Contents
Foreword by Jessica B. Harris
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
My Daufuskie Gullah
Working and Playing on Daufuskie
Water
Washday
Playtime
Changes
MORNING
Day Clean Breakfast
Southern Skillet Fried Bread
Crispy Smoked Bacon and Cheese Grits
Scrambled Eggs with Onion, Bell Pepper, and Cheese
Sallie’s Best Milk and Egg Toast
Down-Home Fruity Pancakes
Island Fried Grits with Onions
Country Fried Fish with Grits
Preserving It
Jammin’ Grape Jelly
Sassy Strawberry Preserves
Precious Pear Preserves
Fruity Fig Preserves
Willing Watermelon Rind Preserves
Prissy Peach Preserves
Blackberry Preserves
Momma’s Preserved Okra and Tomatoes
Preserved String Beans and Tadas
Muffins
Carolina Blueberry Muffins
Homemade Apple Nut Cinnamon Muffins
Comeyah Banana Nut Muffins
Grandmomma’s Sweet Tada Muffins
Gullah Bacon Corn Muffins
Hearty Oatmeal Raisin Muffins
Momma’s Crackling Muffins
NOON
Sandwiches
Fried Shrimp Sandwich with Lettuce and Tomato
Fried Soft-Shell Crab Sandwich
Open-Face Crabmeat Sandwich
Baked or Broiled Fish Sandwich
Fried Oyster Sandwich
Soups
Grandmomma’s Chicken Noodle Soup
’Fuskie Seafood Gumbo
Island Shrimp Creole
Easy Vegetable Soup
Cabbage Soup
Carolina Chili
Yondah Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Specialties
Creamy Garlic Butter Mashed Tadas
Garlic Home Fries
Homemade Meatballs
Sallie’s Seafood Spaghetti
Homemade Cheese Biscuits
Ham and Tada Salad
Chicken Coop Egg Salad
Daufuskie-Way Deviled Eggs
NIGHT
Homemade Wines
’Fuskie Backyard Pear Wine
Orchard Plum Wine
Persimmon Wine
Backyard Mulberry Wine
’Fuskie Peach Wine
Roadside Blackberry Wine
Grandmomma’s Favorite Elderberry Wine
Pleasing Drinks
Ol’ Country Lemonade with Orange
Fresh Mellow Mint Tea
Soothing Sassafras Tea
Orange Peel Tea
Country Hot Toddy
Stuffing It Full
Flounder Full of Crabmeat
Salmon Stuffed with Crabmeat and Shrimp
Pork Chops with Cornbread Stuffing
Grilling
Sizzling Grilled Shrimp
Grillin’ Great Fish
Best Barbecue-Grill Honey Chicken
Grilled Corn on the Cob in the Husk
Grilled Fresh Vegetables
Seafood Isn’t All Fried
Local Sea Island Country Boil
Gullah Garlic Butter Shrimp
Bushel Basket of Boiled Crabs
Tangy Lemon Shrimp
Boiled Conch
Steamed or Roasted Oysters
Desserts and Cookies
Country Candied Yams with Raisins
Southern Sweet Tada Pie with Pecan Topping
Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pecans
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Pecan Crunch Cookies
GULLAH FOLK BELIEFS & HOME REMEDIES
Living with Nature
Sea Island Folk Beliefs
Voodoo/Hoodoo
’Fuskie Old-Fashioned Home Remedies
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