Crawfish For Dinner

[Sombeech]

Cooking some right now, my mom caught them at Strawberry, about 15.

Any advice/tips?

[Jaxx]

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http://bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8755

[Sombeech]

I mean the actual cooking. I understand you get the water boiling, drop em in, and leave them til they're red?

[KapitanSparrow]

I mean the actual cooking. I understand you get the water boiling, drop em in, and leave them til they're red?

I think that's pretty much it. Cover your ears, they may cry.

[JP]

Savanna should be able to get ya a few pointers

[Gutpiler_Utahn]

That's right. Just like lobster. They CAN make a noise that some think sounds like a scream but is actually the release of pressure inside the shell.

I do love me some crawdads with lemon and butter... Mmm-boy!

[savanna3313]

Savanna should be able to get ya a few pointers

Most crawfish boils consist of hundreds of the little devils being thrown into the pot. These must be some pretty big crawdads. Most folks I know use tons of fresh garlic pods and lemon halfs added to a crab or crawfish seasoning bag.

Just make sure you don't overcook them because then it's hard to get the meat out of the shell. Down south they throw everything from fresh corn on the cob to mushrooms in the boiling pot.

[sparker1]

They should go through a salt process (to purge their contents...yuck) before the boil.

[donny h]

They should go through a salt process (to purge their contents...yuck) before the boil.

Good advice. Salt and warm water.

Most crawfish boils consist of hundreds of the little devils being thrown into the pot. These must be some pretty big crawdads.

They do get pretty big in Utah, here's some from Flaming Gorge:

[savanna3313]

They should go through a salt process (to purge their contents...yuck) before the boil.

Good advice. Salt and warm water.

Most crawfish boils consist of hundreds of the little devils being thrown into the pot. These must be some pretty big crawdads.

They do get pretty big in Utah, here's some from Flaming Gorge:

Wow......that's impressive! I didn't know they grew them so big out here. That's about 3-4x the size of a standard one back home.

[Sombeech]

I didn't count, but there were about 15. Sorry, they were boiling when I asked, so didn't have time to check the responses.

Here are the results.

[KapitanSparrow]

Nice. How did they taste like?

[abirken]

Oh GOD. I think I am going back to vegetarianism after seeing that. It's kind of traumatic. Boiling something alive? Poor lil' souls.

[Sombeech]

Boiling something alive?

You should see the video

[Alex]

Oh dude, you could have invited us! Looks so yum!

[abirken]

Boiling something alive?

You should see the video

I'm not coming back to this thread........ I'm gonna go eat a carrot now.

[KapitanSparrow]

Carrot?! At this time of the night?

[abirken]

Carrot?! At this time of the night?

No not really. It's just me and my cup of hot tea this time of night.

[KapitanSparrow]

Carrot?! At this time of the night?

No not really. It's just me and my cup of hot tea this time of night.

Even if? There's nothing wrong with having a carrot any time of the day or night ;-)

[JP]

Most crawfish boils consist of hundreds of the little devils being thrown into the pot. These must be some pretty big crawdads.

Somehow I knew you would know