need some tips from U guys down south

tonym said:
I rip the tail off, eat the meat in the tail. Then suck out the goodness in the body, wash down with Tequila.

You need hotsauce though....
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hellz yeah!!!! Thats how its done!!

Mmmmmmm!!!

Love me some mud bugs...:cool:
 
By the way Old Bay is a staple seasoning in crawfish country, usually accompanied by half cobbs of corn and potatoes boiled all in the same pot of spices. MMMMM Good and you better have a beer because depending on how potent your spice brew, your lips may catch fire.

Cheers, Shane
 
mete said:
No big deal , they're just miniature lobsters !!
Old Bay seasoning is terrible !
Where are the grits ?
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Could always try some Tony Chachere's Creole seasoning for a different kind of kick. I keep both on hand as well as a few others but I just tend to like the Old Bay more.
 
mete said:
No big deal , they're just miniature lobsters !!
Old Bay seasoning is terrible !
Where are the grits ?
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Could always try some Tony Chachere's Creole seasoning for a different kind of kick. I keep both on hand as well as a few others but I just tend to like the Old Bay more. Love the grits a lot though!...as long as they're not sweetened :barf:
 
bladz said:
Good job for a first time. To eat them, I grab the tail in one hand and head in the other. Twist as you pull apart. You can bite lightly and pull the tail right out of the shell. If they are seasoned well, when you suck the heads, you get a lot of flavor. Usually they are seasoned with a cajun spice shake. When you eat them, their tails should usually be curled up. That indicates they were live when dropped in the boiling pot. You don't want to eat them if they were dead before cooking. The ideal way to prepare them before boiling would be to 'purge' them. Put them live into water with lots of salt. maybe 1/2 cup per bucket. Stir them for a few minutes. I think this causes them to purge their stomachs. Don't do it too long, because you want them to be alive when you cook. The dead ones will float in the salt water. This is all in a perfect situation. Boil them for 4 minutes and take off heat. Leave in water for 3 more minutes. Enjoy.
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I do it pretty much the same way. We usually purge them at least twice. You purge em long enough to drink one beer. In a five gallon steel pot, I fry out some bacon, then saute some onions, bell peppers and garlic in the fat. Fill about half full of water and add some crab boil. Cook the potatoes, corn and smoked sausage in that. Then add some more crab boil, a tad of vinegar and cheyenne pepper. Get a rolling boil and chunk them in. Just as it starts to boil, turn it off. I usually let it set about 20 minutes, the longer the spicier. Set down with plenty of beer and eat the sausage and other fixins when you get tired of peeling crawfish. We figure 5 pounds of crawfish per person. With a few traps, some canned cat food and a couple of days, I can usually get enough for quite a few folks. I can post some trapping pics after next week if anyone is interested.
And Old Bay is excellent on crawfish! As long as you spice it up a bit. And I've never seen anyone eats grits with crawfish, unless you are frying catfish or bream with them also. Speaking of fried, crawfish are good fried. Just peel the tail while they are alive. Season it a little with some creole seasoning, bread em in half flour/ half yellow corn meal and deep fry them. Better than shrimp!
 
I would be interested in seeing your crawdad trapping pics. When I was a kid we pulled a few out of the creek by our house, but not really enough for a meal. I'd like to see how to do it right.
 
dawsonbob said:
I would be interested in seeing your crawdad trapping pics. When I was a kid we pulled a few out of the creek by our house, but not really enough for a meal. I'd like to see how to do it right.
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+1 I'd like to see them too. We used to get them out of canals with sane nets (i know that's probably the wrong spelling but right sound) when I was a kid...never trapped any though.
 
ss Dragonfly said:
It doesn't surprise me that some yankee doesn't like Old Bay but is searching for some grits.

:p:thumbup:Cheers, Shane
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Actually that does surprise me...every time I asked for grits when I was up north people looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language or something :D
 
my trap is my hand going up the creek truning over rocks one buy one never needed a trap there are so many craw dads it's easy to catch a mess of them
 
I just toss them on a bed of coals for 10 or 15 seconds till they turn orange. You get a nice smoky flavor. Then pop the meat out of the tail and if its a big one crack the claws and pick the meat out with a small pointy stick. Sucking that body full of goo is to rich for my taste.:barf:
 
Robert, remind me to have a crawfish boil with you when I get out your way. When I was down in LA/MS/AL area I used to go to friends down there that used 'company' as an 'excuse' to 'throw a boil on'. Now THAT'S some FINE eatin'!! It's just like a New England Clam Bake using minature lobsters! Way to go on that tasty trail snack guy!
 
As an official Southern boy born and raised in Houston, Texas (we have an annual Crawfish Festival up the road, Texas Crawfish Festival
) I feel obliged to offer my $.02 worth.

While everything said so far has been top notch information (would any of us expect less from the W&SS?) the only word you need to know about crawfish seasoning is Zatarain's (pronounced Zataran's if you don't want to get laughed at).
Seafood Boils


Now, the proper way to eat a crawfish is referred to as pinchin' tails and suckin' heads. It looks something like this: Pinchin' tails and suckin' heads.


Down here, the biggest reasons to have a crawfish boil are to socialize and drink beer. So however you cook and eat them, my best advice is to have fun.

Richard
 
dawsonbob said:
I would be interested in seeing your crawdad trapping pics. When I was a kid we pulled a few out of the creek by our house, but not really enough for a meal. I'd like to see how to do it right.
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Will do fellas. It will week after next. I'll be at the camp all next week, no internet access. Hopefully I'll have lots of fish and critter pics.:thumbup:
 
cool would you post what you use for bait to i would like a easyer way to catch them myself.
 
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