In the hot months of summer the dams start to dry up but boy do they produce. So sit back crack open a cold one and enjoy my catch and cook with a Louisiana boil up #crawfish #fishing #yabby #yabbies
American here great video. The cleaning process put the hose in a bucket and leave it run for half hr to a hr. The crawfish will spin and tumble and the muddy water will flow out the top. I personally get my boil going with water, lemons, onions, seasoning, and liquid crab boil, ( the water should be dark red. Then add potatoes, mushrooms, sausage, lid back on 5 minutes Then add crawfish, and hard boiled eggs peeled. Lid back on 4 minutes Then corn, mussels and shrimp lid on 3 minutes Then dump into a cooler/ ice box and cover with seasoning, close up and let steam for 10/20 minutes Shake the cooler to stir everything up and enjoy.
Yeah i eat cajun crawfish all the time because i live in Louisiana. this is pretty close to how we do it. But as the night progress the craw fish get hotter with each batch you cook haha! He’s going to need a bigger pot!!!
Didn’t you hear him say that there was a drought? People have no idea how our bad our water situation gets sometimes, especially if you’re living off tank water which is a lot more common than people realize. Almost our entire country is desert and many places can’t afford to waste that much water, especially considering that we’re the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Water in many places isn’t just something you can waste like that so sometimes you just have to make do.
@@Lucifurion homie was more pointing out that unless you want a bad flavor, and even possibly get pretty ill, you would want to thoroughly clean the mud bugs. Not a single person attacked your country's clean water scarcity, calm down
I feel like a cajun man somewhere is offended,cause your cleaning method is hilarious! You should e running water over them until the water is completely clear throughout. These are incredibly dirty!
Crawfish, crawdads, crayfish, and and now another name, yabbies I have worked in a fishing industry. I fished all my life. The one thing I have learned is that there are many names for every single fish that’s out there.
Let them soak in the seasoned water for about 15 mins with the fire off for more flavor, looks great either way! Adding squeezed citrus and the rind to the water adds flavor as well.
I grew up in the deep south! Drinking beer our of the dame cooler as the fish and eating a sandwich after your hand was in the bait was part the course!
My wish is to have a Volunteer Company come and and make a stream , and some how build the damn bigger and have it flow into a stream or lake and put some grass out there , I think they would Multiple even bigger and better Yield
Great vid! One thing; if you look at the tails they are 5 lobed. Take the center one and bend it up and down til you fell it break then bend it side to side to break it loose that way then oull and the entire gut line will come out as you pull it attached to that lobe or fin. Probably work on those big ones as well. Also if you keep the smaller ones you can roll them in flour and pepper to dust them and then deep fry them in oil for 8 minutes or so and then just eat the tail shell and all! Sounds sketchy but tastes great! The shell cooked in the oil is just like eating a potato chip or crisp is what yall call them? Im not putting you on here youve got to try it. The legs are the same and each one you bite gives a distinct lobster flavor as well. Makes me wish they were all legs! Lol S. Texas here by houston Trust me! Youll eat um mire like that after your first go.
I'm from Texas and I think you got it right. Enjoy my brother food looks perfect. Glad you like it. Zabbies are a pain in the but to peal but damn there good.😁😁
Looks like it’s a damn good job. We called him crawfish or crawdads, but Yabbie works lol. We also have butter and garlic in a dish to dip the Crawfish meat in.
Run the water over them in the tub until the water is clean. Boil them till they float , soak them until they sink, perfect peel every time! Try adding some citrus as well! $10 a pound for live crawfish right now in Louisiana so you’re definitely ahead of the game!
I heard it was a bad season for them this winter; it was so dry last year in Louisiana. A real shame, I remember them under two bucks a pound a couple years ago. Seasonal variations. But Louisiana is generally wet, and it's been wet this winter here in Eastern Texas. I remember when the Cajun boys would come to my local grocery store some weekends of late winter here, with a truck full and set up the boiling pots to custom boil them for you or you can take them live..
Those crawfish are still very dirty. Next time, purge them in salt water a few times. It will clean their system out and get rid of any dirty taste. Trust me, you will definitely notice a difference. Pu them in a 5 gallon bucket with about ½-¾ cup of salt. After 20 minutes, dump water out, clean bucket, put more salt in it for another 20 min soak. Give a third and final soak in another bucket of salt water. Then, it's off to the boiling pot.
