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What is Crawfish Fat?
Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:26 pm
I'm reading an ad in Louisiana Cookin' for Lafayette Travel. The article focuses on crawfish. It says crawfish fat isn't actually fat. It's liver. I had no idea.
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:28 pm to Gris Gris
It is delicious whatever it is. And so is crab fat if it is even fat too. I like the crab roe too.
Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:30 pm to Gris Gris
It's where most of the PCB's reside.
Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:30 pm to Martini
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It is delicious whatever it is.
Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:33 pm to Btrtigerfan
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PCBs are very persistent in soil and water, with no known break down processes other than slow degradation by microbes. They adhere to soils or evaporate, and so will not usually leach to ground water. PCB-contaminated sediments in lakes or rivers can slowly release PCB back into water, from which it eventually evaporates.
Must have delicious toxins
Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:36 pm to Gris Gris
Does a bag of tails have the "fat" removed? If you read the nutrition label, there is like 0 or 1 gram of fat in a bag of crawfish tails.
Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:42 pm to TheIndulger
I want as much fat as I can get from crawfish. The stuff is gold. I just had no idea it was technically liver. Fascinating.
Posted on 2/8/16 at 10:53 pm to Gris Gris
Yellow, no care... #delicious
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:29 pm to Gris Gris
You knew this five years ago.
I googled crawfish fat, and one of the first hits is a link to a 2011 TD thread on this issue. A certain Gris Gris posted in it. LINK
Another hit was from LSU Ag Center:
Cue Homer Simpson: Mmmmmmm. Hepatopancreas!
I googled crawfish fat, and one of the first hits is a link to a 2011 TD thread on this issue. A certain Gris Gris posted in it. LINK
Another hit was from LSU Ag Center:
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The bright yellow to orange crawfish “fat” squeezed from the heads and sticking to the tail meat is not fat in the usual sense, she says. It actually is an organ in the head called the hepatopancreas that functions much like the liver in other animals.
“The pure fat content of this material is probably 30 percent. But as packaged for use in cooking, it may be closer to 10 percent,” Reames says. “On the other hand, cholesterol content of the pure head “fat” is high – more than 500 milligrams per 100 grams or 3.5 ounces.”
Cue Homer Simpson: Mmmmmmm. Hepatopancreas!
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:35 pm to Twenty 49
She still can't believe it!
(I do the same sort of stuff.)
(I do the same sort of stuff.)
Posted on 2/8/16 at 11:38 pm to Twenty 49
Your memory is better than mine! 
I was concentrating on or rather mourning the loss of being able to buy frozen crawfish fat. That was such a gift.
I was concentrating on or rather mourning the loss of being able to buy frozen crawfish fat. That was such a gift. Posted on 2/9/16 at 7:55 am to Gris Gris
I thought I was told long ago it was actually the pancrease.
Now its the liver, I just know its full of flavor.
And now you tell me it's non-fatting and maybe even good for you!
I knew I loved these little creatures.
Happy Mardi Gras people
Now its the liver, I just know its full of flavor.
And now you tell me it's non-fatting and maybe even good for you!
I knew I loved these little creatures.
Happy Mardi Gras people
Posted on 2/9/16 at 8:02 am to Kajungee
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And now you tell me it's non-fatting and maybe even good for you!
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“On the other hand, cholesterol content of the pure head “fat” is high – more than 500 milligrams per 100 grams or 3.5 ounces
i'd guess its not the best thing for you but who cares so good
Posted on 2/9/16 at 9:55 am to Gris Gris
So even the "fat" has protein!!! Crawfish are a wonder food 
Posted on 2/9/16 at 10:09 am to Kajungee
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I thought I was told long ago it was actually the pancrease.
Now its the liver, I just know its full of flavor.
Well, one article in the thread linked earlier says pancreas. The one I read last night says liver. Either way, it's mighty fine stuff.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:35 am to BRgetthenet
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It's where most of the PCB's reside.
You left out cadmium.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:37 am to Twenty 49
quote:Like anyone actually gives a shite...
cholesterol content of the pure head “fat” is high
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