Specific Soups and Stews: Frogmore Stew

Frogmore stew, a combination of sausage, corn, crabs, and shrimp with seasoning, is attributed to Richard Gay of Gay Seafood Company. Gay claimed to have invented frogmore stew around 1950 while on National Guard duty in Beaufort, South Carolina, while preparing a cookout of leftovers for his fellow guardsmen. According to Gay, the Steamer Restaurant on Lady’s Island near Beaufort was the first establishment to offer frogmore stew commercially.