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Wood for Barbecue | Digital Traditions
Albert and Nora Wood Photos | Digital Traditions
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Residents of Parksville, S.C. (McCormick County). Family traditions include barbeque and hashmaking, farming, home remedies, hunting, and haints (ghosts). Mr. Wood was also an accomplished split-oak...
James Workman Photos | Digital Traditions
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James Workman, owner of Workman’s Restaurant and Catering in Greenwood, S.C., makes a beef and pork hash typical of the Greenwood hash tradition. Known by his customers and friends as, “the hardest...
Willie Lee Williams Photos | Digital Traditions
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The Ben and Sue Williams’ Family Reunion in Varnville, S.C. is a large affair where people come from all around to taste the famous Williams’ hash. This is a hogshead/liver mix hash cooked without...
The Joy Drive-In Photos | Digital Traditions
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David Phillips, owner of Joy Drive-In in Gaffney, South Carolina, traces the upstate hash tradition to two sources: farmers who supplemented their income by selling hash on the weekends and the...
Puddin' Pot Photos | Digital Traditions
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The Puddin’ Pot is the folk heritage traditional foodway served on the first Monday the Indian Field Camp Meeting each September. Made in a large iron kettle, different parts of the pig’s head are...
Just More Barbecue Photos | Digital Traditions
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Don Quattlebaum, owner of Just More Barbecue in Pendleton, SC, adapted his father’s family recipe for “low country hash” to suit the tastes of people in the Upstate region. Quattlebaum remembers...
Lost Mind | Digital Traditions
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A cover of the Percy Mayfield song on the album "Greasy Greens".
Greenwood County Hash | Digital Traditions
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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...
