It is the principal ingredient in most of the soops, and pepper-pots, made in America; dishes frequently used in those parts of the world --Patrick Brown, English Author of Civil and Natural History of Jamaica (1756) ...Okra's green, Goes down with ease. Forget cuisine Say Okra , please. You can have strip pokra, Give me a nice girl and a dish of okra. --Roy Blount, Jr., in Song to Okra Home ...