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Being from Myrtle Beach I grew up with it. There is even a Chicken Bog festival in Horry County (the county that Myrtle Beach is in) but this dish seems to be little known outside the Long Bay area. Long Bay = Georgetown, Horry Brunswick counties. Well... they do know about it in Charleston but the natives consider it a "trash" dish from northern coast and not suitable for their status. When moved away from the beach area, I was quite surprised that nobody else in the country had ever heard of it including here in Charlotte which is relatively close to the coast. Chicken Bog originated from the days when there used to be rice farms there and rice was a bigger staple than wheat in the very isolated Horry county area. There is a rice museum in Georgetown and I believe they may sell a couple of local recipe books about the dish.
The Chicken Bog festival in Loris is called the Loris Bog-Off and they just held this year's event last month. I believe my mom and dad went to it this year, but I haven't been since Ronald Reagan was in office. I sill remember a protest going on that year "Ronald Reagan ain't no good... Send him back to Hollywood..." lol However this event is mostly revolves around a contest to see who can cook the best chicken bog.
Nobody in Charlotte, from the natives to the transplants, has ever heard of it, so if you want some here, you are going to have to make it for yourself. I'm not saying that you can't find it somewhere around here, but in the decades that I live in Mecklenburg, I've never seen it on a menu. I usually make a pot of it every couple of weeks as it is a staple dinner for us. I take a short cut in making it by cooking it in a pressurized Korean rice cooker. Some would say this isn't authentic, but I've spent decades cooking and figured out how to do it this way. It's a great dish that keeps well and makes great leftovers and packs well for take to work lunches.
Nobody in Charlotte, from the natives to the transplants, has ever heard of it, so if you want some here, you are going to have to make it for yourself.
Hee-hee, you're right! I'm a Charlotte native, and had never heard of it before. It looks like something I already make, a variation on chicken-n-rice - now I know what to call it!
Indeed. Paula Dean is a transplanted Yankee who moved to Savannah where she pretends to be Southern. Aside from that, they don't know anything about chicken bog in Savannah.
On that link above, I would probably go with the Chapin Library version as a good recipe to start with. It's probably closest to what is usually served though I do acknowledge there are a lot of "secret" family recipes that provide a lot of variations.
Indeed. Paula Dean is a transplanted Yankee who moved to Savannah where she pretends to be Southern. Aside from that, they don't know anything about chicken bog in Savannah.
Where did you hear that? Paula Deen was born in Albany, Georgia, lived there for 23 years then moved to Savannah.
Indeed. Paula Dean is a transplanted Yankee who moved to Savannah where she pretends to be Southern. Aside from that, they don't know anything about chicken bog in Savannah.
Where did you get your information that she is a Carpet Bagger? According to anything I have found she was born in GA and has always lived there. Are you a Truther?
Where did you hear that? Paula Deen was born in Albany, Georgia, lived there for 23 years then moved to Savannah.
I've heard this from the natives down there due to the fact that a lot of the stuff she cooks isn't authentic, but I did some checking after I posted this and see that she is from GA. (I usually check my facts before posting) However I do stand by the statement that Savannah isn't a source for instructions on how to cook Chicken Bog.
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