My grandfather, Prince Washington, grandmother, Rebecca Washington, mother Laura Washington Ashe lived here. Laura is my cousin. We came here as children and stayed most summers. The family home burned down and I built a new home in 2020. I feel so fortunate to have my family history resonating throughout Sandy Island. Thank you for sharing this video. Dr.Frances Ashe-Goins

@beverleycrawford1458

10 ай бұрын

Awhile what a beautiful heritage. Thanks for sharing

@patriciahvines8388

10 ай бұрын

Are recipes available?

@jacquelyndobson4623

10 ай бұрын

SC women KNOW how to rock those pots & pans🌴

When she rinsed that spoon off before she stirred that punch up it shot me back to my grandmother's kitchen.

She said she’s frying the eggs in the bacon grease, now if that ain’t good southern cooking, I don’t know what is. 😂😂 And then she said said get outta self and it’s then that you can see the blessings of the Lord!!! Love it!!!❤❤

His insulin skyrocketed with that punch lol She's so darling

@chayeh9416

10 ай бұрын

Lol fo real😂

@deborahthomas9362

10 ай бұрын

😂

She has a great sense of humor . Love the fact that she still have most of the kitchen wear that belongs to her grandmother.

I was born here on Sandy Island!❤

This beautiful woman has a beautiful soul. And the patience of a saint. This very inquisitive man with his PHD is an example of why Grandma would shoo us out the kitchen until we got a certain age. ❤😂❤ thank you for your patience my lady! I love your grandma’s kitchen. 🥰

@misstee9453

10 ай бұрын

so true grandma would say get out my kitchen go play 😂

@minniegray

10 ай бұрын

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@Dolly-rh6vg

10 ай бұрын

Lol I was thinking that too it's cute how he reminds me of a boy asking granny all these questions I know it's a interview but it's cute

@ronc.9248

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

I was 8 yrs on My first time visiting my Grand mommie in Bennettsville SC...from NY.. First, the garden staples: corn, potatoes, etc.. But it was the fried okra, fried green tomatoes and squash ,homemade rolls that was good for the soul. I was taught how to make homemade applesauce, and even bread pudding w/ raisins! I learned early how to build meals. Thanks for sharing.

@YochevedDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, the fried okra brings me back every single time!

@gotrescuedauto3584

10 ай бұрын

ARE YOU A FENNEL?

This Gullah geechee woman is one of our special Big Mama. she going to make sure all the children eat. We love you big mama out here in the KZread world much love and respect and prosperity to business 👏 back to the study

My dad recently passed away, and he was from Charleston. One thing I remember about him was that he ate rice with everything. We never had a meal without rice. Until this day my children and grandchildren love rice.

@africansnowqueenqueen3296

10 ай бұрын

Growing up in Florida in my mothers house there was never a meal cooked without rice. I thought it was the most ridiculous thing I’d ever seen. Even if we had potatoes or macaroni, she’d still cook rice. Btw, she was born and lived entire life in Florida, but rice was a daily staple.

@jaykay6411

10 ай бұрын

My family is from Georgetown, Kinloch

@ginalin7115

10 ай бұрын

My mom was from Charleston and we had rice almost every day!

@jaykay6411

10 ай бұрын

@@ginalin7115 my uncle would even have ith with spaghetti

If he dont get out Auntie kitchen. 😂

My mom was born in Mullins South Carolina, and at 18 married my dad then went into the military World. Although she passed in 2003, I vividly remember eating breakfast rice, and the bread pudding. In Germany she worked at the mess hall, and invited almost all the young soldiers to our house for Thanks Giving. They were so happy to get some real southern food. I do believe my mom was STRAIGHT Gulla Geechee. I knew and heard about Geechee, but as an adult, I just learned about the Gulla Geechee.

