Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Tails worth pinching

What could be a better sight than a table loaded with boiled crawfish and all the trimmings.This Cajun treat was from my sister's house in New Orleans over Mardi Gras -- pour the batch out on the table and everybody gather around.

Be sure to catch all the extras in there. On the left is boiled potatoes -- great just like that, or save them for the next day for hash browns or potato salad. On the right, you see the little piece of white -- that's an onion, grab it fast.

The green on the right and other places is celery --oh, like you have never tasted celery before. There are pieces of garlic and lemon in there but you can't make them out.

Okay, now that you have read all that, things have cooled down just a bit, everybody gather, round and dig in... that is, start pinching tails.


--steve buser
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12 comments:

  1. The D in D & TFebruary 13, 2008 at 9:29 AM

    This photo has made my mouth water. Yum!

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  2. JillyFebruary 13, 2008 at 10:20 AM

    I wish to register a complaint. I was just thinking/wondering what I'd have for dinner. Plate of pasta, as per normal, no doubt - and then I saw this! So I hope you feel sorry for me...

    Great photo of something I wish was HERE!

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  3. HalcyonFebruary 13, 2008 at 10:26 AM

    Crawfish are back in season, yay!

    I think the test of a real cajun is whether you eat the heads or not.

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  4. HalcyonFebruary 13, 2008 at 10:26 AM

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  5. KimFebruary 13, 2008 at 10:57 AM

    This looks so GOOD! I'm officially jealous!

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  6.  gmirageFebruary 13, 2008 at 1:10 PM

    Hmmm...I can eat all that in one sitting! Yum and the colors are so lively!

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2008 at 1:56 PM

    I don't even eat these animals but the colours are spectacular!
    Planet Earth Daily Photo    .

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  8. JanetFebruary 13, 2008 at 2:59 PM

    I know these taste good, but they just look so creepy crawly!

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  9. WandaFebruary 13, 2008 at 6:06 PM

    Do crawfish taste like lobster?

    The color is striking! Nice photo.

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  10. SusanFebruary 13, 2008 at 11:22 PM

    Yum! I like the red color - nice photo.

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  11. Ming the MercilessFebruary 16, 2008 at 11:28 PM

    Oooohhh....I do miss a good crawfish boil. But back then,

    I was a struggling poor student in college back then and going out to a crawfish boil (at outdoor restaurants) was such an expensive extravagence. So I only get to eat them when I get invited to friends' parties.

    Great stuff!!

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  12. CargosquidFebruary 17, 2008 at 11:23 PM

    I can't wait until May. My sister overnights 150 lbs to Annapolis, MD for an annual boil. It even made the paper one year.

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