Sounds a lot better than leaving them in running water for half an hour like so many here are saying. They have no idea how dry it gets here though and in many places water’s not something you can afford to waste like that, especially when it’s been a really dry summer because if that dam he fished in looks like that then the nearby water reservoir isn’t going to look much better. I’m on tank water despite being 20 minutes outside of a town of 50,000 people and the last 5 years we’ve had to buy water for our tanks so for those of us who can’t just turn on the tap and leave it running like that. I usually have to leave them to purge in the laundry sink overnight changing the water once but using salt water like you said sounds a lot better and less wasteful than leaving them in running water. Thanks for the tip.
You can call them what ever you want. This isn’t America, thank Christ. This is Australia and in Australia they’re YABBIES. You do realize you’re not the only country on Earth right? That’s the one thing I couldn’t understand in my 22 years living in America, the total ignorance and disinterest so many Americans have for anything outside of their little bubble.
Only problem I see is that he released some. Always release them in the boil and invite some friends. The smaller ones still eat. Surprisingly there's little difference in the size of the tail meat. With that being said, to each his own. Great video. Onward and upward 👍👍👍✌️✌️✌️
Loved that video! You can come across the pond to Arkansas and have this kind of food all summer. You just can’t call them ‘yabbies’ 😂 Slap Ya Mama’ is a staple
Me too, they live in a hunter's paradise. From what I've seen it is a target rich environment. Everything from wild boar to feral camels sounds like a great time. Throw in some "yabbies" and now it's a party.🎉🎉🎉👍👍👍
It's crawfish. And yeah we clean them before we boil em. But, hey to each there own. Not offended at all. 😊. I use lots of lemons when I boil mine. Good luck.
Just subed bro. Love the channel. I knew once u picked that corn up and took a bite u weren't going to put it down. That the best part of a crawfish boil for me and mushrooms if you like them. Little baby mushrooms not the big ones. But for a first boil you did pretty good. But then again make it how u like it. Hope to see more videos brother.
I would have soaked the crayfish over night and drained refilled at least 4-5 times. What them fish were in was in them fish. A good rinse off yeah but a full flush. Helps the flavor of the meat so much.
Always add a beer and orange juice...sooo good 👍. You dont want a beer with to haevy of a flavor bc it will cover up the seafood. If you like lemon can add that... oh i seen no garlic i believe thats a sin ...😅😅😅😅 wish the best for ya .
Mate I was sort of hoping you were gonna go in deep dive and hand pluck those bad boys out of the dam🤣🤣🤣would make awesome footage👍👍👍 😁😁😁 Super awesome cook up 🍺🍺🍺found a WA supplier that sells the 4DFlavours brand so I'll give the ago , cheers for the heads up 👍👍👍 Cheer Andy 🍺🍺🍺
Add a stick of butter to a rolling boiling pot then add your crawfish covered for 10 to 15 min cut off the fire dump a bag of ice into the let steep for 30 minutes and enjoy Get a bigger pot
Wish I was in your neck of the woods I would give a burner and a 30 gallon pot that I don’t need anymore. I have more than I need. I’ll check out the video you were talking about.
you gotta come to louisiana to try how we actually make them. if that water aint orange you didnt put enough seasoning, not even close and the crawfish should all be a very deep deep red with the corn taking an almost orange tint. real cajun seasoning is hard for people who are not from here to eat and most people would never put the amount of pepper we actually do. its just astronomical lol .
What are you doing mate! Yabbie meat with little and not at all salt and spice. It is as sweet as like a urchin. It is beautiful tasting . On its own a wonder to behold. Very delicate is the nature of its flesh.
@@adventurewa3242 while you add it get some Italian sausage,pineapple,oranges,onions,whole heads of garlic(get way more than you think you need, it’s very good)lemons,Vienna sausage,asparagus,baby red potatoes(get way more than you think you need, it’s very good). Y’all get those lobster sized crawdads. “Suck da head and squeeze the tail.”
