South Carolinians like traditional Southern cuisine.
Poultry, beef cattle, dairy products, soybeans and hogs are the main food industries in South Carolina.
Peaches, corn and other fruits are also grown in the fertile farmland. South Carolina is one of the main producers of peaches in the United States.
The first crop grown for profit in South Carolina was rice. Rice grew well in the swampy areas near the coast and it was cultivated as early as 1680s. There is a Rice Museum in Georgetown where you can learn about this cereal.
There is a commercial tea farm in South Carolina, near Charleston. The Charleston Tea Plantation sells tea under the brand American Classic Tea and its own name.
South Carolina foods
it is Southern cuisine Favorite Southern dishes are fried chicken, ham, steak, prime rib, catfish, chitlins, crackling bread, stew, hush puppies, seafood, salads, casseroles, pickles, preserves, coleslaw, corn bread, black eyed peas, turnip greens, peach cobbler, fried okra, sweet potato pie and boiled peanuts.
Popular dishes for breakfast are home made biscuits, fried ham, bacon, gravy, grits, sausages and pancakes.
The preferred drinks are whiskey and sweet iced tea.
...and food events
Oyster Festival, Charleston, every year in January or February. Shuck oysters to your heart's content, try a very traditional South Carolina coastal stew and other dishes.
State bird: Carolina wren
State animal: White tailed deer
State tree: Palmetto
State flower: Carolina Jessamine
South Carolina recipes
On the same path
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.