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re: Crawfish popularity in Texas
Posted on 2/26/26 at 9:21 am to turnpiketiger
Posted on 2/26/26 at 9:21 am to turnpiketiger
Crawfish popularity has grown tremendously. It's one of the reasons why crawfish prices will never again be low.
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Posted on 2/26/26 at 9:23 am to Cdawg
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I have never seen a batch of dusted crawfish in 26 years living in Houston at a restaurant or private boil.
Same. The only other way I've seen is here is how the Vietnamese coat them.
Dusted
I see dust on these.
Dust
dust
Dust!
instagram!
do i need to continue? hell all that Veitcong style of crawfish is a form of dusting too...
Posted on 2/26/26 at 9:24 am to Sam Quint
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It’s popular, but still sort of in a novelty way. People will eat a half a pound of crawfish or so and enjoy it but then eat a whole actual meal along with it. It’s nothing like here where people will take ten lbs of crawfish to and face and actively remove all other boil ingredients from their plate.
This......people still look at me like I have a hand growing out of my head when I saunter up to the crawfish tent at HEB and ask for 15 pounds for me and the wife while they are buying 1, 2 or 3 pounds. Its become a running joke for us.
Houston has come a long way in the 20+ years I lived here in regards to crawfish but it still aint Louisiana. Hell, I still only count for 3 pounds per person when I boil for my Texas neighbors where I would use 5-7 as a rule in LA.
The upside is you can now get larger quality crawfish at a decent price but most Texans are still amateurs when it comes to eating and boiling.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 9:31 am to msap9020
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I still only count for 3 pounds per person
that's the sample size my wife and I use(3lbs. each,) when it's early in the season and we want to see if they're big enough to order more, or if we're trying a new place to see if they know what they're doing
Posted on 2/26/26 at 9:55 am to turnpiketiger
35 years ago, you could only find them at Ragin Cajun on Richmond just inside of 610.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 9:55 am to choupiquesushi
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2 acadia parish brokers i know sell ALL of their crawfish in TX
Crawfish farmer from Jennings used to run a crawfish place in Humble (NE side of Houston) for years. At least 20. He would only be open Wed-Sun and would make a trip back and forth every day with re-enforcement trips on the weekends at times. All he did was cater to his shack. He sold it to a buddy about 5 years ago but still supplied the crawfish. Always was packed until they started doing road construction in front of his place for like 2 years.
I find it kinda funny people from Louisiana think it is odd/strange that Texans eating crawfish would be popular when most of the smart people from Louisiana left that shitehole state years ago to come here and brought their culture with them. Then you add the rest of the population of the 4th biggest city in the US to the mix and then it becomes obvious.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 9:59 am to turnpiketiger
About 5 years ago, I saw them for sale in a grocery seafood counter in Las Vegas. No, I did not buy.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 10:14 am to CarRamrod
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do i need to continue?
yes, because I don't know anyone ordering crawfish from those places.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 10:33 am to Bigfishchoupique
Try harder
Posted on 2/26/26 at 10:35 am to Tiger Ryno
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I have never seen a batch of dusted crawfish in 26 years living in Houston at a restaurant or private boil.
BBs on White Oak is guilty of dusting. I seent it
Posted on 2/26/26 at 10:51 am to grizzlylongcut
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I don’t know where this myth came from. I’ve been to idk how many crawfish boils, probably 50+, most all of them in either North Louisiana or Texas, I’ve never seen this happen once.
Typical little dick south Louisiana bullshite regarding North Louisiana
Cormier is a dirty duster in North La
Posted on 2/26/26 at 10:52 am to CarRamrod
quote:Makes the crawfish easier to peel.
tell me what butter does?
Posted on 2/26/26 at 10:53 am to billjamin
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Cormier is a dirty duster in North La
at the risk of a ban and possible relinquishment of my baw card, I see no harm in boiling in seasoned water and dusting them, I like 'em spicy, I also doctor up some remoulade sauce with Tabasco to dip 'em in
Posted on 2/26/26 at 10:56 am to 777Tiger
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at the risk of a ban and possible relinquishment of my baw card, I see no harm in boiling in seasoned water and dusting them
The issue is when they cheap out on the soak and supplement with the dust.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 10:57 am to billjamin
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The issue is when they cheap out on the soak and supplement with the dust.
gotcha
Posted on 2/26/26 at 11:32 am to Cdawg
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Keep that on the DL, IYKYK.
The baw is a good due and deserves to make as much money as possible.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 11:59 am to turnpiketiger
They have a place up in N. Georgia that gets in Crawfish during the season. My sister orders 5 sacks of select. Out of the 5 sacks, I might find 5 dead. They are as good as you can find in Louisiana. I boil the first batch easy, then go up from there.
The folks there are learning how to eat La. Style.
Oh, when we have a party, tell people we will supply the food. They arrive with a fork, spoon and knife in their back pocket!
In Texas, HEB does have a large display of Louisiana Seafood (Tony’s Seafood) products.
HEB has a better selection of Louisiana products, than Walmart.
The folks there are learning how to eat La. Style.
Oh, when we have a party, tell people we will supply the food. They arrive with a fork, spoon and knife in their back pocket!
In Texas, HEB does have a large display of Louisiana Seafood (Tony’s Seafood) products.
HEB has a better selection of Louisiana products, than Walmart.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 12:04 pm to LSUFanHouston
Unfortunately
Posted on 2/26/26 at 12:13 pm to 777Tiger
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at the risk of a ban and possible relinquishment of my baw card, I see no harm in boiling in seasoned water and dusting them, I like 'em spicy, I also doctor up some remoulade sauce with Tabasco to dip 'em in
Dusting is perfectly fine if followed by hitting it with an acidic liquid like a lemon/lime/light vinegar mix. It will dissolve the dusted seasonings and no one will even know you dusted it but you get all of the flavor/spice. It’s my favorite way to do it.
Posted on 2/26/26 at 12:15 pm to Cdawg
quote:those are all houston restaurants serving crawfish.... take you rlose and lets move on and drink bear and eat crawfish dusted or not.
do i need to continue?
yes, because I don't know anyone ordering crawfish from those places.
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