Ingredients

  • 1/2 pot water (pot sized by 2 qt. per lb.)
  • 1 canister salt per 10 lb.
  • 1 oz. crab/shrimp boil per 10 lb.
  • 1 bottle cayenne pepper per 40 lb.
  • 1 lemon per 20 lb.
  • onions
  • red potatoes
  • corn-on-the-cob
  • wieners
  • crawfish

Method

  • Soak dem til bubbles form circle in tub.
  • (Purge in clean water for 10 minutes.)
  • Empty out dat water, throws somoe in dare an do dat 5 times.
  • (Purge crawfish five times.)
  • Salts em down when you wet em the last time.
  • (Sprinkle one canister of salt over crawfish during last purge.)
  • Get high rollin boil go'in wif the following: water, salt, spices, swamp pepper, onions, taters, corn, hot dogs, and what else the dog won't eat.
  • (Heat water, salt, crab/shrimp boil, cayenne pepper, lemon, onions, etc.)
  • Get high rollin' boil. (Bring the mixture to a boil.)
  • Throw dem in an turns the heat up to keep boilin' (Drop in crawfish, and bring back to boiling.) Cook til the cat yelps when it smell one you rake out.
  • (Cook crawfish 5 minutes after boiling.)
  • Put out the fire and lets the pot stay fo' awile.
  • (Let stand in boiling water 10 minutes.)
  • Pour out what you don't eat.
  • (Drain.)
  • Pull out da biggest one an start.
  • (Serve from pot or platters.)