"Let it, cook" i felt that. We're really not that far that far removed from all this history. My ancestors and my mom used to say "A watchpot never boils" I personally love our history. 🤎

I'M WATCHING THIS ONCE AGAIN IT IS GIVING ME THE BEST MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD THE PUNCH I NEVER KNEW HOW TO MAKE BUT IT WAS SO GOOD!!! AND THOSE TEA CAKES MY GRANNY MADE FOR THOSE TRIP'S BACK TO FLA TO SEE HER BROTHER'S AND SISTER'S SHE SAID SHE WAS PICKING APPLES AND CAME TO ROCHESTER N.Y AND LIKED IT AND STAYED I'M GLAD SHE DID I WISH WE COULD GO BACK IN TIME I WOULD GO BACK TO BEING 5YRS OLD WITH MY GRANNY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!

Shes nice and beautiful!

I love watching videos that document Gullah culture but man they make me miss my grandmother.

@Petitedelight87K

10 ай бұрын

Same here

Most kitchens were not attached to houses in the previous centuries. Even Mount Vernon was designed that way and it was because of the fear of fire caused by the stoves.

I love this Lady she cooks like i do dont measure anything just know how much to add by years of cooking. God Bless.

@nicolemontgomery9463

Жыл бұрын

Just like my mom..dats how she taught me😁

@simplycookingwithshawn

10 ай бұрын

Yes, great cooks don’t measure unless there baking and if you’re a really great cook, you use your senses.

Wow. Thank you so much for introducing me to this beautiful woman living on a treasure island. 🥰

AWSOME JOB LAURA HARRIET THAT FOOD 🥘 🍱 🍲 LOOKS 👀 DELICIOUS GULLAH GEECHEE WAY 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾AMEN

Oooooo my GOODNESS dis brought back so many fond memories. I'm from the South Carolina Gullah County. My sweet Granny would make it dis way & make bread pudding with Figs from her fig tree.& dat punch" We made it with RUM 😎 & I still have a LOVE affair with RICE. I'm Gullah Geechie Proud Baby.

Putting Wilma Cottage in Sandy Island in my Places To Visit list now!!! Love this video 🎀

"What size pan is that?" If I was a young one back in my Grandma Mary's kitchen, that's the little big pan. Though it could be a big middle pan. I don't know Miss Laura's Grandma Mary's kitchen so I have no business speaking for Miss Laura, but Miss Laura's quiet words remind me of my own Grandma Mary 😊 Bless and thank you, Miss Laura 🖤💛❤️🇦🇺

This was, and is, such a beautiful way of life!...It's simple. Nothing overly complicated about it. I would assume the community is still in tact, and the people are a lot friendlier. Today, in most communities in urban and suburban areas, everyone gets lost in the shuffle. Neighbors don't even say "hello". It's very sad. I appreciated watching this, and hearing of the rich history and culture. Ms. Laura seems like a very sweet lady. Thank you!

The kitchen was separated from the house, just in case the kitchen catch fire, the house wouldn’t go up.

I love my SC upbringing and what the elders taught us. Great video, host and guest. Thank you❣🙏🏽

@jefferylivingston9003

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY what I was thinking sis.

I'm really enjoying this movie, it reminds me of my Grandma and Auntie, they loved to cook. And this is lady is a trooper, she haven't sit down not for a minute, that's a love for what she is doing. That food looks so good,now she is a real Cook, I would like to visit Gullah and have a meal with the lady that is cooking now, God Bless you 🙏🙏 and keep up the good work 🙏 👍

Why did he act like he came from Planet Acadamia the whole time?! Lawd u know dang good n well she was annoyed when he asked 3 times how long the rice was gona take… she done told u 20mins😂😂😂

@lynnettereede6887

10 ай бұрын

He got on my nerves when he said that the unbaked bread pudding mixture sure looked good! LOL!

I am so happy to have come across this video! Thank you for sharing! I’m thinking of my father and his family on their land in the valley of West Virginia. Much love to Ms. Laura!!!❤️🙏🏿❤️cleveland7-14-23 A beautiful history lesson that I’m happy to learn about!!! Peace blessings Ms.Laura❤️😊

Wilma should start her own you tube channel!

My paternal ancestors came from South Carolina. There first documented presence there was the first cencus after the Civil War, in 1870. My great grandfather was a fisherman using an old techingue called "sanding" (wading or swimming out into the water and throwing a net. They migrated to Georgia in the late1880s. My grandmother, who was born in Georgia, often made bread pudding and red rice. I wasn't too keen on the bread pudding, but the red rice?!!! Oh my. I wish she had made a pot of that rice for this demonstration. Not many people here in the northeast where I was born and live know about red rice. I visited the islands around Beaufort, SC years ago. The African American history is rich in those parts. I hope to be able to visit other areas of the Sea Islands one day. Thank you for this presentation.

