Low Country Boil follow-up

Picture from here.

My new obsession: Low Country Boils. As promised, I am going to tell all my west coast friends about Low Country Boil. If you look at the picture above, you get a good idea. Pretty much, there is a big basket of food prepared with "all you can eat" in mind. The Low Country Boil I went to last Friday night had shrimp (fresh from the ocean that day), red potatoes, corn on the cob, sausage, and onions. It was delicious! There was an endless supply of food and you could just eat until you couldn't move.

It was also my first time shelling my own shrimp - tearing off the legs grossed me out at first, but I got over that pretty fast. Scott doesn't like shrimp, so he wasn't as impressed with it. Me on the other hand... When is the next one?

My friend Cat is from North Carolina, and they have Pig Pickin's. It's pretty much the same as it sounds - cook a pig and eat it. Now I need to get an invitation to one of those. Cat??

Comments

Jessica Marie said…
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! That sure does sound yummy, except for the shrimp! I am not a fan of shrimp too! EWWWW! GROSS! DISGUSTING!!! LOL! Sounds like you got a good taste of southern food! I have a co-worker who is from Texas and a bunch of students from the south who sure do make stuff like that, and it is good! I'm glad you were able to go! Take care! :)
Bree said…
I'm with Scott--not a big shrimp lover--James would love it though! The rest sounds delicious! I have got to visit the South!! Do people just host them at their houses? How fun!!
Anonymous said…
Hey, maybe this next spring we'll do one. I'll have to research it and see who does them here. Back in NC just about all my friends knew how to do it. Just remember, it's a pig pickin', meaning, there is a WHOLE pig on the grill, eyeballs and all. I hear the eyeballs are the best, but I've never had one.
Lisa Brown said…
How much fun! I still remember the Low Country Boil we had last year - so much fun! (Even if they made fun of me for not eating the shrimp.)

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