By Kaylen
Fletcher
We have food seasons and my favorite happens to be CRAWFISH SEASON!
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Not only do I love the taste of
boiled crawfish, but just like food is a part of the Louisiana culture,
crawfish brings me back home to a long-standing family tradition. Ever
since I can remember, I've eaten crawfish with my dad and sister. Every year for
Easter Sunday we’d invite the family over and have a huge crawfish boil outside
and play horseshoes. By the age of 13 I learned how to peel crawfish extremely
fast because I realized we had only purchased a certain amount of crawfish to
share between my dad and sister. If I
didn’t peel fast, I didn’t get as much as I wanted. By high school I could eat
7 pounds of crawfish by myself in less than an hour. I know this because my
dad, sister and I would have competitions on who could peel the fastest and eat
the most.
As we got older, we realized it was
getting expensive to just buy by the pound so we would plan ahead the beginning
of every season and research which restaurants had the all-you-can-eat buffets
because it was cheaper for us to eat. We would then typically rotate between
the local casinos to taste-test who seasoned the best. To this day, my
family and I still get together every year for Easter Sunday and have a huge
crawfish boil, and my dad still calls my sister and I every other week and says
it’s time for father/daughter bonding and we always know what he means.
If you’re traveling to Lake Charles,
don’t miss out on the Downtown Lake Charles Crawfish Festival April 11-13 where
Steamboat Bill’s on the Lake will be on site selling over 10,000 pounds of
boiled crawfish.
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| Festival attendees enjoyed the music and food at the Downtown Lake Charles Crawfish Festival. Photo by www.lindseyjanies.com |
If you want to learn how to peel like
a pro before you feast on some delicious boiled crawfish, check out the video
tutorial below and then maybe I’ll have some competition!
I've recently discovered a nice little hole in the wall in Arlington, TX called Cajun Kitchen - not entirely Cajun, they have Chinese and other stuff on the menu too. About a year ago I tried Boiled Crawfish there for the first time and then would mostly stick with appetizers on return trips. Yesterday got another pound, this time spicy not and I liked them much better - I've seen reviews online where people mention their hot sauce they boil em in - I'd like to know what all they use, great flavor.
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