@carmendee6039

10 ай бұрын

Generations of my ancestors, including my great - great grandfather; great - great grandmother; & both great grandparents lived on the barrier islands off the eastern coast of USA. 😔 💔 🙏 ♥

@bxlioness4552

10 ай бұрын

My mother, who was a born New Yorker made Red Rice, and we still make Red Rice today, as we were taught. Her father came from this area, and her mother (from Virginia) taught her to cook - she was a phenomenal cook! Like you, I wasn't keen on the Bread Pudding or Rice Pudding 😀

@elsiemcdowell661

10 ай бұрын

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@sisteroflight

9 ай бұрын

My maternal ancestors are from Valdosta Ga, Savannah GA. Paternal Ancestors are from Rockford,and Sylvania Ga Bread Pudding was a stable both sides of my family made each with their own twist. I still make Mulatto Rice( Red Rice shrimp. I make Red Rice with sausage for those with Shellfish allergies. Recipes have been in my family since 1700's.

Does she have any videos??? We need them. 😂

My grandmother used a wood burning stove. Bread pudding & corn pudding were my favorites 😊❤

@sethaguilar8330

10 ай бұрын

No body ever knows what corn pudding is when I mention it

When Auntie made that punch and added all that sugar I just about died lol. 😂😂😂😂 "gotta add some more sugar" haha

@LJonesW213

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣😂 Sweet Memories on the punch. Hasn't changed!

@rennyray11

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂I was hoping she added more to the bread pudding. The punch gone take somebody out of here!

@deloresjackson1066

10 ай бұрын

That's too much sugar, sugah...😁😁

@indirastone7382

10 ай бұрын

I imagined children running around ‘til they dropped!

@indirastone7382

10 ай бұрын

@@rennyray11Diabetic coma! 😵‍💫😴

She’s so precious & Wise. I would love it if she made videos of her cooking authentic dishes. I would subscribe and pay yearly. She has a calm, loving presence. I’d love to visit her & stay overnight. Being able to watch her prepare meals would be a phenomenal blessing.

@DM-uz9pw

8 ай бұрын

Same here

I love those vintage Pyrex bowls. That's a nice pattern. I love raisins also, so I will be trying this. Then I'll start my diet, once it's gone LOL. Thank you for sharing this lovely lady with us.

@rebeccadent464

Жыл бұрын

My mother used to have them. So nostalgic seeing this.

Gosh so gentle and loving. Whats so wonderful she was patient with the interviewer . ❤

“Regulate what” lmbo I love her energy. I’d love to visit and attend the church

Okay, now that's some good eating right there 😊 many southerners eat like that even nowadays ❤

.I keep wanting to nudge him to start the dishes! What a truly Lovely Lady!

I am also a descendent of Gullah Geechee people. I absolutely plan to visit your cottage when this whole Covid has slowed down permanently. I remember as a teenager hearing stories of the Gullah Geechee culture from my grandmother.

This is the kind wisdom and conversations I had with my mother and father’s family and all older people who had a hand in raising us. More of this kind of interaction with older people would change our young people for the better! I love this!

My grandmother and my great aunt are from south Carolina, james island in Charleston. We had rice every day. Uncle Ben's rice and shrimp, salmon. Rice fried with eggs or grits. MMMMM . Sometimes with sugar toast.❤

Omg she has such a wonderful sense of humor an I would love to visit with her an taste her food it looks so good

The show host also did a great job!

@vivianlang9738

10 ай бұрын

Indeed!❤❤❤❤

On My Bucket List ! My Parents often talked about the culture! Awesome. 🙏🏾❤️👀

My mother's family are from Sumter SC who were brought there from Barbados. My Mother migrated to NC, however, I still eat and cook these Meals Today. She also, made our clothes and taught us how to sew.

