Met Dr. Steve

[Cajun Huguenot]

We've got lotsa crawdads in the creeks around here. I've never eaten any...but I'm gonna order me some that Zatarain's stuff and give 'em a try!!

Zatarain's Crab and Shrimp boil is great for crawfish. Get the water heavely seasoned and boiling then throw in some corn and potatoes. When they are done add the crawfish for a few minutes.

Take them out and enjoy. We have outdoor burners, if you do it inside (and have enough seasoning) it will be hard breath in the kitchen.

Kenith

 

[erin74]

What are crawfish? I don't eat seafood, but hubby loves it. I suspect this is a different name for something we have. Like you lot call prawns, shrimps. Get it right won't you!!!

 

[Cajun Huguenot]

What are crawfish? I don't eat seafood, but hubby loves it. I suspect this is a different name for something we have. Like you lot call prawns, shrimps. Get it right won't you!!!

Some folks call them "crayfish"
Uncooked

They are much better looking when they are cooked.

Kenith

 

[erin74]

Looks a bit like a yabbie.


This is a blue yabbie.

 

[Cajun Huguenot]

I bet the yabbie would turn red when boiled and taste great,

Kenith

 

[erin74]

Well I know people enjoy eating them. My dad gets them out of his dam. They can survive for ages in a dam during a drought and then come out again when it rains. They also cross paddocks to get from one dam to another. They're very interesting.

DH says they do go red when they are cooked.

 

[drstevej]

 

[drstevej]

You Know You're a Cajun When . . .​

No matter where else you go in the world, you are always disappointed in the food.
You get up in the morning and start cooking a pot of rice before you give any thought to what you'll fix for dinner.
You ask, "How dey running?" and "Are dey fat?" but you're inquiring about seafood quality.
Nothing shocks you, period, ever. Not politics, hurricanes, red lights, parking tickets, the Saints, Mardi Gras.
Your idea of health food is a baked potato instead of fries with your fried seafood platter.
You call tomato sauce "red gravy."
You know you recycled too much newspaper when there isn't enough for the dinner (or crawfish) table.
Your house payment is less than your air conditioning bill.
You fall asleep to the soothing sounds of four box fans.
Every so often, you have waterfront property.
Everyone you know has either hit an armadillo or nutria with their car or truck.
The four festival seasons in your year are: Crawfish, Shrimp, Crab and King Cake.
The smell of a crawfish or shrimp boil turns you on more than does the Movie Channel or HBO.
The waitress at your local sandwich shop tells you a fried oyster po-boy' dressed'is healthier than a Caesar salad.
When you refer to a geographical location 'way up North', you are referring to places like Shreveport, Little Rock or Memphis, 'where it gets real cold'.
You can pronounce Tchoupitoulas but can't spell it. (also, Thibodeaux, Opelousas, Ponchartrain, Ouachita, and Atchafalaya)
You don't learn until high school that Mardi Gras is not a national holiday.
You go to buy a new winter coat ( what most people refer to as windbreakers) and throw your arms up in the air to make sure it allows enough room to catch Mardi Gras beads.
You know what a nutria rat is but you still pick it to represent your baseball team.
You like your rice and politics dirty.
You've ever had Community Coffee.
Your burial plot is six feet "above the ground" rather than six feet "below the ground."
You've ever wore shorts at Christmas time.
You pronounce Lafayette as "Laffy-ette" not "La-fy-ette".
You can name all of your 3rd cousins.
You plan your wedding around hunting season & LSU football.

 

[calmcoolandelected]

Zatarain's Crab and Shrimp boil is great for crawfish. Get the water heavely seasoned and boiling then throw in some corn and potatoes. When they are done add the crawfish for a few minutes.

Take them out and enjoy. We have outdoor burners, if you do it inside (and have enough seasoning) it will be hard breath in the kitchen.

Kenith

I do same recipe, only instead of crawfish I use shrimp and andoille sausage (cut into 1" to 1-1/2" pieces). Yum, yum, yum. You can use Old Bay Seasoning in place of the Zataran's.

CC&E

 

[McWilliams]

The real tongue twister for me was always 'Natchitoches',(NACK-uh-tush) both pronunciating and spelling! Doesnt sound as it appears at all to me! Strange names there in 'Louise e anna'.

 

[erin74]

I do same recipe, only instead of crawfish I use shrimp and andoille sausage (cut into 1" to 1-1/2" pieces). Yum, yum, yum. You can use Old Bay Seasoning in place of the Zataran's.

CC&E

I know you meant to say prawn - practice a few times - you'll get the hang of it!!!

 

[drstevej]

Ya have to boil these things a long time to get them tender!

 

[Erinwilcox]

I must say that this whole thread has made me hungry and very jealous--I want to visit people too! I almost got to visit Mcwilliams during spring break, but that didn't work out. If anybody is EVER in, near, around Maryland, let me know and you can stay at our house (if you like) and we'll either have a cook-out or treat you to some authentic Italian food! Or, we'll take you around the Inner Harbor or out on the boat or to Washington, DC, to Lancaster (to see Behe's Amish friends! ), or anywhere else that you'd like to go!

As for crawfish (which we call crayfish in MD), we used to catch them all the time in the creeks around our old house...never ate them, though! Always stuck them into the fishtank with our fishies!

 

[McWilliams]

Oh yes, such a bummer Erin! We must try again! I had so hoped to see you! What fun that would have been! I cant imagine anything more joyous that meeting fellow CF posters! Wow!

 

[A New Dawn]

I think I ate crawfish once (or crawdads, as I learned), but, coming from Baltimore, steamed crabs are the greatest!

CH, since you have met Dr. Steve, now, you have to let us in on the low down on him. We know he can't be as perfect as he portrays.

 

[erin74]

Ya have to boil these things a long time to get them tender!

pRawns, not pawns - I though you minister types were kind of meant to be intellegent!

 

[erin74]

I must say that this whole thread has made me hungry and very jealous--I want to visit people too! I almost got to visit Mcwilliams during spring break, but that didn't work out. If anybody is EVER in, near, around Maryland, let me know and you can stay at our house (if you like) and we'll either have a cook-out or treat you to some authentic Italian food! Or, we'll take you around the Inner Harbor or out on the boat or to Washington, DC, to Lancaster (to see Behe's Amish friends! ), or anywhere else that you'd like to go!

As for crawfish (which we call crayfish in MD), we used to catch them all the time in the creeks around our old house...never ate them, though! Always stuck them into the fishtank with our fishies!

Well if you come to my place you can have some Kangaroo steaks.

I won't have any - but you can. DH would happily join you though.

We could take you to the Outback Shack though - they have indoor verandahs which they then have rain fall onto every half an hour or so. Lots of steak.

 

[cygnusx1]

I have just got back from a week in Devon (this is where I went ; http://images.google.com/imgres?img...mages?q=lobster+devon&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=G )


, and I saw some Lobsters on menus , the average price for a Lobster dinner was 23 pounds!!!!

that is probably about 42 dollars!

 

[calmcoolandelected]

I think I ate crawfish once (or crawdads, as I learned), but, coming from Baltimore, steamed crabs are the greatest!

CH, since you have met Dr. Steve, now, you have to let us in on the low down on him. We know he can't be as perfect as he portrays.

I'm with you on the steamed crabs! I was born in DC, raised in MD.

CC&E