re: Thoughts on crawfish

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canvass sack of live crabs.

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I grew up right on a little cove off the Chesapeake Bay called Langford Creek, just south of Rock Hall. My rig of choice was a 1000 foot trotline. Sometimes I used bull lips and other times salted eels. Bushels of crabs all summer long. Steamed to perfection over a mix of water and vinegar with the crabs doused in a bath of kosher salt and Old Bay. All that goodness oozing into the sweet tender meat.

Perfection I tell you. When a crab is steamed correctly, it blows a boiling pot out of the water. Before you naysay, visit the Eastern Shore yourself. Most on this board would appreciate it. It is a similar way of life to S. La.

BTW-The only thing I like boiled is shrimp.

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I'd just like to see more crab or shrimp boils. Maybe an old fashioned pig roast.

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and you have been doing your share of these, right?

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When a crab is steamed correctly, it blows a boiling pot out of the water. Before you naysay, visit the Eastern Shore yourself

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You have lost your mind. Steamed sucks. I used to travel in the Northeast quite a bit, and it seems that eveery person I worked for felt it was their obligation to prove that steamed was better than boiled and they failed on every attempt

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This sentence literally makes me want to vomit.

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Your loss

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Catman88

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You are a close-minded ignorant douchebag.

Pull your head out of the sand.

I didnt lose anything I have certainly had steamed seafood from Virginia. Its certainly not on my favorite foods list mainly because of Old Bay. If they didnt use that shite everywhere I would probably enjoy it.

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You are a close-minded ignorant douchebag.

Pull your head out of the sand.

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Because I have tried seafood with that powdered crap in a can and dont like it?

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You are a close-minded ignorant douchebag.

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Coming from this guy:

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That has to be the hokiest, most ridiculous abomination that I have ever seen. To each his own. How much did they charge for that thing?

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To a guy that had a nice festive cake..


Seriously needs to look in a mirror.

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Philly, Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. Various places in each state

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I mean directly east of the Chesapeake--Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot, Dorchester, Somerset Counties.

Its an entirely different world LINK

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I've got a friend who cooks crawfish this way

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Now that is just wrong. You need to boil crawfish and shrimp. Crabs are a more delicate meat. It needs to be treated with care.