ProbableNamed from the place
Frogmore stew
noun · first attested 20th century
Named for a South Carolina community you will struggle to find on a map.
A one-pot boil of shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes, drained and tipped out onto a table.
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- Named from the place
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- ProbableThe conventional story is likely, with caveats.
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- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Frogmore
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Frogmore stew
Frogmore sits on St. Helena Island in the South Carolina Lowcountry, and the dish is credited to a local fishing family who cooked it in bulk for crowds. The community name reportedly fell out of postal use, so the stew now carries it further than the island itself does.
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