obviously someone knew what they were doing on the boil.
Damn UV, coming from you, thats about the best compliment I've had in my life. It's right up there with Patrick saying "pretty work" on some teak I did. I'm not taking either lightly.
But yeah, it certainly aint my first rodeo. Got 40 more lbs showing up tommorrow.
But UV, spill on saving the heads...
There aint much left of em after I crush the carapace and suck the head... I guess the key would be to not crush the carapace huh? We've made some great etouffe with left overs, and the bride has made a mean bisque with em a few times too.
My favorite next day dish is my brides "boil potato salad". We started that years ago because there always seems to be a lot of potatos left.
So we'd chop 'em up and throw em in a bowl with all the crawfish tail and large clawmeat we had left.
Then dice up a good amount of andoulle, the boiled garlic cloves/bulbs, and a few carrots and celery for crunch and sweetness.
Cut the leftover corn off the cob and add.
Stir in a healthy glob of mayo
Add a good amount of additional boil seasoning and stir.
Looked just like that picture, dumped on a newspaper covered table on a Port Eads dock.
Thats the way to go. Except I throw mine on a 8' wide teak swim platform that I through-bolted to two tree's in my yard to make a very effective bar (the Leaky Teaky Bar that is) covered in bldrs paper...
Thats the steam coming off the crawfish Russ... my story anyway.
BTW,
anyone can get crawfish like this delivered live to their door. We've got a few sources we've been ordering from for the last decade or so:
http://www.cajuncrawfish.com
http://www.lacrawfish.com
http://www.cajungrocier.com
In my opinion, Cajuncrawfish.com (Fruges) far outshines the others. Their crawfish are farmed in their own paddys, are consistantly larger and lively,
and are shipped pre-purged.
So when they show up, just a good rinse of the sack, throw 'em on ice with drainage, and cover with the supplied burlap.
These (in the pic) came from Fruges...
If we ever have another Bertram event in SFL/the Keys, I'd be honored to boil for ya'll.