re: Chackbay Seasoning

I wouldn't say they have much "taste" as much as they just bring some heat. I think they're about 10 times hotter than a jalapeno, for reference.

I saw someone posting about them in another crawfish thread, so I bought them to try them out. While tinkering with the recipe, just going to throw it all at it

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Some old cajun told me

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Look if some old cajun told you to do it, give it a shot

My PawPaw, the most coonass person you'd even run across used rock salt. O

i was at maxwells last night getting some chops.

One of the guys working there apparently does the salty dog method for boiling crawfish. I have never heard of this method but apparently its some of the best crawfish around.

The gist from what i gathered is he makes his own seasoning then he boils them in seasoned water. Then puts them in the cooler and "salty dogs" them down with his seasoning until it evaporates off the shells.

what seasoning do you use?

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The gist from what i gathered is he makes his own seasoning then he boils them in seasoned water. Then puts them in the cooler and "salty dogs" them down with his seasoning until it evaporates off the shells.

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Yah this is what Lafayette and most of the Acadiana region do. Its steaming them instead of soaking them. There's a rather large debate on which one is correct, but I'm team soak.

Last year I tried soaking for 25 and then steaming (and shaking more seasoning on them) for an extra 15. Came out good, but not really worth it

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what seasoning do you use?

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Louisiana Boil in the yellow bag. Its good stuff and it has granulated lemon in it.

Im from Acadiana and we dont put no seasoning on the outside of the crawfish. Thats for people that dont know how to boil crawfish. Let em soak and you dont need extra seasoning. When you break a pincher and can pull the meat out of it without cracking the shell, they cooked to perfection.

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saintsfan1977

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You're using Louisiana brand seasoning...and talking shite???

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But then you have to deal with that jackass owner

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Oh you know that a-hole too? frick that dude. I don't care if his crawfish are .50c a pound cheaper than everybody else, I aint setting foot in his place again.

The round box that's like 1.5ish pounds.