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Lowcountry cuisine is the cooking traditionally associated with the South Carolina Lowcountry and the Georgia coast. While it shares features with Southern cooking, its geography, economics, demographics, and culture pushed its culinary identity in a different direction from regions above the Fall Line.
(These dishes are popular in South Carolina due to the influence of rice cultivation on the history of South Carolina) She-crab soup – mainly served in the area around Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia, from Atlantic crabs; Tomato soup – stewed tomatoes, okra and corn; Turtle soup – mainly a Creole dish in Louisiana
A cookbook published in 1900 in the city of Charleston, South Carolina had recipes used by formerly enslaved Gullah people. Benne seeds from sesame, a plant native to West Africa, were eaten raw with sugar or milk. Enslaved people also made cakes, wafers, and brittles from them for white plantation families. [90] [91]
In 2006, boiled peanuts were designated the South Carolina official state snack. Where to find them: These days, traditional boiled peanuts, along with Cajun hot boiled peanuts, are typically sold ...
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Charleston red rice or Savannah red rice is a rice dish commonly found along the Southeastern coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, known simply as red rice by natives of the region. This traditional meal was brought to the U.S. by enslaved Africans from the West Coast of Africa.
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South Carolina-style Barbecue: South South Carolina [[Whole hog barbecue, or pig pickin', is popular in South Carolina. In the Midlands of South Carolina, mustard based barbecue sauce is common, while vinegar is more common in the upstate region. [79] South Carolina is also known for "hash", a rich pork gravy made of offal and pork cuts. [80]