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Boiling Crawfish-- Straight Tails and Purging
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:14 am
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:14 am
LSU crawfish researcher, Ray McClain, was quoted in this issue of Gambit and in this link LINK that the LSU AgCenter has “disproved” the premature death of straight tailed boiled crawfish belief, as well as disproving the belief that purging crawfish removes the “black stuff” from their tails.
Having lived in New Orleans all of my life, everyone that I knew (me too) believed the “myth.”
Having lived in New Orleans all of my life, everyone that I knew (me too) believed the “myth.”
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:15 am to LSU77ATO
This thread is Germans as hell.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:17 am to LSU77ATO
Do you even salt while purging bro?
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:17 am to Trout Bandit
This experiment was actually conducted at the University of Berlin.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:18 am to LSU77ATO
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:21 am to LSU77ATO
I don't purge my crawfish. I'll keep rinsing them until my water is clean. This is just to get all the mud and dirt off the crawfish.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:25 am to GotDucks?
Then I bet they're not salty enough.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:27 am to Nawlens Gator
Trout Bandit and Nawlens Bandit, the WWL link quoted:
“Ray McClain, LSU AgCenter crawfish researcher at the Rice Research Station near Crowley says the straight tailed mudbugs were actually more likely to be alive before going into the boiling pot.”
"Research at the LSU AgCenter has shown that the addition of salt to the wash water provides no significant advantage in cleansing crawfish despite the numerous claims to the contrary," McClain insisted.”
Did Germany actually prove and publish this first? Seems to me that this would have been researched long ago.
“Ray McClain, LSU AgCenter crawfish researcher at the Rice Research Station near Crowley says the straight tailed mudbugs were actually more likely to be alive before going into the boiling pot.”
"Research at the LSU AgCenter has shown that the addition of salt to the wash water provides no significant advantage in cleansing crawfish despite the numerous claims to the contrary," McClain insisted.”
Did Germany actually prove and publish this first? Seems to me that this would have been researched long ago.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:35 am to LSU77ATO
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Seems to me that this would have been researched long ago.
It was. Links to ten year old references to these studies have been posted before.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:41 am to Mo Jeaux
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Then I bet they're not salty enough.
Salt is over rated. I rarely cook with it.
Swamp dust, garlic powder, and a gallon of red rooster hot sauce has been doing the trick for quite a while now. No complaints and I boil any where from 1k to 2k lbs of crawfish a year.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 10:46 am to Mo Jeaux
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I was just kidding.
I can see some people not liking seafood with out salt in it. My Grand pa would pour gobs of it when boiling crabs or crawfish. I couldn't eat them. Hey would always make two different batches. One hot, one salty.
This post was edited on 3/3/14 at 10:47 am
Posted on 3/3/14 at 11:02 am to GotDucks?
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Salt is over rated. I rarely cook with it.
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Swamp dust, garlic powder, and a gallon of red rooster hot sauce has been doing the trick for quite a while now. No complaints and I boil any where from 1k to 2k lbs of crawfish a year.
Well in your abundance of experience you should at least have some knowledge to go with it. Swamp Dust is loaded with salt.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 12:18 pm to LSUAfro
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Well in your abundance of experience you should at least have some knowledge to go with it. Swamp Dust is loaded with salt.
I meant I don't use salt salt...but I use ingredients that have salt/sodium in it.
Just the taste of salt grosses me out but when mixed in seasoning I love it.
I pick the salt off of pretzels, if I miss a piece and eat it, I'll all but throw up.
This post was edited on 3/3/14 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:09 pm to LSU77ATO
Get ready--Martini is about to tell you what an asshat you are for even thinking of posting this.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 4:33 pm to Nawlens Gator
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This experiment was actually conducted at the University of Berlin.
Litterally during WWII, it is that old
Posted on 3/3/14 at 4:40 pm to GotDucks?
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Swamp dust, garlic powder, and a gallon of red rooster hot sauce has been doing the trick for quite a while now. No complaints and I boil any where from 1k to 2k lbs of crawfish a year.
I'm guessing you also throw all the crawfish in an ice chest, then season, correct?
Posted on 3/3/14 at 4:54 pm to GotDucks?
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Swamp dust, garlic powder, and a gallon of red rooster hot sauce has been doing the trick for quite a while now.
The trick of sickening your guests?
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No complaints and I boil any where from 1k to 2k lbs of crawfish a year
You must be a really nice person or you're feeding homeless people. that recipe sounds horrid.
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