These days you don't hear enough about okra -- or maybe you do. Nevertheless, in our never-ending struggle to be
different, HaLife proudly presents "The Shocking Truth About Okra!"
It is a well-known fact that common garden insects will NOT eat okra. Neither will uncommon garden insects. That should
tell you something.
Some say okra is a vegetable; others say
it's a fruit. Most people can't recall ever having said anything at all about okra. Except possibly, "Are
those legless geckos sleeping near my mashed potatoes?"
Even people who don't eat okra may find it useful -- for example, as a green plumb-bob for a vegetarian
architect.
Warning: A lifetime of psychological itching may result from harvesting okra in the nude.
A pod of okra on a gold chain makes an
excellent conversation piece. You can tell everyone that's it's an Elk's tooth
-- with plaque.
Okra can be boiled, fried, steamed, or pickled. But no matter what you do to it, it still tastes exactly like okra.
Remember, boiled okra is so slippery, you may think you're swallowing little green oysters.
Consuming fried okra north of the Mason-Dixon line is considered gastric perversion and may lead close friends to
refer to you as "magnolia breath."
You campers will be happy to hear that dried okra makes great bio-degradable tent stakes.
Please beware of the Great Okra Swindle. Certain unethical supermarkets are painting okra yellow and attempting to
sell it as miniature Peruvian bananas.
You can sure tell the difference in a banana pudding.
To learn more about okra, look for Mary Lou Retton's exciting new book entitled "Pigging Out on Okra Yogurt,"
-- or see your D-O.
Your Doctor of Okra.
Your Doctor of Okrapothy?
