This is a picture from last Mardi Gras (You knew I would find a way to slip one in didn't you? Well consider: I have gone about 6 months without a Mardi Gras picture on this site -- that is quite a feat I would say.) I digress -- to the picture at hand, our freind Sam is putting the finishing touches on a batch of crawfish at my sister, Sue's house. The ice, I think, is to allow the crawfish to seep in all the spices they were just boiled in without overcooking.
Notice how big these pots are -- they had more than fifty people at the party -- you've got to cook a lot of crawfish fast to keep up with this.
Notice , also, the two propane tanks. Let's call that the Boy Scout rule of Crawfish Boiling -- be prepared.
I can report that Sam has a magical touch in the crawfish department -- the mudbugs were perfect --made my tongue singe, my nose run and my eyes water -- that's what you call good crawfish. Non?
-- steve buser
8 comments:
Wow, those are huge pots. I had the best crwfish feed a few years ago when I worked a trade show in N.O. The Decorators put on the dinner for us and we just made total pigs of ourselves. Yummmm
Boiled crawdads don't sound good to me.
e never seen pots and pans that big. And crawfish are small..wow, quite a feast in the making.
Aw, man..your post had me drooling. We have a crawfish boil up here every March - we order 30 pounds live online and dump them into the bathtub of our tiny NYC apartment, purge them and boil them right here. It's a little bit of La. in Manhattan.
Interesting pic and post....gives me flashbacks to lots of fun at crawfish boils I've enjoyed in the past.
Jon at Mississippi Garden
I remember catching crawdads when I was a kid. That is one impressive pot.
Steve, off topic, but if you aren't in NOLA for today's snow, feel free to borrow one of my photos.
Hi Steve! With a 48h day I would have time to enjoy your blog more often; shame on the time controller… ;))
Never mind, for me you may post Mardi Gras all year round! Well, with some intervals... ;))
Meanwhile Blogtrotter will be departing Tunisia 2007 soon, but managed to keep the delay in posting on twelve (12) months only. Great achievement… ;)) Enjoy and have a great weekend!
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