▁featured ▁Richard ' s ▁brother , ▁Charles ▁Gay , ▁cook ing ▁F rog more ▁Ste w ▁in ▁its ▁popular ▁program ▁T aste ▁of ▁America ▁with ▁Mark ▁De Car lo . ▁ ▁The ▁Low ▁Country ▁Bo il ▁may ▁have ▁possible ▁influ ences ▁from ▁Louisiana , ▁as ▁there ▁are ▁some ▁obvious ▁similar ities ▁to ▁some ▁d ishes ▁of ▁the ▁cu is ine ▁of ▁Louisiana . ▁It ▁show cases ▁the ▁same ▁set ▁of ▁French , ▁Spanish , ▁African ▁and ▁Car ib bean ▁influ ences , ▁including ▁slave ▁trade ▁influ ences ▁that ▁Louisiana ▁is ▁known ▁for . ▁Me als ▁for ▁large ▁gather ings ▁of ▁people ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁as ▁quickly ▁as ▁possible ▁with ▁readily ▁available ▁food s . ▁ ▁The ▁bo il ▁was ▁a ▁quick ▁and ▁easy ▁way ▁to ▁prepare ▁all ▁the ▁food s ▁at ▁once . ▁ ▁The ▁best ▁attended ▁function ▁to ▁feature ▁F rog more ▁Ste w ▁occurs ▁in ▁July ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 0 - day ▁Beau fort ▁Water ▁Festival ▁( in ▁the ▁ 5 4 ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁festival ▁it ▁has ▁grown ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁largest ▁totally ▁volunte er ▁run ▁festival ▁on ▁the ▁south ▁eastern ▁coast ), ▁the ▁event ▁fe eds ▁ 2 , 4 0 0 , ▁the ▁reci pe ▁includes ▁ 1 , 2 0 0   l bs ▁of ▁sh rim p , ▁ 2 , 4 0 0 ▁ears ▁of ▁corn , ▁ 6 0 0   l bs ▁of ▁sa usage , ▁ 7 2   oz ▁of ▁sea fo od ▁season ing ▁and ▁is ▁served