08/17/2022
This is what okra looks like when Creole folk cook it.
You can’t just throw a can of tomato in something and call it a “Creole dish! Please stop - y’all upsetting my ansectors. Creole food takes time and a lot of love. Okra was first introduced to Louisiana through African slaves. Often times slaves were given the root vegetables and basically the trash from the fields.. like mustard and turnip greens. Just like that, slaves turned them from struggle to delicacy. Okra came from the motherland and is widely used today. But ain’t nothing like a pot of Louisiana Creole smothered okra with chicken sausage turkey necks and tomato.
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