do you know what this is?

students: “what’d you do last night?”

M’Moon: “went to Cracker Barrel to eat fried okra — my favorite!”

blank stares.

M’Moon: “come se dice okra en espanol?”

blank stares. “no se.”

M’Moon: “um…it’s a green vegetable. it kind of looks like a chile but it’s not spicy.”

look of confusion.

one brave student: “green vegetable is broccoli?”

M’Moon: “that is green, but no…”

teacher looks up “okra” via online Spanish-English dictionary.

M’Moon: “1. quingombó (m) okra (f)???”

“no se.”

teacher finds pictures on google; students come look.

shaking of heads.

confusion.

apparently, it’s a vegetable that’s not sold or grown in Mexico…