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Alton Brown “Good Eats” - S13 Ep1 - Louisiana Crawfish Boil
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:35 pm
I like Alton Brown, he gives great pointers. That said, anyone in Louisiana will probably laugh at most of his recommendments in this episode.
A few good pointers in this episode were about purging the crawfish, making his own crab boil, and buying Chinese crawfish.
When purging crawfish, just putting them in salt water does nothing but piss them off. You have to put them in fresh, aerated water for 12 hours, drain and repeat for another 12 hours.
He makes a nice crab boil and said the fresher ground spices will make the boil that much better. He did state you can double, triple, etc the recipe for spicier crawfish.
And, he says NEVER buy crawfish from China because of the lack of sanitation standards. Their ponds contain all types of toxins.
A few good pointers in this episode were about purging the crawfish, making his own crab boil, and buying Chinese crawfish.
When purging crawfish, just putting them in salt water does nothing but piss them off. You have to put them in fresh, aerated water for 12 hours, drain and repeat for another 12 hours.
He makes a nice crab boil and said the fresher ground spices will make the boil that much better. He did state you can double, triple, etc the recipe for spicier crawfish.
And, he says NEVER buy crawfish from China because of the lack of sanitation standards. Their ponds contain all types of toxins.
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Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:37 pm to theantiquetiger
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You have to put them in fresh, aerated water for 12 hours, drain and repeat for another 12 hours
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:38 pm to theantiquetiger
Ok
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:43 pm to theantiquetiger
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:46 pm to theantiquetiger
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And, he says NEVER buy crawfish from China because of the lack of sanitation standards.
No baws on here buying Chinese crawfish on purpose.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 1:59 pm to theantiquetiger
He was boiling 10 lbs. at a time also ...nobody got time for 4 individual boil batches from a sack.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:02 pm to t00f
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No baws on here buying Chinese crawfish on purpose.
Can one purchase LIVE Chinese Crawfish anywhere?
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:06 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Can one purchase LIVE Chinese Crawfish anywhere?
That's what I was thinking. Seen plenty of peeled, frozen crawfish, but haven't ever seen live ones.
Have seen already boiled, still in the shell, steam-to-reheat chinese crawfish, though.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:14 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Can one purchase LIVE Chinese Crawfish anywhere?
He was talking about frozen tails. He made a crawfish roll (lobster roll) with leftovers and just stated if you need just tails, you can buy them, just don’t buy Chinese crawfish.
This post was edited on 3/20/19 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:15 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Can one purchase LIVE Chinese Crawfish anywhere?
I doubt you can anywhere, at least not seen it.
I assume he meant frozen. That don't fly.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:25 pm to theantiquetiger
Didn’t he build a tank out of an ice chest or something to purge the five or six pounds of crawfish he had?
I like Alton, even went and saw his show in NOLA, but that part was ridiculous.
I like Alton, even went and saw his show in NOLA, but that part was ridiculous.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:34 pm to Suntiger
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Didn’t he build a tank out of an ice chest or something to purge the five or six pounds of crawfish he had?
Yes, he used a cooler and an aquarium air pump to purge them. Even if this sounds crazy, I like how he shows the correct way to do it and how just salt water doesn’t work.
I like him because he approaches cooking as a science, not art.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:53 pm to theantiquetiger
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When purging crawfish, just putting them in salt water does nothing but piss them off. You have to put them in fresh, aerated water for 12 hours, drain and repeat for another 12 hours.
I don't put salt in the water, but I do mix a shite load of Metamucil. Purges them in an hour tops.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 2:57 pm to CarRamrod
I will take aerated crawfish any day. Makes a difference.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 3:03 pm to theantiquetiger
Yeah, his bit on avoiding chinese crawfish only really applies to going to those viet-cajun places that sell boiled crawfish year round, and I guess buying frozen tails at the store. I don't think anyone who boils crawfish at home would buy Frozen chinese crawfish to use.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 3:19 pm to Suntiger
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Didn’t he build a tank out of an ice chest or something to purge the five or six pounds of crawfish he had?
I like Alton, even went and saw his show in NOLA, but that part was ridiculous.
He did that to explain the science of what it would take to truly purge them. Good Eats isn't really a cooking show per say. I mean, it is but he gets more into why you do some of the things you do in a kitchen which is why I love that show so much.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 3:21 pm to NOLATiger71
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I will take aerated crawfish any day. Makes a difference.
He did say aerating them makes a world of difference. They will be much more sweet and less gritty
This post was edited on 3/20/19 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 3/20/19 at 4:03 pm to theantiquetiger
There is a place outside of Iota, LA cannot remember the name of the place but they aerate the crawfish. I know someone who has built a purging tank to aerate the crawfish based on this restaurant. Real simple. When ready pull the plug empty the water and pour into a basket. Not overly to much trouble. Just need to do it a day or two in advance versus day of your Boil. Big difference in quality.
Posted on 3/20/19 at 4:08 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Can one purchase LIVE Chinese Crawfish anywhere?
China
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