re: Crawfish Boil Seasonings

Yea I remember too.

I got 3 sacks and did 1.5 in 2 different pots at the same time. 2 bags each in a 100qt and a 120qt. 100 qt was perfect.

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Is there really one that is better than anything else?

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Opinions will vary based on personal taste. I spent the off season taste testing several different commercial seasonings. On fried eggs, on scrambled eggs, on grilled chicken, boiled peanuts etc, etc, Some of my taste test were blind. Right now, Louisiana Brand is number one for me with Cajun Land coming in second. Somewhat surprisingly third was Zaterains Pro Boil. There is something in that blend that interest my taste buds...not sure what it is. There were several others, but by no means all of them.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I use a combination of 3 from zatarains: dry, liquid and bags. All 3 together seem to be just right, any of them alone are lacking. I found no matter what you use you have to stay as close to the recommended water amount of the dry mix instructions to get the full flavor as intended. If I remember correctly one bottle of zats dry mix is only supposed to go to 5 gallons of water...Any more than that and you're just watering down your main ingredient.

Always get extra bottle cayenne, garlic powder , onion powder and celery salt for extra kicks. Lemon oil if it's available, and I add it just before the soak.

Chackbay
Liquid Zattarains
1-2 boxes salt

No. Round tube that’s a pound and 10 ounces

Edited for exact size.

I do one box with Zats but I only use about half a bag of it along with some other stuff.

Capt. Sids in Bucktown sells their seasoning they use to boil seafood. Pretty good stuff! Sometimes I get some from there.

Bag of Cajunland or LA + 1 1/2 small bottle liquid boil + Celery + Oranges. After trial and error this is my go to combo.