"I ate so much okra I slid out of bed!" (1930s? East Texas?)

[Charles Doyle]

It's good to hear that civilization has arrivred in New Haven, and that Larry is relishing the gustemic delights thereof.

One point: How "traditional" are sweet-potato fries? Having eaten Southern cooking (black and white) all my life, I had never encountered them until just a dozen or so years ago--at an upscale, yuppified, thoroughly nonSoul restaurant. I assumed that some comparatively recent innovator came up with the bright (and tasty) idea of adapting french fried potatoes into something more healthful (or at least more colorful).

--Charlie
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>Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:12:50 -0400
>From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>Subject: Re: "I ate so much okra I slid out of bed!"
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>The local "soul food" place near campus here, Sandra's (http://www.sandrasplace.com), cooks up an impressive mess o' chitlins on Fridays, and I always go for plenty of hot sauce, although I don't think it's Frank's per se.  And the nice thing is that you can choose two sides, one of which of course must be fried okra.  (The tough decision is sweet potato fries vs. collards.)
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>LH

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