Low Country Boil - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 small potato
1/2 onion
8 to 10 shrimp, caught same day and headed (not shelled)
salt to taste
1/2 corn-on-the-cob
3 inches spicy sausage
1 cleaned crab (crab is optional; cleaning is not)

Preparation

Ingredients
are
measured
for each person. In a large pot, boil
potatoes.
When
they
are
almost done, add corn, onion and sausage.
When this is almost done, add crab.
When crab turn red, add shrimp until pink.
Taste for doneness.
Do not overcook.
When
ready to serve, put all ingredients onto large platter or table and let everyone help themselves.