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    Quote Originally Posted by CAJUNBLAZE View Post
    Don't forget to drink the beer during the whole process!
    Thanks a ton. I think this is what I'm going to go with. The cheapest I can find in town right now is $1.79/lb for live ones. From what I've seen, they are a pretty descent size this season. I debated whether to try this now or wait till next year (crawfish season is almost over), but decided to go ahead and give it a go.

    I've never had onions, sausage, or mushrooms in the mix, but everything I've read says that it's great. Looking forward to trying. We're not super-super-spicy people, but thanks for the tips. I think my pot is 42 quarts or something like that. Considering I had a 25-35 pound bag, about how much do you think I could cook at one time?

    Crawfish boils are something that I've always attended, and seen done a million different ways, but have never done myself. They are tasty. They take some time to learn how to peel quickly and to get all the meat out of the tail (I also work on the good sized claws), but they are worth it! Thanks again.


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    Sometimes when I boil, I taste enough crawfish that all I eat with everyone else is the onion, potatoes, and sausage. You can also add carrots with the sausage. onions are a must!!

    Any other questions just ask!

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    Sweet. I'll try taking some pictures, but keep in mind, I'll probably be drinking beer and smoking cigars all day in preparation. We went to get the boil seasonings, and just went with the normal Zatarain's boil. Each crawfish place here in town sells their own "blend", though.

    I am stoked on adding the mushrooms. Never done that before.

    Any other tips you can think of? Again, I never thought this was going to be hard, but doing something for the first time......


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    Not sure if it translates over.. but every time I cook blue crabs, or Frogmore Stew..(Sausage Potatos, shrimp, corn on the cob), it is ESSENTIAL to add a full bottle of beer to the water.

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    Always wanted to try a boil. But right now I can get live lobster at less per pound than I can get live crawfish shipped in.

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    Well, it is done.

    Got started early with the preparations. Picked up 25 pounds around noon, and put them on ice. Fired up the pot around 5:30. Made 3 batches. We put the potatoes in first, then after the water was boiling, then we added the crawfish, corn, mushrooms, and onions. Just cooked the veggies in with the crawfish. Didn't add enough spice the first batch. Got better as I added more spices.

    The card tables we were supposed to be borrowing never materialized, so, I threw together a little 4' X 4' 2X4 table, with a quarter-inch plywood top. I then covered and stapled newspaper to the top of it. I figured even if it ran through the paper, it's still a cheap-o table.

    Overall it was quite nice. I'd do a few things different the next time. Only have about another month of boiling crawfish, though. Then it's shrimp season....


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    MmMMmmmmm shrimp!


    My favorite vegetable!
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    Yeah, when you taste the water before you add the crawfish, it really has to burn, they always get better after every batch.

    What did you learn that you would do different?

    Rich

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