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Sooner State enjoys foods of past and present
The Cherry Street Farmers Market in downtown Tulsa offers vegetables, fruit and meat grown and raised in Oklahoma. / Photo courtesy of Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
Most states claim an official food. Oklahoma claims an official meal. And boy, what a meal it is.
Adopted in 1988 to promote the state’s cultural past and present as well as its agriculture, it consists of chicken-fried steak, pork barbecue, fried okra, squash, black-eyed peas, cornbread, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, strawberries and pecan pie. Western ... Continue reading about Oklahoma
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