What's for dinner tonight?

[Brent S]

We grilling out tonight so I cubed a stick of butter in the ground beef then salt and black pepper before patting out the burgers .

Mmmmm, extra cholesterol, my favorite!

 

[Psalm7]

Mmmmm, extra cholesterol, my favorite!

They were great , it changes the way the meat cooks and great flavor . Problem is there was no leftovers .

 

[Brent S]

I can’t talk about cholesterol, had a slab of ribs, home cooked fresh collards, beans and potatoes. Only thing missing was jiffy cornbread.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Today for lunch, I was in a mood for a fried shrimp Po'boy

 

[DrHenley]

Today for lunch, I was in a mood for a fried shrimp Po'boy

Yeah, that's right, just rub it in..

One of the things we can't get here, and that's good Po Boys. Oh well at least Jason's Deli has half decent Muffalettas.

 

[Proud Prepper]

This is what I did for the Mother's in my life. Its what they wanted.

 

[Mountain trapper]

We had plans for a nice steak dinner today for mother's day. Instead we spent all day at the vets trying to save a cow that prolasped. It was a 9 hour round trip so we stopped for pizza on the way home.

 

[Brent S]

This is what I did for the Mother's in my life. Its what they wanted.
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So how exactly do you eat a crawfish anyways?

 

[Brent S]

We had plans for a nice steak dinner today for mother's day. Instead we spent all day at the vets trying to save a cow that prolasped. It was a 9 hour round trip so we stopped for pizza on the way home.

How did the cow fare?

 

[Proud Prepper]

So how exactly do you eat a crawfish anyways?

So how exactly do you eat a crawfish anyways?

Well first thing is to have them boiled by a Master of the Art. Grab a crawfish with your hand of preference by the head with head facing inward to the palm, then place your other hand over the tail and break apart where head and tail meet. Then with your hand holding the head, you can squeeze and suck out the tasty juices and fat from the head.
Then with your hand holding the tail, with its thumb under the tail where it meets the tail fin. You put the end with the exsposed meat to your mouth, gently grabbing all of the exsposed meat with your teeth while pushing upward with your thumb from the underside of the tail above the tail fin at the same time.
Your pulling with your teeth at the same time your pushing from the other end with your thumb. The crawfish should slide right out into your mouth if they where boiled properly. No peeling necessary and each one can take no more than 3 seconds from grabbing it until it's in your mouth.

 

[DrHenley]

I sometimes have to break open the first ring or two to get it to come out whole. But once you know how, you won't starve to death trying to eat them as some people claim. Also, there is an art to breaking it open so as to keep the tail meat in one piece.

 

[Proud Prepper]

I sometimes have to break open the first ring or two to get it to come out whole. But once you know how, you won't starve to death trying to eat them as some people claim. Also, there is an art to breaking it open so as to keep the tail meat in one piece.

Yeah some people peel part of the shell to get the meat out. If they are boiled properly you don't have to peel them at all. I can remove the entire tail into my mouth at a rate of one per 1 to 1.5 seconds.

 

[Mountain trapper]

How did the cow fare?

The cow is doing pretty good today. A neighboring rancher gave me a calf today that lost his mother a couple days ago. We're trying to graph him to the cow. I cut the hide off the dead calf and sewed it on the new calf in hopes that she'll accept him.

 

[Brent S]

Well first thing is to have them boiled by a Master of the Art. Grab a crawfish with your hand of preference by the head with head facing inward to the palm, then place your other hand over the tail and break apart where head and tail meet. Then with your hand holding the head, you can squeeze and suck out the tasty juices and fat from the head.
Then with your hand holding the tail, with its thumb under the tail where it meets the tail fin. You put the end with the exsposed meat to your mouth, gently grabbing all of the exsposed meat with your teeth while pushing upward with your thumb from the underside of the tail above the tail fin at the same time.
Your pulling with your teeth at the same time your pushing from the other end with your thumb. The crawfish should slide right out into your mouth if they where boiled properly. No peeling necessary and each one can take no more than 3 seconds from grabbing it until it's in your mouth.

I’m not so sure about sucking the head out part, but I will try the tail part the next time I get a chance.

 

[DrHenley]

Yeah some people peel part of the shell to get the meat out. If they are boiled properly you don't have to peel them at all. I can remove the entire tail into my mouth at a rate of one per 1 to 1.5 seconds.

I haven't had a properly boiled crawfish since the 1970s in Mississippi. My next door neighbor's brother was part owner of a refrigerated trucking company, and when it was crawfish season they would bring back burlap sacks full still alive on trips down to Louisiana, and we would have have a proper crawfish boil.

