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Crawfish Weight Question
Posted by CHEDBALLZ on 4/24/13 at 9:14 am00
If you boil 1 pound of live Crawfish how much will they weigh when they are finished cooking?
Will the gain weight due to absorbing water?
Remain the same weight?
Lose weight from loosing body fluids?
What says the FDB?
Will the gain weight due to absorbing water?
Remain the same weight?
Lose weight from loosing body fluids?
What says the FDB?
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by TigerHam85 on 4/24/13 at 9:16 am to CHEDBALLZ
I think lose weight. Probably down to 0.8 pounds or so.
This post was edited on 4/24 at 9:18 am
America's Test Kitchen should research this. There are two factors that I can think of that would affect the weight.
The first being that food generally loses weight when cooking. Don't know if this applies to boiling.
The second would be the amount of liquid the crawfish absorbs which could vary depending on the soak time and the amount of empty space within the crawfish that could hold liquid.
The results would probably be too inconsistent to be conclusive but I'd be interested to see.
The first being that food generally loses weight when cooking. Don't know if this applies to boiling.
The second would be the amount of liquid the crawfish absorbs which could vary depending on the soak time and the amount of empty space within the crawfish that could hold liquid.
The results would probably be too inconsistent to be conclusive but I'd be interested to see.
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by s14suspense on 4/24/13 at 10:01 am to yellowfin
quote:
I know the weight that I boil in a night
I was passing past the back porch at Sammy's the other night and saw a Stainless coiled chiller looking thing in one of the pots.
What's that used for in Boiling Crawfish?
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re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by BRgetthenet on 4/24/13 at 10:07 am to s14suspense
Lets them soak longer without adding ice,
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by s14suspense on 4/24/13 at 10:08 am to BRgetthenet
quote:
Lets them soak longer without adding ice,
I would think that would be smart. Plus you could pre-heat water for another batch with the runoff from that.
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by CarRamrod on 4/24/13 at 10:19 am to s14suspense
quote:yea i dont think that would be to efficient.
Plus you could pre-heat water for another batch with the runoff from that.
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by yellowfin on 4/24/13 at 10:22 am to s14suspense
quote:
What's that used for in Boiling Crawfish?
cool the water down I'd guess
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by Stadium Rat on 4/24/13 at 10:23 am to yellowfin
What's the typical percentage of dead crawfish in a sack?
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by s14suspense on 4/24/13 at 10:24 am to CarRamrod
quote:
Plus you could pre-heat water for another batch with the runoff from that.
yea I don't think that would be too efficient
I was thinking about it for efficiency purposes
Soaking/cooling down a full pot of crawfish while simultaneously filling up another pot of water with HOT runoff water from the chiller so you already have near boiling water for the next batch...?
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by JasonL79 on 4/24/13 at 10:45 am to Stadium Rat
quote:
What's the typical percentage of dead crawfish in a sack?
Depends on the time of the year, how they were taken care of,where they were caught(wild or farm raised), and how long they have been out of the water. Earlier in the year when they are weaker and thinner shelled you may have as much as 3-5lbs per sack dead after just a few days out of the water. Later in the season you can sometimes keep crawfish for 6-7 days and only have 1-2lbs dead.
I always figured you will lose about 15-20% with dead crawfish and shrinkage (raw versus cooked weight). So if you boil a raw 40lb sack you should get 32-35lbs cooked after dead and shrinkage.
This post was edited on 4/24 at 10:47 am
re: Crawfish Weight QuestionPosted by yellowfin on 4/24/13 at 10:51 am to Stadium Rat
quote:
What's the typical percentage of dead crawfish in a sack?
this varies a lot
right now? I cooked 2 sacks last night that were in my cooler from Thursday and didn't have 5 dead crawfish
a foggy February morning? I'm not keeping them more than a couple days
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