@bonitaweekes4366

10 ай бұрын

I am from Barbados and I know that people from Barbados were the first to settle in SC. There was no more land available here for the plantation owners to give their sons. So a plantation owner here wrote to King James of England asking he could claim some of the land, it was swampy. First group was about 2 owners their wives, other family and slaves, some of whom died but others came. Willie Lynch actually came from Barbados.

@journeydodge5812

10 ай бұрын

@@bonitaweekes4366 Thanks for that History Lesson.

We grew up on rice and bread pudding and sausage but it never looked as good as this. Yum😊

She a kind soul. A beautiful lady.

My Aunt was from South Carolina and she was a called Geechee and every meal she cook 🍳 she would always have RICE. 🍚 😋

@jasannahmarie888

Жыл бұрын

Eat em wit everything

@Rev.BarbWilliams

10 ай бұрын

Yep. My aunt Sweetie was Geechee. She visited us for a few weeks, and there was rice at every meal 😂

@Webbgurl2000

10 ай бұрын

It’s the RICE. I’m GG and I get withdrawals from not having rice.

@brobb9780

10 ай бұрын

Us South Louisianans must be Geechee too, because we have to have rice with everything too. The cooking is very similar too. Im do that vacation soon. Always wanted to.❤

@Gullahbae-xm6ms

5 ай бұрын

Amen! Rice is a daily staple with us!

That was a regular meal in our home in North Carolina. My Mom always saved old bread.

@deborahthomas9362

10 ай бұрын

Mine to and I still do for my dressing.

Love the roosters on the curtains and on the wall

Bread pudding has been and still is a traditional staple in Mississippi, too. So delicious 😋

@BilliondollarmeDestiny

10 ай бұрын

Yes, yes, my grandmother bawn in Arkansas by way of Mississippi and VA and TN ancestrally....she made ye same and would often change up her fruit - sometimes raisins, sometime apples or both, sometimes peaches even pineapple. It is our culture to use what you have, magical almost what we can create from 'not enough' etc. We are a resilient people.

@maryjemisonMaryjay1936

10 ай бұрын

Alabama Gulf Coast my Mother made her Bread Pudding the same way but with Butter 🧈 ❤❤

@Gold_gyrl

10 ай бұрын

No more grandmas like this no more 😞

@BriBri256

9 ай бұрын

my grand mom eats bread pudding like everyday! 😩 it’s to the point where i’ve retired from eating it! 🤣

@Poshgardenherbs

8 ай бұрын

My people from shuqualak 🥰

AS A LITTLE TIKE I REMEMBER BREAD PUDDING WAS MY FAVORITE FOODS TO EAT I WAS BORN IN 1962 AND IT'S STILLED MADE IN MY FAMILY THANK YOU

Beautiful Southern Roots❤❤

I was born and raised in Georgetown, Sandy Island has always been tranquil. I'm familiar with alot of families there.

Thank you for the meal and showing us your culture and home!!!!! 💜💙💙💙💙💚💛💛💛🧡

I enjoyed this video so so much.I would love to visit Sandy Island.

i remember the punch bowl with the hanging cups in the middle of the table sitting top of a lace thingy and u couldnt touch it and if the pastor and or church folk was coming over u had to sit and wait and with manners she took me alllll the way back

@deborahthomas9362

10 ай бұрын

😂❤yes. We use to have two going at the same time..large family..

Beautiful meal. What a blessing to be in her presence. I love our family and roots. ❤️❤️☀️

Im an old white girl from Virginia and I have the same exact curtains that are in this beautiful kitchen. I love to visit some time cause I love the old fashioned simp!e life and its just the way I live too. Simple food and simple living. God Bless everyone.💕🙏😊

@goodmeasure777

3 жыл бұрын

@Luellen, You sound like good people!

@jennivelez7777

2 жыл бұрын

OMG! I have NEVER seen anyone spell their name just like my Grammy. Luellen!🙏👍😍👏

@teew1895

2 жыл бұрын

Simple life is the best life.

@juanitamcferrin5064

2 жыл бұрын

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Wow, what a pleasure to watch. Bread and butter pudding is popular in the UK. My mother, who came to the UK from Nigeria, used to make it when I was a child. She learned how once in the UK. She used to add a llittle brandy. Such a comfort food....yum😊

Lovely Lady! Yummy food!

