On Thu 16 Jun 2005 10:31:19p, ntantiques wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Bored with the ususal variations on Thursday night dinner, DH & I
> expanded our food horizions today - bought a couple of pounds of fresh,
> very lively, NW crawfish for dinner. Since we'd never eaten them
> before, decided to take a conservative approach and boiled 'em up with
> just some Old Bay, cayenne, salt, & black peppercorns. Messy as all
> get out, but a major success. Very sweet and delicate flavor - glad I
> didn't over-spice them. Was surprised at the amount of claw meat -
> had always thought the tail was the only edible part, but the larger
> critters had a tasty morsel in each claw. Can't wait until the local
> sweet corn comes in...we're already dreaming about sitting under the
> stars, washing down a big pile of crawfish & roasted corn with some
> very cold Becks on our first hot summer night.
>
> NT

What a great taste! I've never actually cooked them, but enjoyed them many
times in little back road restaurants down in Cajun country.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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