Fresh Okra and Tomatoes

Fresh summer produce doesn’t get much better than okra and tomatoes. Eaten at peak season, these two favorites are a southern tradition. In most recipes handed down from generation to…

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Alabama Red Okra

If you look closely, summer in the South is one long produce festival. For example, the last weekend of August in Burkville, Lowndes County, you will find the Okra Festival.…

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Southern Purple Hull Peas

Throughout the summer, meals out of the garden are the best, starting with summer field peas. Field peas include many varieties of legumes. Purple hull peas are not only colorful,…

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