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Sadly, the only way I can get fresh crawfish (crayfish, whatever you want to call them) is by ordering them live,which is obviously pretty expensive. My local grocer has frozen ones for around $15. Will a boil turn out okay with frozen ones? Also, any suggestions on how to make a great crawfish boil? Thanks.

>> No.5018453

I was actually going to do this before plans fell through. My local grocer has massive boxes of mudbugs, shrimp, and shellfish both whole and meat-only (not to mention everything else known to man).

It'll be "ok", but not as good obviously. If you have to do a boil with frozen shellfish, make sure you do it in some good stock with some nice sausage.

>> No.5018473

ive never had frozen boiled crawfish, but it doesnt sound appeasing......

can't you just wait till its in season?

>> No.5018475

>>5018473
Every animals doesn't hatch everywhere anon.

>> No.5018478

>>5018475
sorry, south louisianian here that doesnt think before she types....also, that was a great sentence.

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5018482

For the love of crap, anon, just don't forget this stuff, it won't be the same without it.

>> No.5018483

>>5018478
Bubble burst?

>> No.5018492

>>5018483
not really...just too much wine...i wont remember this thread.....or your problems....sorry...

>> No.5018495

>>5018492
No, sorry, maybe I got the trip wrong. I thought you sounded like the chick from southern Louisiana who was in the /ck/ challenge.

>> No.5018497

there is something magical about a huge crawfish boil, but i could never bring myself to do it with frozen ones. the tail meat might turn out ok but i would worry about the head liquor being lost, which is the flavor.

>> No.5018503
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>>5018495
n..nn...no....sorry, im too far in this bottle to notice if you are mocking me or making funny observations....either way, for a crawfish boil with friends/family, id put in the cash for live crawfish...you could ask people to pitch in and stuff

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>>5018503
Aha!
Hey there, it's me, Pyewacket!

>> No.5018507

>>5018505
ahaha! oh snap! thats a pretty nice looking trophy there! (and nail polish) i swear my tea tastes better in the /ck/ mug....hope life's been treating you well

>> No.5018511

>>5018507
You know what's hilarious? I still haven't actually used my mug. How fucking retarded is that? It's in my tea cabinet, and I stare at it, but I STILL haven't used it. I'm a freak, yes, I realize this.
I'm doing just fine, hope you are too! You've been cooking up a bunch of good food, I'd bet. Your dishes always looked so delicious!

>> No.5018518

>>5018511
Lol i love my mug! with the cold weather ive been using it a lot more! well...long story short, quit my teaching job, moved to southern cali (for a boy i met on /soc/), and work at a wine store talking about wine all day..(and thus becoming a wino drunk)...so...its been fun. dont regret a thing. still cooking, as i assume you are too, ofcourse mine doesnt look as pretty as your stuff always does!

>> No.5018520

>>5018518
Hey! So you live closer to me now, lol. (I live in NorCal.) Yeah, the wine.....well, welcome to wine country, LOL. I mostly drink wine nowadays, because it's so ridiculously cheap here (and, it's a nice drunk too). Yep, still cooking as much as I can. I'm about to go wicked on baking stuff, since the holiday is coming up. Sunday is going to be my mega-bake day, all day long. Cookies, Kolaches, Pralines, and probably some toffee too, if I have time, lol.

>> No.5018521

>>5018518
Ha, I forgot to say, I guess it's time for me to give up the ghost and drink out of my mug, LOL. I'll do that in the morning with my tea. :)

>> No.5018531

>>5018520
everything from the mug tastes like victory! and yes the baking to ensue! everyone wants me to make pralines, so i guess thats what im making, lol. i might throw some rumballs together too....well..its past time my ass gets to bed, but good talking to you again! if you (or any weird /ck/ people that have been idoly watching us chat) wanna chat again later, my skype is reirei087 :)

>> No.5018540

>>5018531
>it's past time my ass gets to bed
Yeah, I hear you, I'm actually in bed now, wasting time instead of gloriously sleeping, lol.
>rumballs
Oh hell yes!!
You take care of yourself, and we'll talk again later!! And Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and all that!

>> No.5018541

also, to make this thread go full circle, im going back to louisiana for mardi gras, which is late this year (march) so im hoping to get SOME fresh crawfish!

>> No.5018545

>>5018540
ditto on the holidays! night!

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>>5018453
OP here. Is there any kind of sausage you would suggest? Andouille seems like the most popular one, but I'm not a fan of the taste.

>> No.5019179

I'm from Maryland, so we have a lot of crabs and stuff but I've never had crayfish, how do they taste?

>> No.5019182

I live in Philadelphia.
I can find live crayfish/crawfish/mudbugs for sale $3/lb here. Frozen is $2/lb and frozen meat is $3/lb.
I usually buy frozen crayfish meat only when I'm making crayfish balls, usually, I buy frozen whole bugs or live ones. I don't cook them boiled, per se, but certainly stewed. I boil a little water in a pot and dump some crayfish in there, then clamp and cook.
Honestly? There is a bit of a reduction in quality between live and frozen, but not so much that they can't be interchangeable. If live is 10/10, frozen is 8/10 or 8½/10.

>> No.5019185

>>5019140
When Cambodians here in Philamuhdelphia cook crayfish pots, they use grocery store "Italian sausage" or Hilshire Farms L'il Smokies.
Dunno why they do, but they do.

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>>5019140

Louisiana here, don't use sausage OP. Just throw in some red potatoes with the boil along with corn.

>> No.5019222

>>5019193
This advice matches the boil I went to in New Orleans.