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Instructions for a Great Crawfish Boil

Killit_and_Grillit
Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
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Step 1: EAT A STRONG BREAKFAST. You will be drinking a lot. 

Step 2: Set up way too early. Prepare for rain. Sit and wait for FedEx man to drop off Crawdads. Have a beer. 

Step 3:  Crawfish show up. Have a few more beers. Play with bugs like a 7 year old boy. 

Step 4: Prep the boil. Onions, potatoes, garlic, lemons, artichokes, corn, andouille sausage, green beans, mushrooms, and a whole bunch of spice. (Quickly fire up Egg because you forgot the little kids need hot dogs)

Step 5: BOIL DEM BUGS!



Step 6: Enjoy!!:

Step 7: Switch to bourbon. (This step is crucial)

Step 8: Your coonass friend (if you don't have one, go get one) breaks out pork tenderloin, whole chickens, whole onions, hot dogs, and bologna to boil because he "doesn't want to waste that good boil water and needs to make work lunches."

Stand around drinking while watching this nonsense. 

Everything from Step 9 on gets pretty blurry. My garage smells like a combination of a recycle center and a backwoods Louisiana whore house. Also I think I'm going to have to burn my clothes from yesterday. But it was a blast!!

Thanks for looking. PM for reservations to round 2!

"Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

South of Nashville, TN

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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,013
    Awesome! What a fun way to spend the day.
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Ghost_of_Hoss
    Ghost_of_Hoss Posts: 7
    I LOVE IT!!!! 
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  • InfectedDAS
    InfectedDAS Posts: 211
    I really enjoy those last steps....ever!
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  • RedSkip
    RedSkip Posts: 1,400
    Awesome time right there, great cook!
    Large BGE - McDonald, PA
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Fun post. Looks like a great time!!

    I've seen lobster smaller than that first crawdad pic!!

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • SaintJohnsEgger
    SaintJohnsEgger Posts: 1,826
    I'm not a fan of crawfish but it sure looks like you had fun. And that's the best part.
    Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    Artichokes? Must be a rich Cajun's recipe.
    Sure looks good. I love crawfish and haven't had any in a long time. Too long.
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
    Crawfish looks great @Killit_and_Grillit. I have to say, your 'Full English' is missing quite a few items though.
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    @Toxarch my wife and my buddy's wife are pregnant and I knew they wouldn't eat crawfish but the love artichokes so I tossed a couple in there. 

    They turn out surprisingly good. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    @Carolina Q we always pull out the biggest one and let him loose in the river. The kids love it. 

    He was a monster. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    Dang, I love me some crawfish.  Hard to find them in my neck of the woods though.  Assuming you order them online since they came via fedex.  Where did you order from?
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • SBGonzo
    SBGonzo Posts: 137
    Nice....I do a couple of boils every year. I like step 7, lol. 
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    We do shrimp boils in the neighborhood a couple times per year. Love the food and good times. Your boil looks awesome, and a lot of fun. Hope everyone recovers.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • nolabrew
    nolabrew Posts: 246
    You forgot the sweet potatoes though.
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    Looks fantastic. I usually start with Step 7 and quickly move on to blurry.

    Rowlett, Texas

    Griffin's Grub or you can find me on Facebook

    The Supreme Potentate, Sovereign Commander and Sultan of Wings

     

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  • ibanda
    ibanda Posts: 553
    I went to a birthday party/crawfish boil last month in Houston hosted by someone I didn't know. I walked in the backyard to see the setup and the cook had on a purple LSU shirt, somehow you just knew it was going to be good food and I was right! 
    "Bacon tastes gooood, pork chops taste gooood." - Vincent Vega, Pulp Fiction
    Small and Large BGE in Oklahoma City.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @Killit_and_Grillit
    For sheer fukking greatness my friend. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • td66snrf
    td66snrf Posts: 1,838
    That table shot was a true thing of beauty.
    XLBGE, LBGE, MBGE, SMALL, MINI, 2 Kubs, Fire Magic Gasser
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Don't forget to wash them before the boil. Very important step you DON'T want to miss. 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

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    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    @saluki2007 I ordered them from Louisiana crawfish company. They are pricey but they have statistically had the best most consistent sized crawfish. And they mail to the lower 48 in 24 hours or less. I used to have them shipped to Colorado. They would leave their warehouse at 3pm and be delivered by noon the next day. 

    @SGH 1) I think I've broken the code on the double seal. Combine a red tail, bourbon, another meat, and presentation. Your secret is safe with me. Wait, $hit. 

    2) If I snag a 3rd one of these before Always Dreaming wins the Triple Crown does that validate a Triple Crown Seal of Approval? I'll let you chew on that while I find a way to stuff a filet into a crawfish tail. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
    edited May 2017
    @YukonRon people were still licking wounds this morning at work. 

    @nolabrew  sweet potatoes? What kind of heresy is that? 

    @GATraveller oh they got a bath. I bought them purged though so I figured I wouldn't add that step to mitigate confusion.  Purging is usually one of those dividing lines between die hard cooks. 

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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  • FearlessTheEggNoob
    FearlessTheEggNoob Posts: 888
    Looks like today you won the Internet.
    Gittin' there...
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