@@adventurewa3242 lol I figured. I’d love to plan a fishing trip out that way one day but I’d be worried about all the toxic creatures that I might come in contact with. Where I live in USA, we don’t have anything toxic besides possibly a brown recluse spider or two. All my life Ive never had to worry while wading through water, fields of weeds, forests, anywhere. I did live in Oaxaca Mexico for three years. That was a great experience. I did some fishing there and herping. Caught some tarantulas and scorpions. Caught a tailless whip scorpion too. First time in my life I’d ever seen one lol I thought it was a new species back then 😅 lol It was really creepy. Lots of different frogs too. I always wanted to pick things up but my exe was always yelling about me not touching stuff bc I’d get sick & me not knowing which animals were safe and which ones weren’t, I couldn’t explore the way I’d have liked too. I caught some poisonous stone fish too and actually used them for bait a lot of times thank God then never spined me! I had no idea.
Those stone fish r pritty crazy. Lots of stone fish here in Australia and most things are poisonous here. Most things are out to get you but u can't think about that normally if you leave them alone they leave you alone bit awesome place to live. 🤙
If you add a stick or two of butter and halve a couple lemons squeeze and toss the lemons in too with the rest of your seasoning you’ll love the difference but I’m jelous of the amount that body of water had in it 🤙🤙
Where did you get those nets? I’ve looked everywhere online and I’ve found one kind of similar but nothing quite like that. Ours in Louisiana don’t come up on the sides to keep everything from escaping, it’s just a bottom net that flexes down but you still sometimes lose some crawfish as you’re pulling your nets. I’ve run into one guy who had some just like that but he said his were homemade.
@@adventurewa3242 let me say, there ain't a place on earth that makes mud bugs like the folks in South Mississippi. Them was the best crawfish I've eaten to date . I could afford 2 # 4 hours ago and flavor still lingers in my nose . That's when you know there good . I'm still getting my money's worth .
Not bad for ur first time we New Mexican from north western part learn from Texan and other southern states how slightly different in ways but same how to cook because WE New Mexican live chili enjoy eating thee broils and yes u gotta keep in mind to soak them a bit longer best in a ice chest with ur water hide inside running slowly to clean them out til the moment to cook but to cook everything together and serve steamed hot please add my Southern compadres !!!! Once u get it down then serve to friend and then ENJOY their delightfulness but invest in the seasoning, slap your mama and other spicy seasonings out there from the United States because the southern southern states the spices and to see who amongst you can enjoy, but holding up from tearing up from the heat of the spices!!!!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂
Hint on one Cajun way to eat the Yabbies/Crawdads. Not for everyone, but "you gotta suck da heads". You break off the tail, but before peeling it, take the head you pulled off, and put the open end in your mouth, and crush the head with your fingers while simultaneously sucking out the juices. It's a wonderfully buttery yabby(slightly fishy) flavor. The point is that the crawdads store all their fat in their liver(like many fish) and that and all the other juices and broth/seasonings comes out with one good solid squeeze/suck. Real Cajuns suck the heads. Most people don't know too, or care too, or are too grossed out, but that's their problem. Missing half the experience. Probably lots of videos about how to suck da heads.
Here's a great explanation of eating crawfish, tails, heads and even the bigger claws, the guys wife. I learned something new about getting even more of that lovely yellow liver fat. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K812ow4KyG4.htmlsi=f67dtnY0B_FuYFZa
are yabbies okay to eat? had no clue what they were so googled them and the wikipedia article calls them endangered (but that wild populations remain strong somehow?), and i couldn't find much more information on their status thru cursory googling
Those don't look like common cockles, as cockles usually have wavy ridges along the opening and look a bit different on the inside. Those look more like Donax clams. Also, being from the states, I'm not familiar with the term "marin", but I think you are using a slang for what we call crayfish or crawdad. But, I think we can both agree, they look amazing and probably taste even more amazing. Thanks for sharing your video.
@@adventurewa3242 pry up on its carapace, the biggest part on the back. Then lift it up on an angle. Twist the tail and lift up. The “mustard should stay attached to the end of the meat.
Great video. Good to see you let the females with eggs and the little one go. Just for your info my friend, Yabbies are omnivores - they eat vege and meat matter.
