Help with crawfish boil please

[Ironman]

We have 8 bags of crawfish that will be boiled over the next two days. My question is about the clear water method that Breezy refers to in this thread.

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=454622

What I'm wanting to do is, take a few pounds of the crawfish and try this method. I'm looking for a ratio of spice, mustard, lemons or whatever per pound.

Does anyone know the ratio of ingredients per pound?

[wtb90]

I would think it would be easiest to try it with 1 full 30ish lb sack and 1 full sack of your favorite spice.

[bustacap]

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[boomer453]

the original post said 5 gallons of water, 5# of spice, and 1 gallon of mustard and he mentioned it was for 2 sacks of crawfish. That works out to 1.3 ounces of spice and 2.1 fluid ounces of mustard per pound of crawfish. not sure if that what your looking for or not.

[Ironman]

I would think it would be easiest to try it with 1 full 30ish lb sack and 1 full sack of your favorite spice.

Yeah, but we have a home built crawfish boiler that will handle 1 1/2 bags of bugs.

What I'm wanting to do is take my turkey fryer and do just 2-3 pounds. The big boiler will already have the spiced water in it. This is just for experimenting with the clear water method. I'm going to take a couple of pounds of shrimp too, just to try it.

[Ironman]

the original post said 5 gallons of water, 5# of spice, and 1 gallon of mustard and he mentioned it was for 2 sacks of crawfish. That works out to 1.3 ounces of spice and 2.1 fluid ounces of mustard per pound of crawfish. not sure if that what your looking for or not.

Yeah, I reread the thread and divided it the same way. I guess I'll just take a small cooler and mix ingredients until it looks right. This isn't for everyone to eat, just an experiment with this method.

[boomer453]

let me know how it comes out-i've got a sack on order for Easter and was going to do it that way as well.

[Brian10]

I was thinking about this too. I figured I would try 1 gallon water, 1 lb seasoning, and half a quart (16 oz) of mustard. The ratio isn't right for the mustard, but I'm not a big mustard fan to begin with.

[kashmoney]

How did this turn out?

[kenfa03]

How did this turn out?

Wondering this also.

[Mousehunter]

Just wanted to thank you for the posts, and related link. Went shack hopping this weekend. Was Jonesing crawfish, but due to work - unable to do a boil myself. Crawfish shack in Austin Friday night, Good Ole Boys in Houston Saturday Night, and Ironwood in Cedar Creek Sunday afternoon (they don't really count, it was a special event).

Good Ole Boys was possibly the most family friendly place I have taken the family to. Wife was worried it was a biker bar when we got there - and worried they were full. Found the main parking lot and everything was stress free after that. They went way out of their way to make us feel at home (while serving a packed house). Will definitely be back. Who would have thought my 3yr old daugher would want to dance to Zydeco.

[Ironman]

They were very good. Very juicy. I think I will boil in seasoned water AND put them in a cooler with the mustard and seasoned water next time. I like em spicy.

[kashmoney]

They were very good. Very juicy. I think I will boil in seasoned water AND put them in a cooler with the mustard and seasoned water next time. I like em spicy.

Awesome!

I think I'm going to try it this way this weekend.

[hopedale]

The longer you soak your crawfish the more they can get the flavor of your seasoning. With that said, why would anyone boil and then soak?

Goodluck with trying this method.

[Ironman]

The longer you soak your crawfish the more they can get the flavor of your seasoning. With that said, why would anyone boil and then soak?

Goodluck with trying this method.

So you can immediately start your boil again (with the water in the pot) and have your bugs soaking in the cooler.