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Meatless Monday Recipe–Presidential Pickled Okra

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, November 5th, 2012 in Food & Drink, Meatless Monday Recipe, Politicians, Recipes.

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If you’re hosting a political party tomorrow to root for your favorite candidate, why not serve this pickled okra, created by a former First Lady, to entertain your guests.

Lady Bird Johnson was the wife of former president Lyndon B. Johnson, and like many first ladies, left a legacy of her own instead of standing in her husband’s shadow.

An environmentalist, she was active in several beautification and preservation projects in the D.C. area, including planing tulips and daffodils that are still seen at the nation’s capitol, campaigning for the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 and pushing for hiking and biking trails.

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