![]() ![]() ![]() While living on the island presented many challenges, it also made way for unique opportunities to learn life lessons as well as the ‘cooking lessons’ at the apron strings of her beloved Mother and ‘Grandmomma’. This was no problem for her (doesn’t everyone know what a ‘pinch’ of something is? she thought), but an inconvenience when publishing a cookbook for the masses. Instead they used leftover tin cans, and more importantly, the eye and hand of an experienced home cook. Daufuskie is a breath of fresh air that never leaves me.” Sallie’s family used a wood-fired stove for all the cooking and didn’t have measuring spoons or cups. Sallie Ann added, “I am so proud to be a Daufuskie native. Sallie Ann Robinson, author of Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way and Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon and Night We did not have any stress we were always learning – planting and tending the garden and enjoying the reward of the harvest – it teaches you appreciation,” Sallie tells me. “Even though we had so little, we were happy. ![]() Living on Daufuskie was a hard way of life, but according to Sallie Ann, she never realized this because she and her family never knew any different. ![]() With an expressive voice and friendly laugh, Sallie Ann reminisced about her childhood growing up on an island which is accessible only by boat and where everyone traditionally ate what they grew in the soil, caught in the river, and hunted in the woods. I had the pleasure of speaking with Sallie Ann recently. ![]()
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