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re: Here's some news for all of you that Purge your Crawfish

Posted on 2/24/14 at 4:34 pm to
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
33532 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 4:34 pm to
We don't purge. Did for a while, then quit just to see if they tasted any differently and nope.

Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
79453 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 4:35 pm to
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I've been telling you purgers this for years.


it doesn't mean purging is bad. just salt doesn't add to it.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49661 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 4:54 pm to
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its been common knowledge on this board for years
Posted by Haydo
DTX
Member since Jul 2011
3005 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 4:56 pm to
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Also, quit dumping tony's on the crawfish after they have been removed from the pot.


Does anyone actually enjoy this?! Makes me want to smack a bitch anytime I go somewhere and the crawfish are served this way.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52561 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 5:00 pm to
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Does anyone actually enjoy this?
I'm betting some do since plenty of places use that style to season. Plus , there are commercial seasoning blends that are specifically made to be applied to the crawfish after boiling and steamed/melted onto the product...wrap your head around that.
Posted by Blind Boy Grunt
Member since Mar 2013
822 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 5:09 pm to
Are you "Hawks"?
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 5:10 pm to
we never purge
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98955 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 5:19 pm to
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Are you "Hawks"?



No but I know those guys well
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
24177 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 5:20 pm to
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quote:
its been common knowledge on this board for years


Yet I still find that people purge with salt. Thanks for contributing.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49661 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 5:22 pm to
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Thanks for contributing.


No no. Thank YOU for getting the word out.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
49636 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 5:28 pm to
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Yet I still find that people purge with salt.


Once some folks get an idea like that in their heads, they can't seem to turn back. They're convinced it does something and they can't imagine not doing it before they boil.
Posted by Blind Boy Grunt
Member since Mar 2013
822 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 5:53 pm to
Cool. Ran Crawfish to Austin, with Brother, 1985. Had a Circulating Tank in Cedar Creek.
Lost everything - due to many Circumstances.
First "Natural Purge" in that Era, and Locale.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98955 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 6:14 pm to
Damn I didn't realize they were going far in the 80's. We were running to Houston back then but not nearly the numbers of today.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
70336 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 6:16 pm to
ok so salt does nothing to help the purge.

will eating a "straight" tail kill me? was it really dead before the boil?
Posted by Blind Boy Grunt
Member since Mar 2013
822 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 6:21 pm to
We got them from Branch - Threw them in the back of a Van - Covered with Canvas Sacks - Bags of Ice.
Loss was 30%, to Austin.
Loss was 30%, from Purging.
We were learning - at a Cost.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
79453 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 6:55 pm to
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Cool. Ran Crawfish to Austin, with Brother, 1985. Had a Circulating Tank in Cedar Creek.
Lost everything - due to many Circumstances.
First "Natural Purge" in that Era, and Locale.


Clearly Texans don't deserve crawfish, in G-d's eyes at least.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98955 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:00 pm to
Yeah it's hard to make money like that


Luckily crawfish were dirt cheap back then
Posted by Mung
Ba’on Rooj
Member since Aug 2007
9307 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:27 pm to
I denies the allegations and I defies the alligator!
Posted by SuzukiGoat
Atchafalaya Basin
Member since Jan 2014
1086 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:32 pm to
As someone whose crawfish are squeaky clean from running water through the ice chest for half an hour... I hate purgers. They never clean them properly.

Best addition to your boiling mix...ever. an extra container of garlic powder, habenero pepper sauce, and celery salt.

I also boil fresh jalepenos with mine.

Took me five years to perfect my recipe...and if someone messes it up by screwing with my crawfish and dumping salt on them while they flush....they are immediately uninvited.
This post was edited on 2/24/14 at 7:36 pm
Posted by avondale88
Montgomery
Member since May 2009
2634 posts
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:41 pm to
I went to a crawfish boil here in Alabama and this is exactly how they seasoned them. I ate only one and made an excuse to leave. I was laughing my butt off when I got home because some people at the boil were complaining about how hot (seasoned wise) they were. The stores here (WalMart) carry Louisiana products.
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