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Purging crawfish with salt
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:18 am
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:18 am
Yea or nay? I was raised on this, but does it really do any good?
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Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:19 am to BlueCrab
Probably not, but I do it anyway.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:24 am to TigerSpy
I usually add a little just because I think its fun... but the key is just to keep rinsing them in a tub or ice chest until the water runs clean.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:26 am to BlueCrab
Seriously what is the point of boiled crawfish?
Let's review:
1. It's mediocre tasting at best
2. The stench...good lord who would want to do that at their house
3. The amount of salt is just terrible for you
4. Seriously WTF is wrong with you people?
Let's review:
1. It's mediocre tasting at best
2. The stench...good lord who would want to do that at their house
3. The amount of salt is just terrible for you
4. Seriously WTF is wrong with you people?
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:27 am to Powerman
quote:
Seriously what is the point of boiled crawfish?
Let's review:
1. It's mediocre tasting at best
2. The stench...good lord who would want to do that at their house
3. The amount of salt is just terrible for you
4. Seriously WTF is wrong with you people?
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:28 am to Powerman
quote:
Powerman
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:34 am to Powerman
quote:
Seriously what is the point of boiled crawfish?
Los Angeles
Explains a lot.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:48 am to BlueCrab
It just kills the Crawfish. I think everybos=dy was raised doing it that way, but for years, I just put em in clean water and rinse well a few times. A large ice chest with the drain open works well.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 7:56 am to Powerman
quote:
Seriously what is the point of boiled crawfish?
Let's review:
1. It's mediocre tasting at best
2. The stench...good lord who would want to do that at their house
3. The amount of salt is just terrible for you
4. Seriously WTF is wrong with you people?
Can't really take the guy who thinks most La. food is overrated too seriously. Judging by most of your posts yesterday you definitely belong out there homey.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:01 am to Tigerdew
quote:
Seriously what is the point of boiled crawfish?
Let's review:
1. It's mediocre tasting at best
2. The stench...good lord who would want to do that at their house
3. The amount of salt is just terrible for you
4. Seriously WTF is wrong with you people?
Thanks for the input
(now GFY) 
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:07 am to TreeDawg
I have a friend who has a large ice chest that allows the hose to hook up to it. You just leave the ice chest cracked so the crawfish can't get out and let it the water flush out all the crap and dirt.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:12 am to Powerman
quote:
Seriously what is the point of boiled crawfish?
Let's review:
1. It's mediocre tasting at best
2. The stench...good lord who would want to do that at their house
3. The amount of salt is just terrible for you
4. Seriously WTF is wrong with you people?
You do like to stir the pot(so to speak)
You're back home in Baton Rouge now...right?
Play nice
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:18 am to tavolatim
I purge them, AFTER washing them and its very obvious that it works because of how dirty the water gets during the purge.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:22 am to BlueCrab
It doesn't help, but some people swear by it. I just buy purged crawfish, which means they've been in clean circulating water for at least 24 hours.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:25 am to TreeDawg
quote:
It just kills the Crawfish.
I thought the idea was to make them throw up.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:31 am to coloradoBengal
I have to say I experimented with this after hearing that it did nothing.. I 'cleaned' the crawfish 3 times until the water was perfectly clear. Then I did one purge and I noticed the water was lightly brown again when draining. Now it could be that the salt causes friction that cleans the crawfish more when they are moving around or it could be they are actually throwing up as some believe but I did find that there was more dirt that it got off after doing a normal clean.
This post was edited on 3/17/09 at 8:32 am
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:32 am to reverendotis
quote:
I thought the idea was to make them throw up.
A myth. It takes up to two days to truly purge crawfish. Soaking too long in salt water will kill them.
This post was edited on 3/17/09 at 8:35 am
Posted on 3/17/09 at 8:36 am to Powerman
What are you, stupid?
Posted on 3/17/09 at 9:04 am to TigerSpy
It makes them crap, and yes it does work for home boiling. Who really has a day or two to purge the crawfish in just clean water except for the farmers and restaurants. If you rinse them down and then purge you can see how much crap comes out in the water. It also depends where you get your crawfish from. If its pond you definitely have to, if its from the basin not so much, because they are mostly caught on a sand bottom.
Posted on 3/17/09 at 9:07 am to HebertFest08
How do you know it's crap and not dirt?
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