The Washington Post Express had an article that totally amused me, and anyone who knows my hatred of okra would understand. I love all vegetables, but okra is a horrible substance in my mind.
They were covering the Okra Strut festival in Irmo, SC where they celebrate okra in the typical food festival way - including having eating contests of the stuff. The writer's sense of humor (Erin Mcclam) is what struck me...here's some of the more amusing pieces:
From the Jim Twitty, the festival organizer:
"Sometimes I have to explain what it is first"
and then Erin's comment:
"Not to mention explaining why anyone would want to eat okra. It grows in slender pods 3 to 4 inches long covered in light fuzz. It's not much for inner beauty, either. Slicing and okra pod open releases an oozy inner membrane."
Here's the best part of the whole article -- when the organizer talks about the okra eating contents and how the 2 lbs that the contestants need to eat are fried okra.
Fortunately, it's not boiled, which is what we used to require them to eat, " Twitty says. " We were loosing people. They refused to eat it. Plus, it sometimes makes people sick, and that's not the best thing to happen on your main stage.
If it makes people sick, why do people eat the gross stuff at all?
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