Leaving On A Jet Plane [Crawfish]

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 5:20 am

60 pounds of "Select" sized Crawfish will be hitting the friendly skies today for a FedEx flight and early morning delivery to central Indiana tomorrow. The third annual Easter weekend boil ("Crawfish Fest 2019") is scheduled for Saturday. The weather looks iffy (FU Mom Nature), so we might be eating inside, but this shit is happening.

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:01 am

Hahah that's awesome!

We boiled some last Sunday; they were epic as fuck. I kinda want to get some more this weekend. Our company crawfish boil is on the 27th too :love:

ajaxlepinski · Post by **ajaxlepinski** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:08 am

Where do you order the crawfish from? This sounds like something we all must do!!! :rawk:

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:09 am

Devin wrote:Hahah that's awesome!

We boiled some last Sunday; they were epic as fuck. I kinda want to get some more this weekend. Our company crawfish boil is on the 27th too

Tasty little bastards :lol:

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:14 am

ajaxlepinski wrote:Where do you order the crawfish from? This sounds like something we all must do!!!

I used Cajun Crawfish the last two years, but went with Louisiana Crawfish Company this year. We do it over Easter weekend and CC typically has an Easter sale, but didn't this year. I guess the season is late getting started, so they didn't have the larger "graded" sizes available, either. LCC did, so I thought I'd give them a shot. They better not ruin my party :cop:

ajaxlepinski · Post by **ajaxlepinski** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:41 am

I hope you get a nice batch!

Thanks for the info! :hi5:

Going to have to boil a batch this summer.

fretless · Post by **fretless** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:48 am

PARTY !!!

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:52 am

ajaxlepinski wrote:I hope you get a nice batch!

Thanks for the info!
Going to have to boil a batch this summer.

It's a lot of work, but it's a lot of fun.

Planning on doing a crab boil sometime this summer. Crawfish season ends sometime in June, so I'll need to switch to some other shelled creature :lol:

ajaxlepinski · Post by **ajaxlepinski** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:55 am

I just checked out the Louisiana Crawfish Company's website...
I had no idea you could buy "Purged" crawfish! :lol:

From their website:
"WHY PURGE CRAWFISH?
To clean out the exoskeleton of mud and debris & eliminates or reduces digesta in the intestine. We place the crawfish in our highly oxygenated water tanks, then put them through a innovative 12-24 hour purging process. You are left with sweet, tender, flavorful crawfish."

It sounds like they put the crawfish in poop tanks, where they pass their last meal before shipping to the customer! Amazing!

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:56 am

fretless wrote:PARTY !!!

Hell, yes

I'm making "Drunken Shrimp Cocktails" to sip on while setting up and cooking. It's basically a Bloody Mary with extra heat served in a glass rimmed with Old Bay Seasoning with a couple of cocktail shrimp hanging on the side.

fretless · Post by **fretless** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:57 am

I'm from MD. I would snort that Old Bay

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:58 am

ajaxlepinski wrote:I just checked out the Louisiana Crawfish Company's website...
I had no idea you could buy "Purged" crawfish!

From their website:
"WHY PURGE CRAWFISH?
To clean out the exoskeleton of mud and debris & eliminates or reduces digesta in the intestine. We place the crawfish in our highly oxygenated water tanks, then put them through a innovative 12-24 hour purging process. You are left with sweet, tender, flavorful crawfish."

It sounds like they put the crawfish in poop tanks, where they pass their last meal before shipping to the customer! Amazing!

Purging is overrated. LOL Rinsing and boiling is all you need

ajaxlepinski · Post by **ajaxlepinski** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:01 am

I suspect that you lose some flavor by purging! :lol:

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:04 am

ajaxlepinski wrote:I suspect that you lose some flavor by purging!

Exactly... Get drunk, eat the tail, suck the heads, don't question the process... :lol:

fretless · Post by **fretless** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:07 am

just like eating crabs ( I would not eat the "Devil " ) but the old timers do . but like those you know damn well what is going to happen the next day .

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:10 am

fretless wrote:just like eating crabs ( I would not eat the "Devil " ) but the old timers do . but like those you know damn well what is going to happen the next day .

Incubation time does not always extend to the next day...

fretless · Post by **fretless** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:52 am

nah 20 min is not out of the question and at least you won't end up in the ER but hopefully there is more than one bathroom there .

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:56 am

fretless wrote:nah 20 min is not out of the question and at least you won't end up in the ER but hopefully there is more than one bathroom there .

Two, but I'll be OK. I've been training for this....

metalguy · Post by **metalguy** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:28 am

Just had crawfish this past Sunday and you have me craving more already lol.

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:50 am

metalguy wrote:Just had crawfish this past Sunday and you have me craving more already lol.

Sorry. Not sorry... LOL

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:30 am

As a follow-up, they were delicious.

The weather sucked; we stood just inside the garage to keep out of the elements on a rainy, windy, 38° day. It was a blast as usual, but nice spring weather would have been welcome.

clipless bumper · Post by **clipless bumper** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:37 am

those are pretty good-sized, no?

they all arrived alive?

IndyWS6 · Post by **IndyWS6** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:43 am

clipless bumper wrote:those are pretty good-sized, no?

they all arrived alive?

I paid the upcharge for the "Select" size, so they were bigger than what you would normally get. There were some that were average, most were "big" and there were a few monster-sized bastids. Those are the ones we played with :lol:

I think I found less than 10 dead ones out of 60 pounds total (2-30 pound bags)...

fretless · Post by **fretless** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 10:17 am

Awesome !

itchyfingers · Post by **itchyfingers** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:47 pm

IndyWS6 wrote:
fretless wrote:PARTY !!!

Hell, yes

I'm making "Drunken Shrimp Cocktails" to sip on while setting up and cooking. It's basically a Bloody Mary with extra heat served in a glass rimmed with Old Bay Seasoning with a couple of cocktail shrimp hanging on the side.

That sounds epic! :heart:

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