left alone - this can be cut up and fried in a tasty fat (bacon being the most common) for another breakfast treat.
too much information yet?
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