Crawfish Galore

[N4sir]

Well, I picked up the crawfish yesterday and was excited to be getting some really nice sized ones but when I got home and dumped them into the tub to rinse them off I was somewhat disappointed to see they were on the smaller size than I expected. Now I was still glad to be having them but would have liked them to be a little larger.

While I was getting things ready Red was guarding my Abita Turbodog for me.

And he's really serious about ANYONE touching my beer.

A word of warning, don't leave the live crawfish unattended for too long. I walked down the driveway and was talking with my son in law out front and when I came back into the yard about a hundred of those crawfish must have found out what was awaiting their soon to be fate.

Had the seasoned water going with a nice rolling boil and it was almost time for the first batch to go in.

Red was so excited that he was doing headstands. Maybe it was the Turbodog!

Into the pot they go along with some baby creamer potatoes, mushrooms, green beans and okra. Oh, I always put halved lemons in there but when I have oranges on the tree I put a bunch of those in there too. I love that citrus flavor in there!

Something else I tried this time was I put a hunk of pork loin at the beginning of the boiling in the pot to cook. After the second boil I took it out to cool and put it in the fridge until later today. I'll post something later on how that came out.

The crawfish came out good and spicy delicious! Yes, we had some leftover that we sat and peeled for a good crawfish etouffe' another day.

I can't wait for the next boil!

 

[Neil09]

Looks good. Had some last week, there were 4 huge ones on top, the rest were tiny lol.

 

[Hitman]

I was just telling someone on here a few weeks ago about putting oranges in the pot.

Looks good man.

 

[Danielcut]

I was just telling someone on here a few weeks ago about putting oranges in the pot.

Enlighten me. I've never seen that.

 

[NOLASHOOTER]

Yeah, we picked up some last night and I have to say they were pretty small. If they were not as good as they were I would have been disappointed. Is everone seeing small ones out there? We had some about a month ago and they were not small.

 

[dantheman]

Boiled some at brother in law's yesterday . I was disappointed in the size .

 

[Skiney]

Looks great however;Heck with the Crawfish!

I'm more interested in the pork loin, hell I can get good crawfish anywhere...lol

Now good pork loin, that's another story:}

 

[N4sir]

I had to come in to work today and didn't try it yet. My wife had some for lunch and said it was pretty darn good. Now, it doesn't look great. Looks like a hunk of plain meat but the flavor is on the inside. I'll have some when I get home later.

 

[themcfarland]

cool, We saw a 11 incher come out of the sacks the other day..

 

[Hitman]

Enlighten me. I've never seen that.

Just another one of 'Dem Tangs', ingredient wise. Like most other reasons to add acidic fruits, the acid in the fruit helps break down the meat making it more tender. Or so that is the intenet usually.

Sort of like Lemon on Fish though, some folks just like it that way.

 

[blackboltss]

We always put oranges in ours.... Try Carrots next time..... i know, sounds weird but they are amazing. We try throwing stuff in the pot just to try it...

 

[Buck8Point]

we always rip the label off a can of artichoke hearts, and poke some holes in the can and drop it in the boil as well..
talk about good....

Anyone ever crack raw eggs into the boil? crazy good...

Buck8Point