I just needed him to shut up for longer than just 10 second intervals while this pleasant lady worked her magic in the kitchen. Like GAHDAMN!!!! Hush!!!!

@stayfocused4791

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!!💯

@indirastone7382

10 ай бұрын

It was so frustrating!!! Uuuuuugh!

@audreyguilbeaucalhoun5713

7 ай бұрын

Agree, working my nerves

I love her sweet personality..she reminds me of my grandmother and my aunt cooking in the stone stove outside of the main house in the back woods high up the mountain in the Dominican Republic..everything looks 😋 😋 😋

My father’s family is from Sandy Island and Pawleys Island.

Geechee History is Amazing, People Please do your own research!! Shout to Grandma Bread Pudding and all the delicious foods of Gullah Geechee Ancestors!!!!

Yummy..Gullah Geechee Recipes Thank you both..

Thank you for this video !!! Much love and many blessings. 🧡🙏

Yes, this was a blessing to watch. Thank You 🙏🏾

Loved this and i dont even like rice like that. Her spirit is everything.

I love her cooking techniques!!! Regulate heat??!!! She feels it without all the rules!!

like the Meal .Took me back so far in my memories with the older folk

She most definitely made that with love

She is a COOK! I bet that house smells like heaven, and I'm very impressed she did all of that on an electric stove without burning anything, although I'm suprised I didn’t see any cast iron. She probably only used the new stuff for the camera. The metal utensils in the non-stick were triggering though. Get it, Motha!

Thank you for sharing, I love learning new things about our history. Never thought in nj schools when I was going.👍👍👍

I'm 57 and was raised in Wisconsin, but! of course like a lot of us! our families migrated accross the united states. Watching this it shows me just how connected that we are. My mama wound cook EVERYTHING! that she cooked. Except! for the punch! We would always drive her crazy! So their was no way she would have made us some punch unless! it was sugar less, in which case, a cold! glass of sugar free WATER! was always our other option! lol! And we were very! healthy! So said the doctors.

She is so humble,food looks good too.

This was wonderful! ❤❤❤ Thank you Miss Laura for allowing us into your kitchen and sharing your love of cooking with me. I really enjoyed watching this beautiful meal come together with so much love. That breakfast rice looks amazing! I wanted a bowl of everything! Yummiest!

Awesome! I loved the host; she was outstanding! Thank you to the professor for his dedication to such a rich culture!

@evettepierre2262

10 ай бұрын

I love your comment and agree One thing though, I'm watching this July 2023. Hoping people realize now how much of a lie it was forcing people to wear those masks. Peace and Love.

@Gullahbae-xm6ms

5 ай бұрын

It’s not a lie in most European, Asian, and Oceania countries where the prevalence of Covid was lower…

@user-ti3vy4mf6p

4 ай бұрын

It is too bad that these folks and their land are not protected . Developers have the advantage and these People get zoned out of existence.Only a handful😅 left to be used as tourist attractions. Thank God for granting a New Heaven and New Earth 🌎 for the future, people will finally get a chance to live and live without encroachment.❤

We still have homes in African Villages that have the kitchen outside (a separate building or attachment).

Oh the memory she brings back. My Mom made Rice 🍚 and Bread 🍞 pudding. I personally never like rice pudding. Now watching her I will make this for my Son who I am sure will love it.

I loved this, thank you.

Oh my Lord , I truly enjoyed watching this, and the history and culture this lady talked about. However, that professor was a bit much. Ms. Harriet endured about 82 questions (2 per minute) from him. By the 22nd question, I would have put him out my kitchen. Gonna try that bread pudding recipe. I would like to tour this island one day on a road trip on the way to Myrtle Beach. God bless this sweet lady.

@angelawarren2567

10 ай бұрын

I wonder if more consideration for communicative norms( relative to Mrs. Laura's age and generation) should have been considered. Perhaps if the professor had tailored his communication style to Mrs. Laura's energy and temperament, he might have made things easier for the both of them, while obtaining the information he needed. Time was likely a factor here, also, space. I would liked to have seen Mrs. Laura with her cleaning materials, including extra cooking utensils and paper towels easily accessible to her. Thank you, professor for bringing this piece of history to life.

