When my kids and I used to drive down to Charleston on SC-41, we would try and find the first palmetto. I believe it was on the banks of the Wando, which is a tidal river. I don't think palmettos grow inland, and there were some embarrassing efforts to get them to grow on the grounds of the state capitol in Columbia. The symbol of the state relates to a fortification of palmetto logs of Sullivan's Island that helped repulse the British in the Battle of Charleston in 1776.
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Smith is from Gaffney, home of the Big Peach. Uplands, not too far from Rock Hill and Charlotte.
Gaffney is also the home town of President Francis Underwood.
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Speaking of peaches, I was at the Farmer's Market today and was told that the late frost did a number on the local peach crop.
A rough peach year ahead.
And I love peaches.
This may be a first, and mods delete if if just doesn't cut it, but a recipe to always remember:
Extra sharp cheddar, finely grated.
Mayo, but not too.
Texas Pete, a lot.
Jar of pimientos, added last.
Stir, don't blend (so as not annihilate the beauty of the pimientos)
How is this not only important, but relevant?
Dennis, I guarantee, like me a Carolina country boy, has eaten gallons of it.
South Carolina is slightly ahead of Georgia in peach production -- but California produces 10 times as many peaches as South Carolina. Heck, California produces twice as many peaches as the next 10 best peach producing states put together:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...ing-us-states/
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Silly me. I came here looking for news about a new wide receiver. Instead I am reading about SC produce markets
That'll teach me.
Love you both, but you're both the pits.
But, peace offering:
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