HOW TO PREPARE

Once our select, Louisiana crawfish are delivered to your door, you are ready to begin the process of boiling and enjoying one of the finest delicacies in the world.

Next to eating our wonderful crawfish, the next best best part is the preparation. This offers a time for the guys to show off their cooking skills and talk about the sports games this weekend, the ladies can sit around, talk, and relax, and the children can play in the yard and even help out with the cooking.

The first step to a wonderful crawfish boil is to gather your family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and anyone else who you want to "pass a good time" with. Once they arrive, start the boil by pouring yourself and your guests their favorite ice-cold beverage. The crawfish should then be removed from the packaging and rinsed. There is no need to purge our crawfish, as prior to shipping, we "bathe" them in our continuously-filtered purging system.

Rinsing

 

The crawfish should be placed in a No. 5 washtub and filled with water until the crawfish are barely covered. Stir a couples of times to permit any dead crawfish to float up to the top of the water. These should be discarded. The crawfish should be allowed to set in the water for several minutes and then empty the water from the tub. Note: It is common to have a few dead crawfish within a sack-this is not attributed to shipping.

Ingredients

 

Almost anything can be added to the pot during the boil. A favorite in Louisiana is to throw in lagniappe (something extra) into the seasoned, boiling water.

Common ingredients include:

	Potatoes (preferably small, red potatoes)
	Corn on the cob
	Whole onions
	Sausage
	Mushrooms
	Celery
	Lemons (halved)
	Garlic (whole heads)
	Whole artichokes

These are just a few suggestions, but keep in mind that just about any vegetable can added to the boil and absorb all of the wonderful flavors from the boil, as well as contributing their own flavors to the crawfish.

Now that you've completed the necessary preparations, you are ready to begin the boil.

 

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