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Why do some of y'all Louisianans dust y'all's crawfish?
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:13 pm
What is the reason for this? All the seasoning should be inside the shell. The only thing I see you get your hands dirty more.
Is this a new crave?I've been watching these videos
Is this a new crave?I've been watching these videos
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Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:15 pm to Islandboy777
The Yankees in Shreveport do this. Some places will even bring you a little cup of crab boil on the side if you ask for extra spicy. Not sure the logic. When asked, they say well you taste it on your lips so same thing.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:15 pm to Islandboy777
Dusting crawfish should be criminal
ETA: some dusters in here down voting
ETA: some dusters in here down voting
This post was edited on 3/25/26 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:16 pm to Islandboy777
In my experience it’s mostly in the SWLA area and then it’s mostly in restaurants where it’s easier to control the seasoning levels when you’re cooking many batches. I don’t hate it personally. I think folks dramatically overstate how terrible it must be but I don’t personally cook them this way.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:16 pm to Islandboy777
This post was edited on 3/25/26 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:18 pm to Islandboy777
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Why do do some of y'all Louisians dust y'all's crawfish?
‘cause they don’t know how to soak ‘em ‘til they sink…
This post was edited on 3/26/26 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:20 pm to Islandboy777
It's like you've never heard of cropdusting.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:21 pm to 9Fiddy
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Dusting crawfish should be criminal
Agreed. First time I ever saw this was about 25 years ago in Houston at Ragin Cajun on Richmond. I was horrified.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:24 pm to Islandboy777
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Louisans
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:25 pm to coonass27
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Yankees in Shreveport do this. Some places will even bring you a little cup of crab boil on the side if you ask for extra spicy. Not sure the logic. When asked, they say well you taste it on your lips so same thing.
No they don’t. The only person outside of Houston I’ve ever seen do this was a Cajun in Breaux Bridge.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:30 pm to Islandboy777
I know you’re just trolling, but personally I’ve never seen someone do this at a home boil.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:31 pm to Islandboy777
If you dust your crawfish, meet me at Sonic
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:40 pm to Islandboy777
Seems like a lot of people in Lafayette do this
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:42 pm to Epic Cajun
Dusting is ok as long as you also cook crawfish properly in seasoned water. If you like extra heat I understand dusting for the purpose of making the corn, potatoes, etc really hot
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:42 pm to LoveThatMoney
I dust mine.I don’t have a big enough pot to boil say 100 lbs and then let them soak.
I season the water,dump them in ice chest,sprinkle powdered crab boil on them,do 2’nd pot when water comes to boil.Dust those and the start on 3rd and 4th pot.Dust them and start eating from 1st ice chest.
Taste fine to me,more importantly I’ve never gotten any complaint's.
If I’m doing it wrong,so be it.
I season the water,dump them in ice chest,sprinkle powdered crab boil on them,do 2’nd pot when water comes to boil.Dust those and the start on 3rd and 4th pot.Dust them and start eating from 1st ice chest.
Taste fine to me,more importantly I’ve never gotten any complaint's.
If I’m doing it wrong,so be it.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:43 pm to Stexas
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In my experience it’s mostly in the SWLA area and then it’s
True, but after dusting, they hit it with some sort of citric acid mix. Usually Lemon Juice/a touch of vinegar. Maybe even a little lime. Let it sit for a few minutes. It dissolves all of the”dust” and the crawfish soak up all of the seasoning. It’s great. But agree with board: you can’t dust without the step to dissolve it.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:54 pm to LSUA 75
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:58 pm to coonass27
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The Yankees in Shreveport do this.
Where the frick do yall come up with this bullshite??
I’ve been to countless crawfish boils in north Louisiana and Texas and have never seen anyone doing that.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 7:01 pm to grizzlylongcut
I've only seen it at restaurants in and around Laffy and that was many years ago
Posted on 3/25/26 at 7:03 pm to Tigerfan1274
Yeah people have probably eating crawfish that have been “dusted” before and never realized it. If done properly like you said let them steam in the ice chest for 10-15 minutes and all the seasoning melts into the shells.
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