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Crawfishpolooza....Louisiana Gold.

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indaswamp

indaswamp

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I fell in a crawfish hole and came up smelling like a rose! A local catering business boiled 293 sacks of crawfish over the last 3 days. Last cook of the day Sunday had 250~300lbs. of left-over crawfish so he called his buddy at the firehouse and dropped them off. We spent 2+ hours peeling this afternoon and ended up with 30# of peeled tails plus 3# of extra large claws. I have visions of etouffee, crawfish pies, boudin, bisque, eggrolls, stew, and crawfish cakes dancing in my head.

first 120qt. ice chest...
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second 120qt. ice chest...

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Peelin tails...

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I took a break and made crawfish omelets for everyone...

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Little colby jack cheese, 1/2lb. crawfish tails, 4 eggs.... so good!!

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The haul...30# of peeled tail meat-a.k.a. Louisiana Gold. Not bad considering it takes 9# of crawfish to yield 1# of tail meat, and boiled whole crawfish are going for $5.50/lb. right now.

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That omelet looks fantastic!
I would love to get a haul like that, we love crawfish boils, but unfortunately here in S. FL.
Crawfish are hard to come by.
Congrats on making the carousel!
Al
 
Man that looks good. You are really punishing me for spending my winters in S. FL!! I sure miss my time in Biloxi where on Saturday afternoon's the only decision was which crawfish boil to go to!
 
SmokinAl said:
That omelet looks fantastic!
I would love to get a haul like that, we love crawfish boils, but unfortunately here in S. FL.
Crawfish are hard to come by.
Congrats on making the carousel!
Al
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Thanks Al! I'm more of a crawfish tail kinda guy. I love crawfish in a gravy, etouffee, or boudin. But I'll tell ya, these were some of the best boiled crawfish I've ever had. So easy to peel. Nothing worse than over cooked crawfish that break when you try to pull them out of the shell.

one eyed jack said:
I am ready to relocate. Would you give me your GPS coordinates?

My Grandad was a fire chief; Does that count?
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Thanks one eyed jack...no law against moving to Louisiana....<wink>

petehalsted said:
Man that looks good. You are really punishing me for spending my winters in S. FL!! I sure miss my time in Biloxi where on Saturday afternoon's the only decision was which crawfish boil to go to!
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LOL! Thanks pete. PSSST, I'll be making crawfish boudin soon......

theelballew said:
Da-yum! Makes me want to jump a flight down to New Orleans!!!
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The food here in South Louisiana is one of a kind. Come on down, the people here are frindly.

foamheart said:
Bisque! You got the heads, Bisque!
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Oh Believe me Foamy...it's on the list. But I don't stuff the heads, I make boullettes about the size of golf balls. I add the large claws for color. So much easier this way and just as good.
 
inda that looks great hard to get up here at a reasonable price. Points
Richie
 
Thanks tropics. These were the best price anyone could get, they were free! And, the caterer has offered to come cook for the guys Weds. night....I'll take some pics. No idea what he plans on cooking but I hear there will be cheesecake-and he makes a killer cheese cake!
 
indaswamp said:
Thanks tropics. These were the best price anyone could get, they were free! And, the caterer has offered to come cook for the guys Weds. night....I'll take some pics. No idea what he plans on cooking but I hear there will be cheesecake-and he makes a killer cheese cake!
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inda here is my cheese cake recipe.It looks like you need new hinges on that one cooler,I replaced mine with an old leather belt works great.
Richie
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/cheese-cake-pic-heavy.243778/
 
Lucky Guy, Inda!!!
That ALL looks Awesome!! "Like".
Only thing our Crawfish up here are good for is Bass-Bait & Raccoon Bait.

Bear
 
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I couldn't be more jealous! Amazing! I am patiently waiting for the prices to drop so I can gwt live crawfish overnighted to Florida. LOVE CRAWFISH!! This season seems to be coming on slower than last year. Still only field run available.
 
worm304 said:
I couldn't be more jealous! Amazing! I am patiently waiting for the prices to drop so I can gwt live crawfish overnighted to Florida. LOVE CRAWFISH!! This season seems to be coming on slower than last year. Still only field run available.
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Yea, it was warmer last season. This season will be running a little later. The water is rising in the Atchafalaya spillway right now with all the rain to the north. Once it warms up, I expect a bumper crop of mudbugs this year.
 
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