Have any of you ever had it? I had never tasted one until I moved to San Antonio. Our friends have a Crawfish Boil every year, and this is the second year that we have attended. (Last year Kelly was down for the occasion!) We were blessed with amazing weather. Not too hot, but hot enough. Wonderful sun, good friends, and of course, amazing food.
The crawfish is first purchased live and fresh the day off the boil and then before we cook them, they have to 'purge'. That basically means they give the crawfish and shrimp a salt bath, ultimately making them do a full body cleanse....so we don't eat any of the nasty stuff ;)
After that we drain the cooler, rinse the salt off and throw them in the boiling water. When I say it that way, it doesn't sound too appetizing! It was Dan's first ever Crawfish boil, so Kyle and our friend Jamie helped show him how to properly eat a crawfish. And how to properly identify if they were good to eat or not (I don't think Kelly or I will ever forget that!) Dan and Kyle thoroughly enjoyed the food, whereas I helped myself to some shrimp and chips and queso. Of course I had a couple crawfish, but I prefer the shrimp, personally.
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| Once a pot is dumped it's hard to find elbow room in next to all the guys! |
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| Dan and Kyle enjoying some crawfish. I think they had a little TOO much fun with them ;) |
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| The guy in the blue is Curtis, and he is the one that hosts this event every year. Shane is the other guy, the one that usually hosts all the football and pool parties. |
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| Kyle and Jamie playing beer Frisbee. |
Even though eating is the main event on this day, we also like to hang out and enjoy each others company. Lawn games, beer games, darts, talking, cards...pretty much anything under the sun you can think of we do. Its a great day, but next time I need to remember sunscreen. The first full day in the sun gets to be a lot!
The entire group at the 4th Annual Rush Family and Friends Crawfish Boil!
