We had northern boys in boot that had never seen okra.
Calls what you want but the west coast boy never heard of grits until I got to ft sill Oklahoma. Ph uck I thought it was cream of wheat. Drill sergeant private you out sugar on your grits?? Me what are grits? Drill sergeant walks off shaking his head. To this day I don’t ph uck with grits they are disgusting. I give a ph uck how people say to eat them. Far as okra pretty sure Army chit canned them back in 59 lol. Because I never seen them served in a army chow hall. Now korea they do serve kimchi which is pretty much okra lol..