Chicken-Okra Gumbo Plains-Style

Ingredients

• 3 Parsley sprigs,chopped
• Black Pepper to taste
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1/4 lb Salt pork
• 2 tb Flour (opt)
• 1 Frying chicken,cut up
• 6 Tomatoes,large,fresh,chopped
• 20 Okra pods*
• 1 Red pepper,hot**
• 3 qt Water,more if needed
• Salt to taste
• Cooked white rice
• 1 Onion,lg,mild,peeled/chopped
• 3 tb Butter
• Flour