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re: Crawfish Bisque; A Tutorial (Pic Heavy)

Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:12 pm to
Posted by John McClane
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Posted on 1/12/14 at 12:12 pm to
looks incredible, Ched
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 1/14/14 at 1:37 am to
I'd love to taste that - very different from mine. Mine uses more of a red gravy with no roux. The key is that the overstuffed heads cook down in it and the stuffing that falls out thickens the gravy.



Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
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Posted on 1/14/14 at 6:20 am to
Now that's a bit different but I am sure I'd eat it.
Posted by nikinik
Mid City
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 1/14/14 at 7:50 am to
I'm now starving! Looks damn good!
Posted by jmh5724
Member since Jan 2012
2138 posts
Posted on 1/14/14 at 9:32 am to
Looks good. My pawpaw makes a big pot every Easter and started using a sausage stuffer to speed up stuffing the heads, normally around 300 heads.
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11807 posts
Posted on 1/14/14 at 9:37 am to
Looks absolutely delicious Ched.. Great job on getting the kids involved.
This post was edited on 1/14/14 at 9:40 am
Posted by Papercutninja
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Posted on 1/14/14 at 5:06 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/27/22 at 3:34 pm
Posted by Winkface
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 1/14/14 at 5:14 pm to
Looks awesome. I really want to eat it.


Did you skip over the liquid part? If so, I apologize. I'm just dumb.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21936 posts
Posted on 1/14/14 at 6:37 pm to
The recipe shown in the OP is for a loaf. The tomato part goes over it if you were to make the crawfish loaf.

My mom follows the crawfish loaf WITHOUT the tomato mix to make the stuffing for the heads. After the heads are stuffed you add them to a slightly watery crawfish stew.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21936 posts
Posted on 1/14/14 at 6:45 pm to
911Moto that bisque looks good too
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:17 pm to
Posted by CE Tiger
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 10:24 pm to



i want to eat this so bad
Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90554 posts
Posted on 4/1/15 at 10:32 pm to
surprised me scrolling through the first page not knowing this was an old bump.

Cit :/
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 11:16 pm to
RIP: CITWTT

"My mom had seven kids, five of which were ole enough to be the child labor force with me as number five. Preparing all sorts of veggies from out of the field to ready to cook is one thing I remember along with doing some field work to harvest produce and fruit. Doing bisque was an annual event that was done several times in the season."

"They say there is humor in misfortune, I wonder if they will laugh when I am dead, Why am I dying to live, if I m just living to die"
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48857 posts
Posted on 4/2/15 at 5:24 am to
Miss CIT.

Our bisque gathering is Friday afternoon. Boiling 3 sacks. Sat. Will make bisque. I have a quart left in the freezer and just set it in the sink to start thawing for lunch today. Glad this got bumped.
Posted by fatboydave
Fat boy land
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 4/2/15 at 6:34 am to
Looks good!
Posted by BayouBlue386
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Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 4/2/15 at 7:45 am to
quote:

As a very young child <5 years old, I remember a lady making crawfish bisque, and stuffing crawfish heads.

To this day, every time I've seen crawfish bisque, it has been a soup, or stew, with no stuffed heads. I thought I was crazy--convinced myself that the heads were used to season it/make a stock, and that I remembered it wrong.


Too many people confuse bisque, stew, étoufée. The differences are subtle, butter vs oil, heads vs no heads, lid on vs lid off, cream vs no cream.

This is a damned good looking bisque. And further compliments to the chef for acknowledging it leans toward the stew end of bisque.


Ps: it's better when done your way anyways

Now I'm jonesing to do some cooking.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21936 posts
Posted on 4/2/15 at 9:13 am to
We have 2 sackss for tomorrow with 8 people eating.... I'm sure we will be pealing some to make bisque again. Thanks for the comps guys.
Posted by MSMHater
Houston
Member since Oct 2008
22775 posts
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:35 am to
You, sir, are an inspiration.

This will be my weekend project. Thank you for the excellent post, and for the bump.
This post was edited on 4/2/15 at 10:37 am
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13596 posts
Posted on 4/2/15 at 10:50 am to
While this looks really really awesome and I would eat the shite out of it, this is certainly not the bisque that we have around here (Cajun country). OP, where are you from? It seems most in here agree this is a bisque but I have never seen it done with stuffing like that. The bisque Im used to is usually a heavy cream based soup similar to a chowder.
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