Had a nice crawfish boil today. Very good eating and had a fun time. If you've never had boiled crawfish then you need to give it a try -- at least once. But anyway, I ate a couple of mudbugs for you guys and drank a beer for ya too.
Justin
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Had a nice crawfish boil today. Very good eating and had a fun time. If you've never had boiled crawfish then you need to give it a try -- at least once. But anyway, I ate a couple of mudbugs for you guys and drank a beer for ya too.
Justin
Mm, Mm, Mm... sure does sound good (other than the beer)!!
Ok. We will all be over at your place tomorrow at six. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jaegerhund
Have you ever had boiled crawfish Steve? Very good stuff --- like little lobsters I guess (probably not as clean) but spicy and good. We put potatoes , sausage, mushrooms and other goodies in the boil as well -- they pick up the spices and flavor. If you're a real crawfish eater then after you pull off the tail of the crawfish ,you crush and suck the head of the crawfish --- sounds disturbing but it is really good. And beers not necessary to enjoy the event --- just fill it in with your beverage of choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
Justin
You know it is funny how people tend to show up at crawfish boils --- they come out of the woodworks ---- you look around and say " Do I know you? --- Oh what the hell we have plenty". But it is a good eat -- and the spirit of the event is just as important. As they say "Laissez les bon temp roulez!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrapyard Ape
Justin
Quote:
Originally Posted by jaegerhund
I've never had crawfish. Up here, we do clam bakes very similar to what you do. If it's a true BAKE, a pit is dug and the clams, potatoes, etc is wrapped in cheesecloth, tossed into the pit and the pit is covered. It's baked by using burning wood and hot rocks. The other way is a clamboil which is just the same as your crawfish boil.
Man that sounds good too. I like the seafood. We have total seafood dinners around here sometimes: boiled crabs, boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, fried and raw oysters, maybe fried soft-shell crabs, fried catfish --- all on a platter. Very good. I'd say I have a certain affinity for the ocean, seafood and the whole culture associated with it . I like clams too (clam chowder) ---- very good stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
Justin
Boy, Jaeger-dude, that sounds good....but it sure can't hold a candle to an 'Idaho Potato Bake'...get a bunch of buddies together, grab a bunch of potatoes...throw 'em in the oven...350 degrees for an hour.....sit around and look at each other while they bake (we don't talk much up here)....pop 'em out of the oven and eat 'em up with a glass of water.....
-h-m-m....
....actually, YOUR thing sounds like a LOT more fun....
...when's the next one?
-whatever
-Lou
People avoid Potato Bakes like the Plague!Quote:
Originally Posted by jaegerhund
-whatever
-Lou
Forgive my ignorance here Lou but are Potato Bakes real events?Quote:
Originally Posted by scarface
Justin
No....but they COULD be...
-whatever
-Lou
I'm just tired of hearing "Oh - IDAHO POTATOES" anytime I leave the state! For Pete's Sake, we don't even GROW potatoes in North Idaho - all we have up here are mountains, trees, lakes and rivers!
But everywhere I go "Oh, the Potato State!"...good grief...they even put 'FAMOUS POTATOES' on our license plates, if you can believe that!
right now....crawfish sound PRETTY DARN GOOD!!!
-whatever
-Lou
Although, you know, Dude.....if you were to show up at a Potato Bake.....I'll bet it would turn into a lot of fun!
(...that's assuming, of course, that there was such a THING as a Potato Bake....which, of course, there isn't..)
-whatever
-Lou
Lou,
you're in Idaho...start a new tradition :)
I'm sure between you, me and Justin, we can make it fun.
Yeah Lou --- I figured you were trying to be comical but I needed to make sure. I was just checking out Idaho on the web ---- man , beautiful state --evidently the name "Idaho" was made up in kind of a joke or something? -- looks like most of the population is located in certain areas. But I promise I will not refer to Idaho as the potato state --- I'll just think to myself --- oh yeah that's the state with the made up name and limited population with a quasi maritime climate --- hot summers/low humidity -fairly cold winters --- but potatoes you say ? ---- I don't think so. ;).
