Gullah Geechee Foodways in Southeastern NC

My culture, Pure Geechee love. Soon as it is safe, I am coming to visit, eat good food, and relax...TRUE DAT !

I hate when ppl say migrated our ancestors didn’t migrate here, they were kidnapped. My family is from Savannah

I'm a proud gullah geechee. My entire family is from the coast of SC in Georgetown but Sampit to be exact. My parents moved to GA before I was born. I'll always remember my paternal grandfather's accent was so strong I rarely understood what he said as a child. I miss my grandparents so much.

Very very good document! 🎉great job

Born and raised in the Midwest. I knew my maternal grandmother was from Tennessee and paternal grandmother from Mississippi. However I was surprised when my ancestry shows that many of my ancestors came from the Carolinas. However when I look at the Gullah foods that I started learning to cook at 7 yrs old. I most definitely see and feel the influence. I’m still looking for those family members ❤

South Carolina is my family roots. I’m am Geeche.

Fun fact: Carolina Gold rice belongs to the rice species oryza glabirrema which is indigenous to Africa and was domesticated by Africans thousands of years ago independently from the domestication of Asian rice oryza sativa in Asia. Europeans found large areas of cultivated rice in West Africa and carried rice and experienced planters to the Americas during the Slave Trade. Carolina Gold rice became a major food staple crop and the majority rice grown in the US until the Civil War era. Another African rice strain was Red Bearded Upland rice which was grown on dry land and hillsides. Thomas Jefferson imported a large cask of it and distributed it to different parts of the South hoping that it could replace wetland rice in mosquito and malaria prone areas, but as it required much more labour to plant, maintain and process it never caught on as a large scale commercial crop, but was grown by slaves and free blacks as a subsistence crop in some areas, until it too was phased out during the Civil War. Runaway slaves who joined the British army during the War of 1812 and who were later resettled in the British Caribbean colony of Trinidad took Red Bearded Upland rice cultivation to the island, where it is still grown as a heritage and minor commercial crop under the name Moruga Hill Rice

Great history lesson! Just one thing , our ancestors did not migrate here. They were stolen and or sold.

There is no place on earth like Charleston. As a North Carolina native I absolutely LOVE the people and the culture! Proud to say I have 4 Geechee churn and a Geechee gyal. As a chef, I love how much West Africa influences the taste here. No matter how hard they tried to hold us down, WE set the tone for "black food" in America North!

terrific video thank you!

Amazing food and culture.

What a touching Story to be in tuned with my Culture while some of it brought tears to my eyes. Much love to everyone and may God forever & richly bless you!!!

Thank you. This reality is needed to be remembered by all.

Nice to know such history, make sure things are properly documented and passed on to other generations. Put in book form

Thanks for sharing

It's good to see the Gullah Geechee culture, as well as the Minorcan culture finally being recognized .

Thank you for this past & present history. We are always learning something new. We appreciate you 😊. Dxf

So much wisdom, knowledge and understanding for OUR TIME. I especially like what was said "If you're starving for nutrition, it affects how you think".. dear Lord I believe most all the country is starving when you look at what most people eat. Outright full bellies that are starving for nutrition. I have to say every dish I saw had my mouth watering.. 🍛🍲

Glad to see so many different dishes come up. Soul food is many dishes,many flavors,techniques and variations. We ate many vegetables not even talked about. I give dinners to show these things. People look in awe of rutabaga stew. So glad to see this food that has sustained us throughout the centuries comes forth and is not ignored. Nations thrived on this food.

Wow Chef! Fantastic piece!