"There's fried okra and bacon in there, some hominy too."

Major chefs are learning about fried okra, hush puppies (cornbread balls), fritters, and rings and balls and croquettes and donuts and hashes.

At the kitchen table, over baked chicken, fried okra, and cornbread, his mother asked Raff how his day had been at the Nokobee tract.

Then how's about...two large orders of ribs, an extra side of sauce, two plates of rice and beans, and a bunch of deep- fried okra.