Justin
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Lou,
you're in Idaho...start a new tradition
I'm sure between you, me and Justin, we can make it fun.
Yeah, but trust me....no-way can we call it a Potato Bake...NO ONE would come.....maybe if we call it a 'New England Clam Bake', and then, when everybody gets here, we say 'Surprise...the Clams didn't show up....we'll just bake POTATOES!!!'...just make sure I'm out of the way when you drop THAT bomb!
-whatever
-Lou
definitelyQuote:
Originally Posted by jaegerhund
that's news to me - where'd you see that?Quote:
...evidently the name "Idaho" was made up in kind of a joke or something?
we ALL thank you!Quote:
-- looks like most of the population is located in certain areas. But I promise I will not refer to Idaho as the potato state --- I'll just think to myself --- oh yeah that's the state with the made up name and limited population with a quasi maritime climate --- hot summers/low humidity -fairly cold winters --- but potatoes you say ? ---- I don't think so. ;).
Justin
-Lou
EDIOT: And what do you mean '...trying to be funny'....that was GOOD stuff!
-L
Hey Lou,
Sorry about the potato reference. Apparently, my computer didn't show your previous post saying how tired you were of hearing that comment. I just caught up with all the postings and saw it.
yeah that was definitely GOOD stuff --- the idea of people gathering for a potato bake is funny and made me start thinking that those Idaho folk needed to get out a little more --- maybe throw a couple of yams and sweet potatoes in there -- turnips , anything --- then I started picturing people with prized potato concoctions handed down over 10's of generations and imagined it could be possible ---hell, a little cheese, bacon,etc and the son of a bitch isn't even a potato anymore --- it's a freaking meal. But anyway I'll start calling them Montana potatoes or somethingQuote:
Originally Posted by scarface
I got the "name Idaho from a joke" thing from Wikipedia.org --- I'm starting to think a lot of the stuff on that site is crap.
Justin
Well, in the 37 years I've been here, I've never heard THAT story....that's not to say it isn't true....the explanation I've always heard is it's from 'EE-DA-HOW', which, so the story goes, was Blackfoot tribal language for 'The sun shines on the mountain'...but, hell, for all I know, it could be Piute for ....Quote:
Originally Posted by jaegerhund
....'WHAT!...Potatoes AGAIN??!"
-whatever
-Lou
:D:D:D ---- Lou if you're a good example of an Idahoan (?) then you guys are too funny and creative to have a boring ol' Potato Bake. ---- unless in some self-deprecating type of way ---- Northern Idaho , a land of milk and honey, rivers , mountains, trees, wildlife galore. --- if you want potatoes then go elsewhere - and if you come across a guy named Lou , don't mention potatoes unless you want to leave with a potato sticking out of your rear but he'll to be happy to discuss shaving with ya.
Justin
(by the way --- not everyone from Louisiana is a Cajun --- similar to Lou and the potato)
I visited the crawfish festival in when I was in Louisiana in the mid-eighties.
I love them!
Nothing like a really good crawfish boil. Smokin' hot spiced crawfish, corn on the cob, sausage, lots of cold beer... spread 'em out on newspaper and get to it. Now dat's livin' YEAH! I lived in New Orleans for a few years and crawfish boils were my favorite thing besides the two Loyola girls I was seeing.
Idaho.... hmm... not much in Northern Idaho but cedar trees, free range cattle, a gazillion acres of logging country to hunt, elk, moose, bear, snowshoe hares, the dumbest turkeys to ever stand there while you're shooting at them, lots of chantarelles and morels (mushrooms) and smallmouth bass lakes aplenty. But don't tell anyone because it's a well-kept secret. :D
ssshhhhhh!Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaBull
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http://straightrazorpalace.com/image...A/aerial24.jpg
http://straightrazorpalace.com/image.../Sandpoint.jpg
...at least he forgot to mention the skiing!
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...DAMN!
-whatever
-Lou
I remember we went camping once and we caught a bunch of crawfish out of the lake. Now crawfish boils are not common in Arizona, but we had so many that we boiled em up and I watched my brother and cousin eat em. Sadly I could not participate. I am allergic to shell fish :cry:.
