Here in Beaufort we call it Frogmore Stew. Frogmore is a little shrimping community known as home of Penn Center. You may remember a childern's TV show called Gullah, Gullah Island? It was based on the Gullah Geechee culture found here on the Sea Islands.
Equal parts of: Shrimp, Kilbasa, corn, & potatos. Add in cut up onion & Old Bay and bring to a boil. This is what we have for a 'cook-out' as the Yankees call it. (Don't tell anyone I was born 'up there').
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Frogmore! Thats what the natives called it there as well. Here in the Florida Panhandle its a Shrimp Boil, sometimes also called a Low Country Boil. As far as I can tell, they are basically the same recipe. Most natives here also know it as Beaufort Stew. Frogmore - brought back fond memories.
AJ - your recipe is mostly the same as the one I was given years ago. Never fails to please. The way I learned was to boil Old Bay in water until the onions (whole yellow onions peeled) begin to break up, then add potatoes & kielbasa, then corn, and last shrimp. Careful not to let the shrimp get tough, cook always has some else taste one to be sure they are just right.
I rmember Gullah Gullah Island. Don't get to SC often anymore - wife & I have been talking aobut a trip to Myrtle for Bikeweek and need to plan one.