Ingredients
50 lb crawfish, live
2 each ice cream salt, boxes
4 oz liquid crab boil
3 each cayenne, lge stirring spoons
6 each bay leaves, whole
6 each celery, ribs
4 each onions, medium
3 each lemons or 1 tsp lemon oil
8 oz honey
3 each oranges, halved
Directions
Fill a 60 qt pot 1/2 full. Add all ingredients except crawfish and
bring to a boil. Add crawfish. When it boils agains, time for 7
minutes. Remove from fire, add one bucket cold water. Let it soak for
one hour. Source: Times-Picayune/States-Item 15 Mar 84 Recipe date:
03/15/84
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Fish; Seafood
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