On 2/25/2018 4:38 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "jmcquown"Â* wrote in message ...
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> On 2/24/2018 11:31 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:25:31 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
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>>> On 2/24/2018 11:08 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 09:00:47 -0500, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> On 2/24/2018 8:22 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The temps in the lowcountry are unseasonably warm for this time of
>>>>>>> year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> lol..."the lowcounty." You always say that...just like Dsi1
>>>>>> always saying "this rock."
>>>>>> That said though, nothing wrong with pride in your area.
>>>>>>
>>>>> LOL sand isn't really a factor.Â* For me, it has nothing to do with
>>>>> pride.Â* The term "lowcountry" is how the area is described by news
>>>>> stations out of and including Savannah, GA.Â* (The Memphis area is
>>>>> described by their local news stations as the "mid-south".)
>>>>>
>>>> snip
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>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> low country and mid-south are geographically understood terms by those
>>>> who do not live there.Â* You may have heard of 'low country boil?'
>>>> Janet US
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>>> Of course I have.Â* I'm not sure Gary has.Â* Around here, a lowcountry
>>> boil is Frogmore Stew.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> that's the one Â* Do you know the origin of 'Frogmore?'Â* I've never
>> heard the term before that I remember.
>> Janet US
>>
> LOL Frogmore is the name of a community (can't rightly call it a town,
> it's very small!) on Saint Helena Island which, after the Civil War was
> named Frogmore after one of the plantations.Â* When my parents first
> built the house here in 1986 their mailing address was Frogmore.Â* It was
> later changed by the post office back to the original name the Spanish
> gave it in the 17th century.
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> I gather the recipe for the "boil" originated with slaves and former
> slaves using local seafood, homemade sausage and vegetables from the
> garden.
>
> Jill
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> Frogmore here is an estate whereÂ* Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are
> buried

I've no doubt the plantation was owned people people of English descent.

Jill