Purging Crawfish

Waste of time

i usually just piss on mine. heard it works better than salt

Myths persist about saltwater purges, tail curl for cooking crawfish

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Washing crawfish for as little as 10 minutes in water helps remove mud and debris but does little to eliminate intestinal wastes, he said, and salt appears to be of no benefit.

“The only way to significantly reduce size and content of the intestinal tract is with a 12- to 24-hour freshwater purge, which is difficult and impractical for homeowners to do.”

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What's important is to sprinkle with old bay when done

Wash them a couple of times.

When I'm tearing up some craydads uninstalling the fecal tract is not an option because it's never exposed. It's a simple twist, pull, pinch, bite motion. The only way I could see the tail meat and subsequent poop pipe is to install a Gopro in me belly.

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And that funky taste you have left in your mouth after you eat crawfish, is what happens when you eat the poop line.

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Tastes like king cake to me

Get two of these tubs from Lowes or Home Depot. They nest inside of each other. Drill a bunch of 3/8" holes in the bottom of one tub for drainage, and place it inside the second tub. Dump your sack of crawfish in and fill it up with clean water from the hose pipe. Let them swim around for a while then remove the top bin, thus straining the crawfish, and dump the water from the bottom bin. Repeat several times. Tell your friends how smart you are for thinking of this ingenious system. It is much easier to handle than an ice chest. Profit...

I dont, we get them prepurged from a guy that keeps them in circulating water for 72 hours. Clean as a whistle when they come out.