The Carolina Rice Kitchen

by Weir, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9781570032080
• ISBN10: 1570032084
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr

Summary

"Karen Hess has shaped this long-forgotten social history into a readable, informative, and highly beneficial narrative. Books like this made the ordinary lives of our forefathers seem much more authentic and closer to us than the Old South mythologies ever did".--South Carolina Historical Magazine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments and Explanations	ix
CHAPTER 1 THE RICE KITCHEN OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY	1	(21)
A Bit of History	6	(3)
The Planters of Rice	9	(2)
Rice and Its Origins	11	(6)
Carolina Gold	17	(5)
CHAPTER 2 TO BOIL THE RICE	22	(14)
CHAPTER 3 PILAU AND ITS KIND	36	(48)
The Pilau Comes West	38	(5)
The Carolina Purlow	43	(9)
Lou Pelau	52	(12)
Jambalaia, Jambalaya	64	(11)
Pilau and the Jews of Provence	75	(9)
CHAPTER 4 THE RICE CASSEROLES OF SOUTH CAROLINA	84	(8)
CHAPTER 5 HOPPIN' JOHN AND OTHER BEAN PILAUS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA	92	(19)
CHAPTER 6 RICE SOUPS	111	(3)
CHAPTER 7 THE RICE BREADS OF SOUTH CAROLINA	114	(27)
Rice Journey, or Johnny Cakes	122	(7)
Rice Croquettes, or Fritters (Beignets de Riz)	129	(12)
CHAPTER 8 SWEET RICE DISHES OF SOUTH CAROLINA	141	(6)
CHAPTER 9 RICE IN INVALID COOKERY	147	(5)
CHAPTER 10 A FEW WORDS ON THE CAROLINA RICE COOK BOOK AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS	152	(5)
THE FACSIMILE	157	(2)
APPENDIXES	159	(5)
1. Errata in the Text of the Carolina Rice Cook Book	159	(2)
2. Receipes for Making Bread, &c., from Rice Flour, ostensibly from the Charleston Gazette, as they appear in the Confederate Receipt Book (1863)	161	(2)
3. A Brief Glossary	163	(1)
Notes	164	(13)
Bibliography	177	(15)
A Note on the Indexes	192	(1)
General Index	193	(16)
Receipt Index	209