08-27-2008, 01:40 AM | #1 |
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Crawdads
So I'm thinking of trying to catch some crawdads at Strawberry. Any tips on how to prepare? Cleaning, boiling, recipes, etc.
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To cook them, it's pretty much like boiling lobsters. Add salt, any other seasoning you want (my dad likes bay leaves), some washed red potatoes (not peeled) and a few cans of corn to the water and bring it to a rolling boil, then dump the crawdads into the water and when the water starts boiling again, let them cook for about 12 minutes or until they are bright red. Drain the crawdads, taters and corn and enjoy. It just like eating a lobster too. Just crack it open and eat the meat. If you didn't get enough to eat, cook more. Make sure the crawdads are alive when you start to cook them because they are poisonous if they're dead when you cook them. You'll get really sick. So keep a look out as you are purging the crawdads. If they have a strait tail or aren't moving, get rid of it. One last thing, be sure to cook about 12-15 pounds of them at a time. Otherwise, there really won't be enough to eat.
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Purge is a very nice way to put it.
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Yes it is. Kids appreciate yak, ralph, puke, etc., but the wife doesn't.
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And that's not an exaggeration.
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We have been going to Strawberry for years catching crawdads. It's an annual family tradition and our kids really look forward to it. We use chicken legs tied onto a string. We caught about 700 this year in 2-3 hours.
As we catch the crawdads, we drop them in five-gallon buckets of water to keep them alive. Then we "process" them before we leave the lake. It is illegal to transport live crawdads in Utah. We tear off the tails and then de-vein the tails. To de-vein you grab the middle fin on the back of the tail and wiggle it back and forth until it comes out. The vein will come along with it. We then throw the tails into a cooler full of ice. We give them one more rinse at home and then boil them. We use "Rajun Cajun" crawdad boil (a bag of salt and spice that you add to the boiling water) and throw in baby red potatoes, pearl onions, and corn on the cob. Trust me, this method is way easier than the purging approach. We saw it on TV a few years ago and tried it out. Works beautifully and nobody has ever gotten sick. If you can't find any by where you are camped, drive over to Haw's Point. Good luck. Your kids will have a blast.
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Thanks for this tip.
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In Texas, I've seen them prepared such that they are extremely spicy hot.
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I ate them in New Orleans.....i think it was crawdads....you bite off the head, suck out the insides, etc....
Didnt taste all that great. What am I missing here? Why is it fun?
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Becasue you get to bite off their heads and suck out the insides. Very primal. Very Ozzy without the drug addled-ness.
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