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Finding Local, Specialty Foods

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Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. I’m been looking into different kinds of butt rubs recently. Now this is not a cure for cellulite or a remedy for diaper rash – butt rubs are actually cherished family recipes used to enhance the flavor of meats – pork roasts, steaks, or even hamburgers. Often developed by men who love to barbecue, these seasoning mixes are a fun way to add interest to outdoor cooking.

The South Carolina Specialty Foods Association, part of our State Department of Agriculture efforts to encourage and support local entrepreneurs by helping them connect to consumers has a catalog on-line, or free if you call, that has hundreds of locally sourced products that make wonderful holiday gifts – something you know will be used and not left in a drawer. Maybe your great Aunt Isabel wouldn’t appreciate butt rub, but a bar of homemade, lavender perfumed goat soap might be just the ticket.

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Amanda McNulty is a Clemson University Extension Horticulture agent and the host of South Carolina ETV’s Making It Grow! gardening program. She studied horticulture at Clemson University as a non-traditional student. “I’m so fortunate that my early attempts at getting a degree got side tracked as I’m a lot better at getting dirty in the garden than practicing diplomacy!” McNulty also studied at South Carolina State University and earned a graduate degree in teaching there.