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 Massachusetts in 1856. Sen. Summers’ disparaging remarks about the South prompted Rep. Brooks to attack him on the Senate floor. News of the incident spread fast and large crowds between 6,000 and 10,000 gathered at Star Fort in Ninety-Six, SC, in support of Rep. Brooks when he returned. A food was needed at this event that could feed the multitudes as well as keep in an age without refrigeration. Thus, the famous “Ninety-Six Hash” was born. It is said to be the source recipe for all of the hash made around Greenwood – one of the “hash-hubs” of the state.
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Jerry Gantt shows the site of the Grendel Mill hash house. Beth Rembert recalls working at the hash house as a child. Sharon Deas’ father, Charles Flinn, was the hashmaster at the Grendel Mill hash...
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Anthony Kelly of the Lower Lake Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department talks about making barbecued hash.
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Jerry Gantt discusses the recipe used for his packaged “Gantt Bros. Meat Hash.”
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Senator Drummond shows the remodeled hash house of the old Ninety Six Mill Village. Senator Drummond died on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. Learn more at The State.com.
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William C. McDaniel, Jr. of Ninety-Six, SC recalls the roots of the famous “Ninety-Six hash.”
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South Carolina State Senator John Drummond talks about the theft of a hash pot from his hunt club. Senator Drummond died on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. Learn more at The State.com.
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William Jennings Bryan Dorn and his son Johnson Dorn talk of the hash served at “stump meetings” held on W.J.B. Dorn’s estate during his political years.
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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...
