How soon to purge crawfish??

[brunner]

Cooking a sack this evening?

I’d like to purge them this round as last time I boiled them I didn’t.

How early should I start purging?

Salt or no salt?


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[Jmsck12]

We usually purge the night before


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[sierracharlie338]

Earlier the better. I used salt and was happy how it came out.


Sierracharlie out…

[curtintex]

There was a great thread on here a few years ago about purging and cooking. It'd be worth your time to try and find it. It was a lot of good info.

[bboswell]

Purging does nothing. Just keep washing and draining the water off until it drains off clean.

[curtintex]

There was a great thread on here a few years ago about purging and cooking. It'd be worth your time to try and find it. It was a lot of good info.

Purging does nothing. Just keep washing and draining the water off until it drains off clean.

That pretty much what I remember the above-mentioned thread said as well.

[McClain]

What you are referring to is really a wash and not a true purge whereby the intestinal track is evacuated. This will have no noticeable effect on gut contents, but a wash is usually beneficial in cleaning up the exoskeleton. Salt serves no purpose and does not make a difference. I would recommend washing just before cooking, and leave the crawfish in the sack on ice or in cool damp place until then.

[Meatcutter]

Purging does nothing. Just keep washing and draining the water off until it drains off clean.

X2 This is 100% correct. Wash and clean, keep draining water. All the salt does is KILL them.

[RascalArms]

^^^Correct...no need to purge IMO

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

[brunner]

Ok that’s all I did - washed about four times. Water is clean.


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[buzzbait]

I just bathe them until water is clean. I’ve been to boils where they had boiled them straight out the sack. Nasty.

[dbaio1]

Salt kills crawfish. Fresh water......

[tvc184]

Salt kills crawfish. Fresh water......

But that way, they don’t suffer.... right?

[Muskles]

Salt kills crawfish. Fresh water......

Chlorine kills them also. I caught them as a kid and tried to keep them as pets. I learned the hard way. Lol

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