A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand: Fish & Grits, Oyster Roasts and Boiled Peanuts
The culinary history of Myrtle Beach reflects a unique merging of Native American, European, African and Caribbean cuisines.

Learn the techniques used by enslaved Africans created vast wealth for rice plantation owners; what George Washington likely ate when visiting South Carolina in 1791; how the turpentine industry gave rise to a sticky sweet potato cooking method; and why locals eagerly anticipate one special time of year when boiled peanuts are at their best. Author Becky Billingsley, a longtime Myrtle Beach-area restaurant journalist, digs deep into historic records and serves up both tantalizing personal interviews and dishes on the best local restaurants, where many delicious farm-to-table heritage foods can still be enjoyed.

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A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand: Fish & Grits, Oyster Roasts and Boiled Peanuts
The culinary history of Myrtle Beach reflects a unique merging of Native American, European, African and Caribbean cuisines.

Learn the techniques used by enslaved Africans created vast wealth for rice plantation owners; what George Washington likely ate when visiting South Carolina in 1791; how the turpentine industry gave rise to a sticky sweet potato cooking method; and why locals eagerly anticipate one special time of year when boiled peanuts are at their best. Author Becky Billingsley, a longtime Myrtle Beach-area restaurant journalist, digs deep into historic records and serves up both tantalizing personal interviews and dishes on the best local restaurants, where many delicious farm-to-table heritage foods can still be enjoyed.

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A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand: Fish & Grits, Oyster Roasts and Boiled Peanuts

A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand: Fish & Grits, Oyster Roasts and Boiled Peanuts

by Arcadia Publishing
A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand: Fish & Grits, Oyster Roasts and Boiled Peanuts

A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand: Fish & Grits, Oyster Roasts and Boiled Peanuts

by Arcadia Publishing

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The culinary history of Myrtle Beach reflects a unique merging of Native American, European, African and Caribbean cuisines.

Learn the techniques used by enslaved Africans created vast wealth for rice plantation owners; what George Washington likely ate when visiting South Carolina in 1791; how the turpentine industry gave rise to a sticky sweet potato cooking method; and why locals eagerly anticipate one special time of year when boiled peanuts are at their best. Author Becky Billingsley, a longtime Myrtle Beach-area restaurant journalist, digs deep into historic records and serves up both tantalizing personal interviews and dishes on the best local restaurants, where many delicious farm-to-table heritage foods can still be enjoyed.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609499563
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 06/25/2013
Series: American Palate
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Becky Billingsley was a general features, food and restaurant reporter at The Sun News daily newspaper in Myrtle Beach and was the founding editor and journalist for Coastal Carolina Dining magazine. Becky lives in the Socastee area of Myrtle Beach with her husband of 32 years, Matt, and they have two adult sons. Chief Harold D. "Buster" Hatcher is chief of the Waccamaw Tribe.

Table of Contents

Foreword Chief Harold D. "Buster" Hatcher 5

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

Chapter 1 New World 13

Chapter 2 Explorers and Settlers 20

Chapter 3 Rice Plantations 27

Chapter 4 Early Middle-Class Foods 42

Chapter 5 Pilau and Chicken Bog 48

Chapter 6 Revolutionary Dining 55

Chapter 7 George Washington Ate Here 59

Chapter 8 1800-1861 68

Chapter 9 The War Between the States 76

Chapter 10 Postbellum Cookery 79

Chapter 11 Early Twentieth Century 85

Chapter 12 The Great Depression and Farm Life by the Month 93

Chapter 13 Postwar Boom 119

Chapter 14 Condos and Current Times 128

Chapter 15 Pinesap Potatoes 135

Chapter 16 Oyster Roasts 137

Chapter 17 Boiled Peanuts and Parched Peanuts 140

Chapter 18 Fish and Grits 146

Chapter 19 A Few More Heritage Foods 149

Chapter 20 Heritage Restaurants 157

Chapter 21 For-Special Foods 162

Sources 167

Index 187

About the Author 192

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