You can't get live crawfish here, at least not the big red ones. Sure the restaurants have them but they are cooked dead.

 

[WGregMiller]

A consulting company I used to work for had people working in Portland, ME.

I used to meet them at the airport baggage claim during cheap lobster season. $5 a pound, packed in coolers with dry ice and seaweed. We used to eat good..... I sure miss that.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I have a bunch of crawfish traps loaded up in my boat waiting to go. Some of the lakes and rivers around here have some very large crawfish. I'm looking forward to getting out and filling up a couple coolers. Once I catch the crawfish I leave them in a bucket of water overnight to "purge". Good eating little critters.

 

[Proud Prepper]

I have a bunch of crawfish traps loaded up in my boat waiting to go. Some of the lakes and rivers around here have some very large crawfish. I'm looking forward to getting out and filling up a couple coolers. Once I catch the crawfish I leave them in a bucket of water overnight to "purge". Good eating little critters.

Do not put them in a bucket of water overnight, you will drown the ones on the bottom. They need air. Instead put them in a sack or container where they can all get out of any water and keep them damp and cool. To purge them submerge them briefly in salt water, it will make them regurgitate. It's not neccessary, it's a option. If you have any questions on how to boil them properly just ask.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Do not put them in a bucket of water overnight, you will drown the ones on the bottom. They need air. Instead put them in a sack or container where they can all get out of any water and keep them damp and cool. To purge them submerge them briefly in salt water, it will make them regurgitate. It's not neccessary, it's a option. If you have any questions on how to boil them properly just ask.

I'm always willing to try new things. When I bring the crawfish home and put them in bucket over night, usually several buckets, any that die get tossed in the garden. I really don't like the southern method of boiling in a spicy concoction, but prefer boiling in plain water. Maybe with a little salt is all. I like to pick all the meat and put on salads, dip in melted butter or cocktail sauce. The rest of the meat gets placed in zip lock baggies and frozen for later.

 

[Proud Prepper]

I'm always willing to try new things. When I bring the crawfish home and put them in bucket over night, usually several buckets, any that die get tossed in the garden. I really don't like the southern method of boiling in a spicy concoction, but prefer boiling in plain water. Maybe with a little salt is all. I like to pick all the meat and put on salads, dip in melted butter or cocktail sauce. The rest of the meat gets placed in zip lock baggies and frozen for later.

That's fine, a natural mild taste is good for how you eat them. I would suggest some salt and bay leaf for such a taste. I would only boil live crawfish. Try to keep as many alive as possible by giving them a means to get above the water.

 

[Maverick]

Roasted stuffed bell peppers tonight and potato salad.

 

[DrHenley]

I really don't like the southern method of boiling in a spicy concoction,

Hell, if it ain't a spicy concoction, I'm not sure it would be considered food in Louisiana, LOL

 

[Mountain trapper]

Hell, if it ain't a spicy concoction, I'm not sure it would be considered food in Louisiana, LOL

Probably not. I love hot spicy food, just not a big fan of most southern cooking.

 

[Brent S]

Probably not. I love hot spicy food, just not a big fan of most southern cooking.

Fried chicken, greens, cornbread, what’s not to like?

 

[DrHenley]

Coffee rubbed and bacon wrapped venison, and quinoa tabouleh.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Pork tenderloin, covered with a cranberry apple sauce, with baked asparagus and roasted potatoes with garlic butter.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Steak and baked beans cooked outside in the rain over a maple wood fire.

 

[KateMTx]

Pork tenderloin, covered with a cranberry apple sauce, with baked asparagus and roasted potatoes with garlic butter.

You're making me hungry - that sounds good. I had chicken and rice.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Herbed de provence chicken breast with a shallots and grape tomatoes in a demi-glace sauce. And a Cheesy Pesto Orzo.

 

[Dani]

Honestly I am trying to just tempt, both my MIL and Hunny with Shrimp Etoufee. Granny ate about half and picked out all the shrimp. Hunny ate a bowl. . . he has not been able to control his bladder since he got his catheter out a week after surgery. He has gotten into a depression that I wish he would snap out of. . . His solution that started this last Thursday was just drink less. . . honestly it started before I just didn't notice, but I heard it in his voice starting Thurs last week. Glad he has a follow up appointment tomorrow in the big city. that I will be going to. I am worried there will be another surgery bot if that means adding in the cows, pigs and chickens into my world again than fine. Not like I am getting help with anything else and that is just another couple hours added into what I am already doing.