Daniel_

Okra I know - but I knew it first as Bhindi (or Ladies Fingers) used as a vegetable in Indian cooking (India, not First Nations ).

I've never had Okra cooked in the way that is common in the Southern States though.

Bhindi Bhajai is a great way to cook them with spices and so on. Yum.

Grits I had once - not a fan, but they weren't foul.

Boiled peanuts I'd never heard of until this thread, althouhg I've had plenty of Satay (Malaysian food that uses peanuts and chillies to make a spicy paste/sauce).

I'm from Southern England, and have been to the Pacific Northwest, but ate all of these things at home.

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