Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The Return of the Gangsta (as a vegetable)

I wanted to roll around in oil and jump in a sauce pan, but I had never been sauteed before. It got me to thinking though. If carrots are model citizen's and asparagus haughty assholes, then who get to be the commedians of the vegetable world. I vote for leeks, they're silly in their denial, pretending to be decorations and side dishes when we all know they're just hussied up lettuce. Probably Ice Berg. Definitely low class. None of this, however is the point. The point, is simple. I want to write about okra.

If tupac died and reincarnation existed, what vegetable do you think he'd become? Okra's the only one I can think of--the fact that you find yourself nodding means you're nuts--Okra is an underappreciated gem. A diamond in the rough of sorts. Besides deriving all of its flavor from context, its the only veggie I know thats either incredible or incredibly disgusting in perfectly equal measures. Plus, could you imagine a legume rocking a bandana? These are just questions people.

Anyways. Fine. Yes I'll stop talking. Sure, we can have sex. And so on.