Lowcountry cuisine
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Description
With its diversity of seafood from the coastal estuaries, its concentration of wealth in Charleston and Savannah, and a vibrant African cuisine influence, Lowcountry cooking has strong parallels with New Orleans and Cajun cuisine.
The lowcountry includes the coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia. There is a difference of opinion as to what exactly the
Atlantic coastal plain of South Carolina and Georgia
. The geography is a critical factor in distinguishing the region's culinary identity from interior areas of the South.
The rich estuary system provides an abundance of shrimp, fish, crabs, and oysters that were not available to non-coastal regions prior to refrigeration. The marshlands of South Carolina also proved conducive to growing rice, and grain became a major part of the everyday diet.
Foods that are traditionally part of Lowcountry cuisine
Appetizers, soups, and salads
- Cooter soup (Turtle soup)
- She-crab soup
- Sweet potato and crab soup[1]
- Gumbo
- Brunswick stew
Meat and seafood
- Catfish stew
- Lowcountry boil (known as "Frogmore stew" in South Carolina)
- Country captain
- Shrimp and grits
- Shrimp kedgeree
- Oyster roast
- Crab cake
Rice
- Charleston red rice
- Perlau or chicken bog
- Salmon and rice
Sides
- Hoppin' John
- Fried cabbage
- Baked macaroni and cheese
See also
- Cuisine of the Southern United States
- Vertamae Grosvenor
- Marsh Hen Mill, in South Carolina, selling grits from heirloom grains and other local products
- Food portal
References
- ^ "Sweet Potato And Crab Soup". Emerils.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- Taylor, John Martin. Hoppin'John's Lowcountry Cooking. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- The Junior League of Charleston. Charleston Receipts. Wimmer Brothers, 1993.