After a somewhat more temperate week last week, the heat is back in a big way this week in our neck of the woods. We’ve traded the open windows and cooler nights for full-on air conditioning. Our pool is open for a few more weeks, but it is clear to me that autumn is right around the corner.
While summer is still hanging on, why not have a simple Low Country Boil with your family or friends this weekend? We brought a little bit of the south northward two weekends ago and celebrated with this:
Good friends, great food, some big hunks of bread and few adult beverages, combined with a near-perfect weather night, some fun tunes and outdoor lights (bought at the Target clearance rack) for one of those “world’s just as it should be” moments.
I love meals like a Low Country Boil.
Simple, yet tasty food, communally shared with laughter. Want to give one a try? It is super easy and extremely family friendly as you eat it on a table lined with newspaper and just grab what you care to eat and have at it.
Low Country Boil (aka, Frogmore Stew)
6 ears of corn
6 medium russet potatoes
3 pounds sausage (we use a combination of kielbasa, bratwurst and chorizo)
3 pounds of shrimp (unpeeled)
5 quarts of water
2 bottles of beer
¼ cup Old Bay seasoning
1 - 3oz package of seafood boil
1 lemon, sliced
Peel and cut the corn ears in half. Cut each potato into 8 pieces or so. Cut each sausage into thirds. Rinse the shrimp.
In an extra large stock pot (12 quarts is a good minimum size), preferably over an outdoor cooking burner (we used the side burner to our grill), bring the water, beer, Old Bay, seafood boil and lemon to a boil.
Add the corn and potatoes, cook for 5 minutes.
Add the sausage, cook for 5 minutes.
Add the shrimp and cook until the shrimp is no longer pink. Remove corn, potatoes, sausage and shrimp from the Old Bay water mixture.
Serve with crusty bread on a table covered with newspaper (makes clean up a breeze!).
Serves 8-10.
SPC
PS—Go Bucks! Yes, college football starts tonight with my beloved Buckeyes taking the field and I would be remiss without mentioning it.
Good friends, great food, some big hunks of bread and few adult beverages, combined with a near-perfect weather night, some fun tunes and outdoor lights (bought at the Target clearance rack) for one of those “world’s just as it should be” moments.
I love meals like a Low Country Boil.
Simple, yet tasty food, communally shared with laughter. Want to give one a try? It is super easy and extremely family friendly as you eat it on a table lined with newspaper and just grab what you care to eat and have at it.
Low Country Boil (aka, Frogmore Stew)
6 ears of corn
6 medium russet potatoes
3 pounds sausage (we use a combination of kielbasa, bratwurst and chorizo)
3 pounds of shrimp (unpeeled)
5 quarts of water
2 bottles of beer
¼ cup Old Bay seasoning
1 - 3oz package of seafood boil
1 lemon, sliced
Peel and cut the corn ears in half. Cut each potato into 8 pieces or so. Cut each sausage into thirds. Rinse the shrimp.
In an extra large stock pot (12 quarts is a good minimum size), preferably over an outdoor cooking burner (we used the side burner to our grill), bring the water, beer, Old Bay, seafood boil and lemon to a boil.
Add the corn and potatoes, cook for 5 minutes.
Add the sausage, cook for 5 minutes.
Add the shrimp and cook until the shrimp is no longer pink. Remove corn, potatoes, sausage and shrimp from the Old Bay water mixture.
Serve with crusty bread on a table covered with newspaper (makes clean up a breeze!).
Serves 8-10.
SPC
PS—Go Bucks! Yes, college football starts tonight with my beloved Buckeyes taking the field and I would be remiss without mentioning it.