re: Unexpected Item to include in crawfish boil

Has anyone ever tried boiling lobsters like we do crawfish? I wouldn’t mind throwing in a lobster just to see how it tastes - but when do you throw it in?

Frozen meatballs

Seriously

Add them when you add the frozen corn. Will help cool down for the soak as well. I now add these instead of sausage

Not during the boil, but once after a boil I dropped in a 5 lb. slab of corned beef and cooked it down for about 3 hours in my seasoned crawfish boil water. That shite was great.

My buddy did this at my bachelor party. Best I can remember, he put them in pretty early. They were good.

Frog legs. Seriously. Throw them in as soon as you turn off the fire and they'll be ready by the time the crawfish is ready. They come right off the bone.

I always take off the very outside, but don't worry peeling off the skin. If you cook it right, you can just pop em right out with a little squeezing

Olives

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Do y’all take the outer layer off the garlic or just throw it in there?

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I just quarter the pods of garlic. Too much work to be peeling all that stuff.

Some oddballs that I like:

Nopales (cactus) - This is probably more for the Texas folks. If you have a Fiesta in your area, they usually have cleaned cactus paddles and all I do is cut them in long strips, sort of like green beans.

Baby Bok Choy - add when you cut the heat for the soak

Golden beats - peel skin off and slice them into thin, but big bite pieces. Boil these 10 minutes before crawfish are added.

Hot Peppers - if you just want to eat them, do Jalapenos. If you want to get the water spicy, add a bunch of serranos (1.75 lb) and habaneros (3/4 lb) with tops cut off. If you want to save some $, buy less of those hot peppers and puree them, then add to boil water.

Prime rib roast