Are there any other Crawfish enthusiasts on Veeky Forums? They are as cheap as they're going to get this year...

Why do americans call it a crawFISH? when it's literally like a lobster but smaller

I moved to Alabama from Texas a couple of years ago and we had a boil at work. I was surprised to learn that I was the only one who ate crawfish. Everyone else had just shrimp.

Yes. Just like we call this fruit pineAPPLE.

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What part of Texas?
I've grown up eating them, but I'm in the East and border Louisiana and have family from there.

Fucking love crawfish, but never enough friends around to warrant buying some, plus they never like how spicy I make them.
I gotta have that lip melting flavor.

we don't use old bay in Louisiana... maybe as a complimentary seasoning, but never the base of the boil

lacrawfish.com/

I've heard it's illegal to ship them into the state of WA though, maybe I'm wrong

Yeah, from what I've found they have to be cooked or frozen to import. There are native crawfish, and I was hoping to find a local dealer/fisher/whatever but I'm not having much luck other than reviews of "I once saw them here at this market in Seattle 20 years ago" sorta shit. Guess I could just call around, but that seems like a pain.

That sounds really good.

1 forty lb sack of live crawfish
6 heads of garlic
3 onions
1 head of celery
6 lemons halved
3 oranges halved
12 lbs of red potatoes
3 packages button mushrooms
8 pieces frozen corn
2 whole links of sausage chopped
1 bag chackbay boil seasoning
1 1/2 cups of salt
1 8 oz bottle zatarains liquid boil
1 8 oz bottle louisiana hot sauce
2 zatarains mesh spice packs

I use a 100 quart pot so I can add lots of sides or even some shrimp or crab. never do lobster in a seafood boil like this

> we don't use old bay in Louisiana

What the fuck does this even mean? Does the culinary SWAT team break through your door if you use it?