I would love to see her season her broth for collard greens. Kitchens in the back of the house was done to prevent fires in the main house. If you tour Charleston historic district you can see some kitchens in the back of the homes. (Courtesy of CBS TV 39:54 Sunday Morning Show)

Bread Pudding, my favorite dessert. I was focused, on the oven door, the entire time. 😛 😋

Very nicely done, a pleasure to watch!

I appreciate you sharing your beautiful soul Ms Herriott😇♥️🥰GOD brings us all together and you are definitely a Beautiful example of his pure love! Thank you very much for the Dr for his valuable years of education and research to share & teach! I really enjoyed this video😊

He was getting on my nerves but she was teaching me something

@lynnettereede6887

10 ай бұрын

He got on my nerves when he said that the unbaked bread pudding mixture sure looked good! LOL!

Thank you to whoever it was for posting this wonderful You Tube video of Gullah culture and food. Reminded me so much of Grandmother who was part black and part Indian and part Cajun. Grandmother was a cook for rich white folks on St. Charles Avenue and could cook anything and everything Cajun. There was always a pot of Gumbo z'herbs on the stove and occasionally it had some creature from the backyard garden and menagerie - pigeon, duck, chicken. Whoa: Did she stir in a stick of butter in that cabbage? Terrific! Julia Child always said you could never use enough butter.

Thanks to.Ms. Laura for more Geechie cooking from Sandy Island SC. It's between Georgetown and Myrtle Beach.

I luv this...my mother and grandma is Geechee from charston S.C and breakfast rice wasmy grandma's favorite..I never liked it as a kid but I make it for my family for sunday breakfast if I have leftover rice and don't feel like making grits..I just made plain cabbage the other day with bake chicken was so good.I'm making red rice right now for a family party tomorrow while Im watching this video😍

This is where my grandmother was born and raised....The Harriott family❤ my grandmother is Viola Harriott-Beaufort. Mrs Laura Harriott has to be a cousin of mine. In fact she looks like my grandmother.

My mom always made the best bread pudding ❤

I am from a small of Beaufort South Carolina. I love my watching my grandfather and grandmother Cook from scratch the food the history of the south is beautiful I love where I'm from and will be going back home next year I miss it

How does this not have millions of likes? Every second of this was completely delightful, and I never wanted it to end. When I was little my great grandmother lived with us, and I remember all of these recipes. I even have her Fostoria glass punch set and dinnerware. My great grandmother was from Arkansas, but I'm sure that she had contact with other people of the American south who shared their traditions with her. (She had a lot of Appalachian traditions, too.)

@eileenwatt8283

10 ай бұрын

Although it's delicious. It's not healthy so maybe that's why it's not getting likes and views. People are focus on eating healthy these days.

Love this lady and her cooking expertise!! I will be trying her breakfast rice dish. She makes bread pudding like I do ... eyeballing the ingredients. I would love to know more about the culture.

She wanted you OUT the kitchen🤣🤣. You act like you really don’t know what’s going on in that kitchen but no matter how far removed you might actually be, you know momma wanted to do her dishes before you rushed her to that next dish🤣. I was yelling through the tv! Thanks for the history and cooking lesson. I’d love to visit her cottage when I venture down south.

@goodmeasure777

3 жыл бұрын

@LaRica Grant, Exactly, lol. We clean up as we go!

@NajSinghs

2 жыл бұрын

haahhaahaaaa!!!!! That's FACTS! 😂💖

@_TonyCrossroads

2 жыл бұрын

Right lol!!! Bruh acts like he didn’t grow up around any Black folk whatsoever lol.

@brownlace

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@ambitiousgirlliyah3167

Жыл бұрын

Okayyyy!!!! Clean as ya go ‼️‼️🤣🤣🥰

I desire to visit and have sweet lady cook everything on this menu. I have to get to Sandy Island and discover my roots. She is encouraging me to make my way south within a year. God I pray this is alignment with your will and my desire. ❤️

Loved it. Simple but delicious food. Layers of flavor without being overly seasoned. Thank you.