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Crawfish seasoning on the outside vs. letting them soak to get spicy

Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:05 pm
Posted by Dlawnboy
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:05 pm
Seems like people in LA east of Cecilia believe in soaking the crawfish in order to introduce the seasoning while people from West of Cecilia believe that dumping crawfish into an ice chest and pooring powdered seasoning on them magically defies the laws of physics and turns the solid seasoning into a gas or liquid which then seeps into the crawfish. What is your preferred method?
This post was edited on 3/28/11 at 3:07 pm
Posted by Salmon
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Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:06 pm to
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dumping crawfish into an ice chest and pooring powdered seasoning on them


dumbest thing ever
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
19122 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:06 pm to
Boil for 9 minutes and soak for 12 minutes. Adding the Caiyan on top is just too much.

ETA: I prefer to use liquid crab boil.
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Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:07 pm to
Whatever method the food board suggests!
Posted by Black
My own little world
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

people from West of Cecilia believe that dumping crawfish into an ice chest and pooring powdered seasoning on them magically defies the laws of physics and turns the solid seasoning into a gas or liquid which then seeps into the crawfish.


these people shouldn't be allowed to boil another crawfish in their lives
Posted by Louie T
Member since Dec 2006
36601 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

people from West of Cecilia believe that dumping crawfish into an ice chest and pooring powdered seasoning on them magically defies the laws of physics and turns the solid seasoning into a gas or liquid which then seeps into the crawfish


anyone who doesn't soak is idiotic
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:08 pm to
I've seen it done in combo pretty well, but if there's no soak, no bueno.
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37695 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:08 pm to
Soaking. Can't stand crawfish with seasoning poured on the outside. All it does is make your lips miserable.
Posted by Brummy
Central, LA
Member since Oct 2009
4662 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:08 pm to
It's not done in addition to a seasoned boil - they boil in fresh water.
Posted by LSUdm21
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:08 pm to
Gritty arse shite.
Posted by mpar98
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:08 pm to
9 minutes is a long time for crawfish to be at a rolling boil
Posted by barry
Location, Location, Location
Member since Aug 2006
51333 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:08 pm to
They do this in Houston, but apparently it has something to do with stupid health code laws and they can't put seasoning in the water.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:08 pm to
I boil my potatoes and pour powdered red pepper all over the outside when done.
Posted by bleedpurplengold
Member since Feb 2007
1404 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:09 pm to
had to help host a crawfish boil where the head hoist insisted on the ice chest method. Worst/saltiest crawfish I have ever eaten
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:09 pm to
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dumping crawfish into an ice chest and pooring powdered seasoning on them

is fricking stupid
Posted by Dlawnboy
Member since May 2008
720 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:09 pm to
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Whatever method the food board suggests!

I feel that this is discussion of lifestyles here in LA.
Posted by L Boogie
Texas
Member since Jul 2009
5212 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:10 pm to
People in freaking Austin dump seasoning on the outside and shake them up in an ice chest.

I went to a crawfish boil at a bar yesterday and the crawfish had a really good spice to them, but they seasoned the shite out of them once they came out of the water and they were so salty that they were inedible. They would have been good if they had just left them alone. I'm glad my buddy was working the door and gave me free tickets, I would have been pissed if I had paid for that garbage only to throw it away.
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
19122 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:10 pm to
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9 minutes is a long time for crawfish to be at a rolling boil


Been doing it this way for a long time and never had any problems.
Posted by belowmebama
Member since Jul 2008
7345 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:10 pm to
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pooring powdered seasoning on them


I cant stand people that do this.

Drop Ice in the pot once the water comes to the boil and the crawfish are cooked (test out numerous times to achieve easy peel and satisfy urge) and that allows seasoning to get "shocked" into them.

Cant explain it but maybe Stephen Hawkins can with his cool chair.
Posted by mpar98
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
8041 posts
Posted on 3/28/11 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

Been doing it this way for a long time and never had any problems.


you ice it to kill the boil?
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