Foodways are one of the most prevalant community-based art forms in the South. South Carolina history is strongly rooted in agriculture and food has long been an important aspect of economic and social life. From large rice plantations in the Lowcountry to family farms tucked in the hillsides of the Piedmont, food preparation was a large part of daily life. Parents taught children how to prepare vegetables and dress hogs. Different ethnic groups brought recipe variations with them when they settled throughout the state. Germans in the Midlands, French influences on the coast, and Scots-Irish in the Piedmont. More important, recipes synthesized African and Native American influences to create a wholly unique environment.
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Proprietor of the Blenheim Bottling Company in Blenheim, SC (Marlboro County) . The company is known for its famous Blenheim Ginger Ale and has been in business for over 80 years. The formula for the...
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The South Carolina Lowcountry, embracing the Sea Islands and the Coastal Plain, is home to a broad range of culinary traditions. Greatly influenced by French, English, African-American, and Native...
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Video transcript for: Grendel Mill Hash House Lower Lake Greenwood VFD Hash Ninety Six Canning Company Ninety Six Mill Village Hash House Origins Ninety-Six Hash Senator Drummond And The Hunt Club The...
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The Greenwood area of South Carolina is home to many Upstate hash traditions. One “origin story” concerns the altercation between Rep. Preston Brooks of South Carolina and Sen. Summers of...
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Various home remedies passed down in their families, including roots, prickly ash, and granddaddy graybeard
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Video transcript for: Hwy 34 VFD Has The Cast Iron Pot Hash Tradition At Hwy 34 VFD Hash Delivery Hash As Fellowship
