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A team of filmmakers was at Geechee Girl a couple of months ago. Well, the film--part of series on Philly food--is finished and playing on Comcast.You can watch it here
This weekend's specials
- Chicken and corn chowder
- Fried green tomatoes with green tomato relish
- Geechee Girl brie salad: herb toasted brie on Overbrook Herb Farm lettuce. Poached pears; candied pecans; Geechee Girl vinaigrette.
- Roast leg of lamb served with tomato and fresh thyme ragout, creamy polenta and sauteed green beans
- Rainbow trout stuffed with deviled crab. Rice perloo and sauteed greens
Brunch specials
- Croque Madame: French toasted smoked turkey and cheese topped with a fried egg. Served with pure maple syrup.
- Crispy pork chop served with stoneground grits, sauteed apples, red eye gravy and herb scrambled eggs
- Shrimp bisque
- Oysters in cream with country ham and chiffonaded collards,served on a cornbread croute
- Peppercorn crusted beef tenderloin with bourbon-maple glaze
- Herbed roast lamb in red wine sauce
- Cornmeal crusted salmon + Geechee Girl crab cake
- Duck cassoulet with sea Island red peas
Geechee (pronounced with a hard "G") was one name for the enslaved West African peoples who lived on the Sea Islands and coastal areas of the Carolinas, Georgia and Northern Florida. The Africans who were brought to South Carolina lived on West Africa's rice coast and were expert in rice cultivation.
Much of the success of the Sea Islands' early rice industry can be attributed to a black rush basket called the fanner that was developed by the Geechee people. The fanner was used to toss (fan) threshed rice into the air to allow the wind to carry off the chaff
Today, Chef Valerie Erwin builds upon traditional southern rice delicacies with world influences. Come sample Geechee Girl's delights when you visit Philadelphia!
Watch Valerie making sauteed greens, one of Geechee Girl's favorite dishes
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