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What is your most effective crawfish cleaning method?
Posted on 4/10/12 at 10:22 am
Posted on 4/10/12 at 10:22 am
I have a 100-quart pot with basket...what we typically do is place the crawfish in the pot and basket, fill up the pot with water, and then slowly lift and drop the basket numerous times to get the water moving over the crawfish...lift basket all the way up to survey the dirtyness of the water, dump out the water and repeat process until water is clean enough.
It is amazing what some live crawfish sellers will call "clean"...
what do you typically do to clean the crawfish?
It is amazing what some live crawfish sellers will call "clean"...
what do you typically do to clean the crawfish?
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Posted on 4/10/12 at 10:31 am to Chicken
Just the usual putting them in a #3 tub.......
Castnet Seafood does an excellent job of cleaning their crawfish prior to sale. When I buy from them all I generally have to do is give them a quick shot with the hose while they are still in the sack.
Castnet Seafood does an excellent job of cleaning their crawfish prior to sale. When I buy from them all I generally have to do is give them a quick shot with the hose while they are still in the sack.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 10:32 am to Chicken
Lots of salt
J/k
J/k
This post was edited on 4/10/12 at 10:33 am
Posted on 4/10/12 at 10:45 am to TJG210
quote:so you just put them in a tub once, let them sit and then take them out? typically how dirty is the water after that?
Just the usual putting them in a #3 tub.......
Posted on 4/10/12 at 10:46 am to Chicken
you should put them in an ice chest and rinse them until the water coming out of the drain is clear
Posted on 4/10/12 at 10:49 am to Chicken
I put them in an ice chest and just keep hosing them down until the water comes out clear.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 11:21 am to yellowfin
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you should put them in an ice chest and rinse them until the water coming out of the drain is clear
+1
Posted on 4/10/12 at 11:26 am to TigerWise
I bought a clean 33 gal. plastic barrel and cut the top off. also cut handles in it and drilled 10-1/2" holes 6 inches below the rim on one side.
fill with crawfish and put garden hose thru the handle and secure with clamp. Fill with water and continue letting water run for 20-30 minutes stirring the crawfish once or twice. the water goes out of the holes and will not let the crawfish escape.
fill with crawfish and put garden hose thru the handle and secure with clamp. Fill with water and continue letting water run for 20-30 minutes stirring the crawfish once or twice. the water goes out of the holes and will not let the crawfish escape.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 11:28 am to Chicken
Two number three tubs, three rinses between them.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 11:31 am to yellowfin
quote:
you should put them in an ice chest and rinse them until the water coming out of the drain is clear
+1
Posted on 4/10/12 at 11:35 am to Chicken
I have two big tupperware tubs and one with holes in it. Put the crawfish in the one with holes and fill it up in the tub. Similar method that you use to clean it. I fill the other tub with water while cleaning in the first tub. Repeat process until the water is clear.
Depends on what type of basket your pot has but I think the tupperware is sturdier to clean them.
Depends on what type of basket your pot has but I think the tupperware is sturdier to clean them.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 12:00 pm to liuyaming
I put my crawfish in an orange shrimp/seafood basket(coonasses will call it a champagne-basket) inside of a big tub and let the water run until the water is clear. Then dip the basket up and down a few times and pick it out the water and let it drain a little bit before dumping into the boiling basket.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 12:01 pm to Chicken
We have a plastic garbage can with a net (ol crawfish sack) tacked over 1/3 of the opening so we can dump the water out and jeep crawfish in. Dumping seems to clean them off slightly better/faster.
We use a ice chest or tub when we're only boiling a sack or two but we use th garbage can when we're doing a big boil.
We use a ice chest or tub when we're only boiling a sack or two but we use th garbage can when we're doing a big boil.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 12:35 pm to Chicken
i put them in an ice chest with the drain open and run water over them until the water coming out the drain is clear.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 1:01 pm to bakersman
Get washtub put boiling basket in it fill basket with crawfish ...hose them down till water comes out clear through holes
Posted on 4/10/12 at 1:52 pm to Chicken
#3 tub. change water 3 or 4 times while boiling water. use the crawfish sack over the edge of the tub as a strainer.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 2:24 pm to Chicken
Fill two number 3 tubs with water, side by side.
Place a table with the end over one of the number 3 tubs. Open the sack, and push the live crawfish over the end of the table and into one of the tubs. Get the dead crawfish/bait/dirt/marsh grass/etc into a trash recepticle.
Once all the live crawfish are in the water, use basket scoops to move all the crawfish from the "dirty" tub to the clean tub. Empty the dirty tub and fill with water. Repeat until the water in the tub with the crawfish is clean.
No dirt, no mess, no need to worry about straigt tails.
Place a table with the end over one of the number 3 tubs. Open the sack, and push the live crawfish over the end of the table and into one of the tubs. Get the dead crawfish/bait/dirt/marsh grass/etc into a trash recepticle.
Once all the live crawfish are in the water, use basket scoops to move all the crawfish from the "dirty" tub to the clean tub. Empty the dirty tub and fill with water. Repeat until the water in the tub with the crawfish is clean.
No dirt, no mess, no need to worry about straigt tails.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 2:30 pm to El Josey Wales
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quote: you should put them in an ice chest and rinse them until the water coming out of the drain is clear
Posted on 4/10/12 at 2:49 pm to bossflossjr
Repetitive, but this is the deal:
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you should put them in an ice chest and rinse them until the water coming out of the drain is clear
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