Food & Drinks

Learn about some interesting ways of preparing South Carolina's culinary favorites! 

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When Rice Was King (10): Slave Lifestyle 10
When Rice Was King (10): Slave Lifestyle
Episode 10

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An essay called "The Successful Planter," published in 1832, outlined a system of every day life for slaves living on plantations. State law in the 1830s forbade the education of slaves, but many...
When Rice Was King (5): African Origins Of Rice 5
When Rice Was King (5): African Origins Of Rice
Episode 5

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"Saltwater Slaves" brought over from Africa, became highly sought-after, since many of them already had experience growing rice before being brought over to the "New World."
Harvesting Of Marine Life | History of SC Slide Collection
Harvesting Of Marine Life | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

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An important part of South Carolina's economy has been the harvesting of marine life. These shrimp boats belong to an African-American owned cooperative on Hilton Head in the 1970s. Courtesy of the...
Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio
Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio

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“D” is for Duke’s Mayonnaise. Duke’s Mayonnaise is one of the South’s favorite condiments. Around 1917, Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home. Unlike similar...
Hoeing Rice "The Old Way" | History of SC Slide Collection
Hoeing Rice "The Old Way" | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3

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A stereograph card shows hoeing rice "the old way." Hoe culture was the predominant method of working the soil in traditional agricultural societies, and was only slowly replaced by the use of mule...
Plowing Rice | History of SC Slide Collection
Plowing Rice | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

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Plowing rice. Engraving from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine," November 1878. Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
What is Real Southern Cooking? 9
What is Real Southern Cooking?
Episode 9

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Ted and Matt Lee begin the debate with their opening remarks. John T. Edge continues the debate with his opening comments.
What is Real Southern Cooking? 10
What is Real Southern Cooking?
Episode 10

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The discussion continues with recollections of favorite meals for holidays and other times of the year, and of course, the conversation eventually turns to barbecue!
What is Real Southern Cooking? 11
What is Real Southern Cooking?
Episode 11

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The final segment provides a discussion of the merits of lard, as opposed to vegetable oil, of gazpacho and gaspachi, of new directions for food, of documenting, cataloging, and preserving foods...
What is Real Southern Cooking? 8
What is Real Southern Cooking?
Episode 8

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Dr. Walter Edgar, John T. Edge, Author and Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, University of Mississippi, Matt and Ted Lee, award winning cookbook authors will debate "What is Real Southern...