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re: Toning down crawfish spice
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:37 pm to SixthAndBarone
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:37 pm to SixthAndBarone
No advice can possibly better than "just use premade and don't adjust to your own liking"
What a shockingly off brand take for the board's most pretentious douche bag.
What a shockingly off brand take for the board's most pretentious douche bag.
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Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:39 pm to LNCHBOX
Are you sure “just add more water” like you advised is better?
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:40 pm to AbitaFan08
Cgrand is right in your situation.
Add 1 bag of seasoning and 3/4 pound of salt.
They won’t be spicy and the salt will bring out the flavor you’d be lacking by not adding the other spices you would normally add.
Add 1 bag of seasoning and 3/4 pound of salt.
They won’t be spicy and the salt will bring out the flavor you’d be lacking by not adding the other spices you would normally add.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:45 pm to SixthAndBarone
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Are you sure “just add more water” like you advised is better?
Without knowing his recipe, how else would you recommend he lower the spice?
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:46 pm to LNCHBOX
I don’t know…a crazy idea here… maybe add less spice/seasoning???
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:48 pm to SixthAndBarone
But what if he wants to keep the current ratios of all his seasonings so they taste the same just less spicy? Your way doesn't achieve that, mine does. Mine also doesn't involve any measuring or real modification to his current methods.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:52 pm to SixthAndBarone
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You wanna suck my heads, Midget?
I respectfully decline your offer, fig newton.
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posts about me and 0 about the food topic. You’re a food board gem, I hope you know that!
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:57 pm to LNCHBOX
Bless your heart.
If he keeps current ratios and adds water, he’s now diluting all the other ingredients besides just the spicy pepper. The salt is diluted. The garlic is diluted. The lemon/citric is diluted, etc. Not only will the crawfish be less spicy, but they will be less flavorful as well. Do you not understand this?
If he keeps current ratios and adds water, he’s now diluting all the other ingredients besides just the spicy pepper. The salt is diluted. The garlic is diluted. The lemon/citric is diluted, etc. Not only will the crawfish be less spicy, but they will be less flavorful as well. Do you not understand this?
Posted on 5/7/25 at 2:00 pm to SixthAndBarone
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Bless your heart.
If he keeps current ratios and adds water, he’s now diluting all the other ingredients besides just the spicy pepper. The salt is diluted. The garlic is diluted. The lemon/citric is diluted, etc. Not only will the crawfish be less spicy, but they will be less flavorful as well. Do you not understand this?
Posted on 5/7/25 at 2:02 pm to SixthAndBarone
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Bless your heart. If he keeps current ratios and adds water, he’s now diluting all the other ingredients besides just the spicy pepper. The salt is diluted. The garlic is diluted. The lemon/citric is diluted, etc. Not only will the crawfish be less spicy, but they will be less flavorful as well. Do you not understand this?
Wow really? Not like my first post addressed that. Too busy sucking yourself off to read apparently.
And stop upvoting your own posts. That's gayer than your posts
This post was edited on 5/7/25 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 5/7/25 at 2:38 pm to LNCHBOX
This thread got contentious in a hurry. 
Thanks for the helpful responses. I guess it’s as simple as doing what I normally would, just use less seasoning. As I said in my OP, I’m probably overthinking it.
Thanks for the helpful responses. I guess it’s as simple as doing what I normally would, just use less seasoning. As I said in my OP, I’m probably overthinking it.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 2:46 pm to Midget Death Squad
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Midget Death Squad
Why are you just quoting all of 6&B's posts?
Posted on 5/7/25 at 2:55 pm to AbitaFan08
Yeah you’re overthinking it. These Yankees aren’t sucking the heads anyway so you’ll be fine
1 bag of mix. Almost 1 pound of salt. Garlic onion and lemon/juice. It’ll be fine.
1 bag of mix. Almost 1 pound of salt. Garlic onion and lemon/juice. It’ll be fine.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 3:26 pm to AbitaFan08
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This thread got contentious in a hurry.
Crawfish threads always, always deliver.
Someone posted the salt levels of the various boil-a-sack options most widely available. Some of them (can't remember) have less salt.
OP should use a 4-4.5 lb bag of spice and have salt available to add if necessary. Under salted crawfish is sad crawfish.
And if the yankees can't take the heat, tell them where they can go. Back in the 90s I lived in NH. Had a sack flown up. Nobody pussed out on eating them.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 4:28 pm to AbitaFan08
Most of my extra heat comes from adding a hot pepper, cayenne or something similar. Its really hard to get overly spicy crawfish just from using a store-bought boil mix unless you use significantly more than the recommendation amount and/or you purchase an "extra spicy" mix, if that even exist.
So cut back on the hot pepper and also pull earlier in the soak process.
So cut back on the hot pepper and also pull earlier in the soak process.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 4:36 pm to NOLALGD
Just keep it simple. 1 bag of crawfish boil seasoning, half a bottle of the 8oz liquid crab boil, soak 30 minutes.
Usually what I do for my first batch, for those that don’t want it too hot, and then I spice it up for the next batch.
Usually what I do for my first batch, for those that don’t want it too hot, and then I spice it up for the next batch.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:20 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Did you read the instructions? That bag says to boil in unseasoned water then place crawfish in an ice chest and sprinkle.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:22 am
Posted on 5/8/25 at 5:08 pm to AbitaFan08
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throwing a boil next weekend and I tend to lean on a heavy hand with the spice. But given the Yankee audience I need to tone it down while still making sure they have some kick. Does anyone have a ratio they recommend in this situation?
Don't soak them as long. The longer they soak, the spicier they get.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 5:22 pm to saintsfan1977
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Don't soak them as long. The longer they soak, the spicier they get.
This. Why didn’t anyone say this yet instead of arguing?
Posted on 5/8/25 at 5:24 pm to AbitaFan08
Just do the same and add a touch more water.
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