Chutney Suppers Recall Ellenton Food Traditions and Cooking
Louise Cassels and Mamie Foreman recount Ellenton memories from chutney suppers to barbecues at the Ellenton Farmers Agricultural Club. They share recipes, including rice and waffles, and praise long time cook Geraldine Graham while noting local history before the Atomic Energy Commission takeover in the 1950s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cassels
Ellenton
Atomic Energy Commission
Louise
Ridgeland
Mamie Foreman
Geraldine Graham
Geraldine
Aiken
Audley Ward
Jiles
Hudson
Agricultural Club
Mamie
Emily Bull
Chicken with chutney served over rice with bacon and pecans
A 14 to 16 pound chicken is boiled and cooled then cut for salad. Broth is reduced, mixed with cubed chicken and eggs, thickened if needed, and heated. Rice is cooked in salted water and dried in the oven. Bacon is fried and crushed, then plated with celery green peppers pecans and chutney atop rice and chicken for six servings.
Westcliff party recreates shipwreck era with pirates and natives
Four Westcliff couples hosted a 1773 themed party inviting residents to come in costume and bring a tasty morsel. Guests dressed as pirates and natives, with tiki torches and a handmade treasure box. The handbuilt island scene featured a life jacket wearing couple arriving by boat as the crowd enjoyed ghost stories and seaside revelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin Smithwick
John Silver
Westcliff
Pay Bell
Don Laherty
Roger Waugh
Roger Rahl
Frank Lock
Pawley's Island
Mary Jane
Debbie
Grey Man
Pawley Island
Charles Bailey
Aiken
Charles Hipp
Charleston
Ross Allen
John Morehead
Sam Marshall
Winston- Salem
Graniteville Notes of Local Residents and Travel
Granville readers report families spending vacations at Sandy Springs on Hwy 25 and Clark Hill. Vera Garvin remains in Aiken County Hospital while Thelma Sims recovers at home after a university hospital stay in Augusta. The Spires sisters visited Augusta with Chassereau Jr. on naval leave. Mr and Mrs Billy Williams moved from Newport News to Lexington and Mrs Williams is Kitty Stokes of Aiken. Thelma Sims and Maude Green are noted in health updates. Leon Stallings returns from USAF duty and moves to Clearwater with wife Gloria Spradley Stallings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Garvin
Aiken County Hospital
Spires
Samantha Spires
Augusta
Luther Chassereau Jr
Chassereau
Navy
Thelma Sims
Howlandville
University Hospital
Mae Rearden
Willie Scott
Billy Williams
Newport News
Alabama
Myrtle Beach
Maude Green
Joe Taylor
Laurel Drive
William Koon
St. Louis
Essie Koon
Warrenville
Florida
Leon Stallings
Clearwater
United States Air Force
Stallings
Gloria Spradley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aiken County Public Library
Ole Time Fellowship
Arthur Foreman
Lou Cassels
Bob Parkinson
Louise Is
The
Crosby
School OF Dance
Aiken Civic Ballet
S.C
Carl Crosby
Vance
Greenville
Aiken, S.C
Graniteville Friends
Nona
Bobby Anderson
James
Penny
Sandy Springs
Hwy. 25
Kalmia Plaza
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