Who here /lowcountryboil/?
The corn and potatoes always seemed random to me.
Just had a crawfish boil last weekend Anon. Good times were had.
Pic related. (Sorry for the poor quality, it's from my instagram)
>>7548994
I've never had a "low country boil", but I've had (and made) Louisiana-style boiled crawfish many times. It seems like it's nearly the same thing. From what I can tell the only real differences are that the Cajun version tends to be spicier, and contains a larger proportion of crawfish to other seafood. We do throw in shrimp and crabs but usually in a smaller proportion. We also add Andoullie sausage.
>>7548997
They're awesome because they soak up the flavor of the boiling liquid and the seafood.
>>7548997
Why? Corn and potatoes are staple vegetables in /country/ cooking
Is there any way that I could possibly do this for an affordable price in Canada?
Looks fucking incredible
>>7549045
I don't see why not. The only significant expense I can forsee is getting the crawfish. I have no idea what those cost in Canada, but I know that you can get them shipped. I have a business contact who lives in northern Ohio and he cooks boiled crawfish a couple times a year. He has them shipped in from Texas or Louisiana. The ingredients are all quite cheap.
Oh, forgot one detail: you need a big-ass pot. Pots that big are expensive. So ask around and see if any friends/family have a huge pot lying around somewhere.
>>7549096
Yeah I'm good pot-wise.
I just know that shrimp here are so expensive. A small bag is like 13 bucks I'd have to spend like 30 on shrimp alone to get something decent size.
>>7549096
Couldn't you do the same with a big piece of sheet metal over a fire pit
>>7549106
Oh yeah and get you some of this:
>>7548994
I haven't had a meal like that in years. Now its the only thing I want...
What else can you add to the flavor other than 'old boy' seasoning, bay left, onions, and lemon.
>>7549045
You'd need to pay to ship live animals across international borders. That would hurt. It would hurt bad. It might be cheaper just to crash on America's couch for a week and hit a boil while you're here.
>>7548994
what's in those containers bottom right?
>>7549109
It's boiled, anon. Not cooked on a flat-top.
>>7549134
Cayenne pepper. I use one pound in a 20 gallon pot. Oh, and garlic too. Garlic is key.
>>7549134
Throw an entire head of garlic, a few onions and mushrooms in there.
Wash it all down with a cold beer.
>>7549169
>an entire head of garlic
Just one?
>>7549134
Oh and lemons!
>>7549174
Okay depends how much you're boiling. This past weekend I used about 6 heads of garlic.... But it was like for 120 pounds of crawfish. A little goes a long way.
>>7549184
I use a dozen heads for a single sack of crawfish.
>>7549045
In Quebec and Maritimes you can buy crawfish (écrevisse) at fishmarkets (unusual, but sometimes in the season they have them). They cost a lot though.
Order the seasonings online.
Onions, corn, potato should be quite easy to find.
>>7549200
Well to each their own.
I wanted my crawfish more spicy and less savory (garlic-y). It's just a matter of preference.
>>7549045
Whole crabs are an acceptable substitute for crawfish if that's a better option for you.
>>7548994
>that píc.
That's almost porn
Holly fuck OP, mind what you post, this a sfw board.
>>7548994
I haven't had one in years, need to talk to my neighbors and see if we can do one sometime. All we need is someone with a big pot, everybody to throw in on boil ingredients, and then BYOB/side dish.
It's what civilization is made for.
I really want to try that this summer. I'm from NY so it's not that common but I definitely want to try it. I imagine they taste like mini lobster
>>7548994
Fuck yeah, one of my favorite meals.
>>7549301
>porn
that seafood got CORNED
>>7548994
Had some this week with the in-laws. We always have that when we manage to get everyone together.
>>7549140
Looks like cocktail sauce and tartar sauce. Completely unnecessary if you ask me
>>7549200
A dozen heads? Are you sure you don't mean a dozen cloves?
>>7549310
You will likely be disappointed with the taste of the crawfish. They have only a slight seafood taste because they are fresh water. When they're cooked like this they mostly taste like the seasoning. Suck on the head - that's where the real flavor is
>>7549475
One time I was in Louisiana at a crawfish boil and they used a mixture of mayo and ketchup as a dip sauce.
Motherfuckin Mayo
And
Ketchup.
>>7549096
No contacts for europe i imagine?
>>7548994
This thread makes me jealous as a Califronia. That looks like one of the most pleasant things you could ever do
>>7549490
Nah, he means a dozen bulbs/heads.
>>7549503
Even better!
>>7549888
I WANT THAT INSIDE ME
>>7549888
Christ...
![boiled-crfawfish[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ZnnvVzV.jpg "boiled-crfawfish[1].jpg")
I've never even had a crawfish in my life, but pics like this make my mouth water anyway. Must be the colors
bump
>>7549932
you're not missing much
it's tiny amount of meat that is seasoned to hell and taste like a poor mans hybrid of shrimp and crab
>>7548994
5 pounds of crawfish every Friday during lent, its tradition.
This is my boil. I live on a farm in central LA that grows rice and it's full of crawfish. I also get them from the bayou in front of my house
>>7551679
>>7551679
What part is considered central LA.?
I've lived in both Abbeville (Lafayette area) and in Ponchatoula (Hammond area).
Central, going east to west? Or you mean central like North to South?
Q: When eating crawfish is there anything else you're supposed to do besides pinch the tail and eat the meat? If you're doing a boil are you also supposed to suck the juices from the main carapace and maybe attempt the claw meat too?
It just seems so wasteful.
>>7552076
>If you're doing a boil are you also supposed to suck the juices from the main carapace and maybe attempt the claw meat too?
Yes, and yes. Though the claw meat is only worth the effort if the crawfish are large.
>>7552076
I've been to many crawfish boils in my day and from experience I can say most post just eat the tail meat and occasionally rip off the claws (of the larger crawfish) to see if there's any meat there as well.
Only the die-hards suck the juices out of the heads.
>>7549787
>The head is the entire assemblage of cloves at the base of the plant.
Yes, I know. I meant exactly what I wrote: a dozen whole heads of garlic. Probably 200 cloves if not more? I never bothered to count cloves, I just cut the heads in half at the "equator" and toss them in the pot.
Crawfish have hard shells. It takes a LOT of seasoning in the water to get through the shells and flavor them. For the same size pot I also use a full pound of cayenne pepper.
canadian here. Tried crawfish for the first time at a southern themed restaurant in my city and they tasted like dirt. Everything else was good though.
>>7552100
It's a bottom-feeding water roach, what did you expect?
>>7552103
but aren't other crustaceans bottom feeders? They taste delicious.
>>7552100
Sounds like they didn't rinse the crawfish properly before cooking them, and that they were poorly seasoned.
>>7552011
Around Alexandria. So almost dead center
>>7548994
>sea roaches
poor person detected
>>7549700
Contacts, yeah. But none that cook crawfish over there, I'm sad to say.
Though, I'd think you would be able to get them from somewhere. I know that crayfish is a thing in French cuisine, so that might be a source?
>>7552335
>sea
Retarded person detected
>tfw family is too poor to have a real crawfish boil anymore
>>7549516
What, you never heard of it? It's the most basic dipping sauce ever. Although I never cared to dip my crawfish.
>>7552088
Children probably don't suck the heads, but it is a waste to not suck them. It's delicious.
>>7552096
I think you mean a dozen cloves of garlic
>>7552659
>too poor to boil a bunch of shit and dump it all over a table
>>7549106
Oh no no no, not shrimp, crawfish. They're completely different in texture and flavor. The only time you're gonna see shrimp in 'country' cooking is gonna be cajun stuff.