Matt
Lou I'd give up a season of crawfish boils to experience some of that Idaho beauty ----never have skied before , would like to fly-fish for trout, hell haven't seen too much snow, mountain views, clear water, clear brooks and streams -- if I went there it looks like I would be the most polluted thing around -- I might shrivel up like a germ in an antiseptic bath. Looks beautiful my man ---- keep it a secret as long as possible.;)
Justin
OK, after seeing those pictures, I must put Idaho on my must see list of states. Lou, thanks for posting those. I dream of living in country like that.
Jaeger-dude;
I just went back and really looked at each one of your pics - that looks like a LOT of fun! - I see buckets of crawfish and spuds...and I read from one of your later posts that there's sausage and mushrooms - what about the spices? Any idea what spices they use in the boil?
"Laissez les bon temp roulez!"
-whatever
-Lou
Hey Lou here is the process and ingredients: See attachment.Quote:
Originally Posted by scarface
Thanks, Justin!
I saved that in my digital cookbook under "Jaegerhund's Louisiana Crawfish Boil"!:tu
now....to find some crawfish......hmmmmmmm
you can find ANYTHING on the internet...I'll bet there's somebody that will FedEx live crawfish - I mean, hell, we can get live Maine Lobster .
..I'll check around
Thanks again:y
-whatever
-Lou
EDIT: Found'em 35# = $159 delivered to my door
mmm yabbies...
*watches as all the non-Australians read it and go WHAT THE F&%K!?!?!*
I never lived in "Nawlins", but I had relatives in Port Sulphur. Mudbugs...yeah, I miss 'em. Now, I have lived in Idaho. And about the only thing I could not get there was a fully baked potato! They were always about 1/2 done! And yes...it is a beautiful state!
RT
You're very welcome Mr. Lou --- there must be some enterprising crawfish farmer who will ship crawfish at least throughout the lower 48. I think Texas was and maybe is still doing crawfish farming as well as China. In Louisiana, farmers sometimes rotate their ricefields for crawfish farming. I believe the Atchafalaya Basin (a natural wonder to behold ) produces most of the crawfish for Louisiana. Anyway here's a site that might help you and others out if you want to get some crawdads:Quote:
Originally Posted by scarface
http://www.crawdads.net
Justin
wow- lot of responses here - thanks, guys.
I found 35# delivered to my door for $159
here
:y :y :y :y :y
-whatever
-Lou
That's great Lou --crawfish prices are steadily increasing in price --- so get on them now if you can. It's kind of funny that a nasty little mud creature that some starving Cajun bravely ate in the beginning while barely getting by in the swamps is now becoming a specialty food. When I was a kid they were fairly cheap especially before the Louisiana cooking explosion (Blackened redfish and the like) made it kind of a desired thing. It is also funny (let me rant here a little) that to Louisianians there is a big difference between New Orleans (culture, food, etc) and the rest of the state. In general New Orleanians kind of seperated themselves from the whole Cajun thing as Cajun was and is considered country and a little backwards. But when the Louisiana cooking thing started getting exported , all the Louisiana cooking (including Cajun crawfish boils and gumbo) started being associated with New Orleans --- it ain't New Orleans cooking. New Orleans also started claiming in advertisements Cajun Music like Zydeco , etc where as before it was something underneath them --- money has a way of changing things. I'm not Cajun --my parents are from the more redneck Louisiana/Mississippi border area but I do live in southwest Louisiana ----I'm not a big Mardi Gras fan but if you want to see a real authentic (maybe slightly disturbing) Mardi Gras then go to the ones in the small rural towns along the coast and southwest Louisiana --- that's if they let you participate. I'm through now.Quote:
Originally Posted by scarface
Justin
There is a god...
http://yabby.com.au/
Only a few(4) hours drive from Sydney
How do you guy eat your yabbies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer
Justin
boil them by them selves mostly, then with salt and lemon.
Some of us actually get creative from time to time and include them as part of a dish, or halve them and throw them in a pan with a bit of olive oil and garlic. Also on the famous BBQ.
Basically you can pick any cuisien we have and we'll find a way to include a local ingredient. :)