It's A Great Pumpkin Preview
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In Cherokee homelands, historic Dutch Fork pumpkin roasts with the “Little Tan."
Carolina pumpkins trace back to Pumpkintown, SC, where the Cherokee shaped the Oolenoy River valley. The Savers meet Nat Bradford of Sumter, SC, champion of Dutch Fork pumpkins. Mohawk Chef Dave Smoke- McCluskey spreads Bradford’s seeds among Native growers. Together they journey to the Cherokee homeland to roast Bradford’s pumpkins alongside the “Little Tan,” grown by Cherokee horticulturists.
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It's A Great Pumpkin Preview
Preview: Episode 4 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Carolina pumpkins trace back to Pumpkintown, SC, where the Cherokee shaped the Oolenoy River valley. The Savers meet Nat Bradford of Sumter, SC, champion of Dutch Fork pumpkins. Mohawk Chef Dave Smoke- McCluskey spreads Bradford’s seeds among Native growers. Together they journey to the Cherokee homeland to roast Bradford’s pumpkins alongside the “Little Tan,” grown by Cherokee horticulturists.
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From Pumpkin Town South Carolina to the Cherokee homeland in the west of North Carolina.
It begins in the lush fields along the Illinois River.
The company chef, Kevin Mitchell, and me, food historian, David Shields, as we investigate the legacy of the Dutch Fork pumpkin.
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