In the show, classic dishes such as pot roast, fried okra, fried chicken and pecan pie were the norm, and overly complicated or eccentric recipes were usually eschewed.
en.wikipedia.org Fashionista-sized baby aubergines, potatoes, okra, carrots, pumpkin, pearl onions, spring onions and baby sweetcorn are somewhat hard and undercooked; and the aubergines are bitter.
londonist.com These crops included sorghum, castor beans, coffee, cotton okra, black-eyed peas, watermelon, gourd, and pearl millet.
en.wikipedia.org Other crops are oil seeds, groundnuts, sesame, cowpeas and okra, and mangoes, citrus and melons.
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