Out of Africa
Dec 09, 2020
3 minutes
Words Chris Stafford
I first encountered okra as the allimportant green in gumbo, that piquant stew that symbolises the multicultural mix of New Orleans but is served all over the American South.
The ingredients vary but usually include a base of filé, a Choctaw Indian invention made from ground sassafras; Spanish chorizo or French sausage; shrimp and other shellfish from the Gulf; and okra from who knows where, though the word itself is probably of Nigerian origin and was first recorded in Virginia
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