"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 2/25/2018 6:04 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 21:38:47 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>> "jmcquown" wrote in message ...
>>
>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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. For me, it has nothing to do with
>>>>>> pride. The term "lowcountry" is how the area is described by news
>>>>>> stations out of and including Savannah, GA. (The Memphis area is
>>>>>> described by their local news stations as the "mid-south".)
>>>>>>
>>>>> snip
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> low country and mid-south are geographically understood terms by those
>>>>> who do not live there. You may have heard of 'low country boil?'
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>> Of course I have. I'm not sure Gary has. Around here, a lowcountry
>>>> boil is Frogmore Stew.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> that's the one Do you know the origin of 'Frogmore?' 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. When my parents first
>> built the house here in 1986 their mailing address was Frogmore. It was
>> later changed by the post office back to the original name the Spanish
>> gave it in the 17th century.
>>
>> 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 where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are
>> buried
>
> I wonder if there is a connection. Many places in the US are named
> for places in Europe. Check it out, Jill.
> Janet US
>
Aha! The plantation was named by a John Grayson after his ancestral
estate in England.

Jill

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