Yum! My first boiled seafood of the year.

[tallyho8]

We just had our first boiled seafood dinner of the year. It's not crawfish season (my favorite season) yet so the Louisiana wild crawfish are a little small yet but I managed to pick out the biggest ones and gobble them down before I took this photo. The Louisiana blue crab was seasoned well and pretty good too. The Maine lobsters cooked in crab boil were also better than the ones we usually get at restaurants.

The 1 1/4 pound Maine boiled lobsters were $10 each. On my trips to Maine I always expected to see them cheaper there but always found them much more expensive. Maybe it's because I went to tourist traps and not where the locals eat. How much do you Mainers usually pay for boiled lobsters?

 

[cqaigy2]

Yummy!

 

[MossRoad]

:licking:

 

[Tomtint]

as a kid I grew up with my father diving for lobster every week. We literally had it several times a week...every week. Stuffed, steamed, baked, broiled, chowder, fried....you name it. Today...I don't even want to look at it. If given the choice between lobster and anything else...Im eating anything else. lol

 

[Bird]

Dudley, that's a meal that just couldn't be beat.

 

[polo1665]

That really looks good. We visited Maine a few years back and I was also surprised at the price of lobster.

 

[Thomas]

Hope you loosen belt before enjoying. :licking:

 

[Complete Turf Care]

It's time for some crawfish. I smelled some boiling at a local gas station yesterday.

My daughter has a drive thru crawfish boiling restaurant, so I can usually get them any time I want. Just waiting for the harvest to get going.

 

[/pine]

Dayum...love sucking heads and picking spicy blues...!!

 

[MoKelly]

I agree it is good eating but it takes some work to shell.

Worth it I guess. Always wished shell fish came w/o the shells - kind of like seedless watermelon.

MoKelly

 

[tallyho8]

I agree it is good eating but it takes some work to shell.

Worth it I guess. Always wished shell fish came w/o the shells - kind of like seedless watermelon.

MoKelly

There are tons of shellfish dishes you can get at restaurants that are pre-shelled but when you have cravings for boiled seafood you won't settle for seafood gumbo, crawfish bisque, shrimp scampi, shrimp ceviche, shrimp creole, fried shrimp or oysters, oysters Rockefeller, shrimp or crawfish etouffee, crawfish pasta, crawfish Monica, crab cakes, grilled oysters or a thousand other lip-smacking seafood dishes.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Love fresh WILD CAUGHT shrimp. I fix it on the charcoal grill, in my grill pan, lined with foil, and garlic butter with a tad of celery seed added. Yum, Yum! Try asparagus the same way!

 

[riptides]

Cover? Or pure open grill?

Love fresh WILD CAUGHT shrimp. I fix it on the charcoal grill, in my grill pan, lined with foil, and garlic butter with a tad of celery seed added. Yum, Yum! Try asparagus the same way!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Cover? Or pure open grill?

I use the Weber Kettle, with charcoal and some Mesquite, Blackjack and Pecan wood for smoke. It only takes about 15 minutes, so I keep them covered, with the exception of stirring them halfway through. I often do this when I cook steak, so the steak has set the requisite few minutes before eating. Yum, Yum!

 

[Molalla1]

2Lane, I'm coming for dinner!

 

[cqaigy2]

You all are making me hungry!

 

[/pine]

What do you call an obese Cajun that is untruthful about his diet?....a jumbo laya...!

 

[MossRoad]

. :laughing:

 

[2LaneCruzer]

2Lane, I'm coming for dinner!

It's a fur piece, but I'd be more than proud to have you for one of my cookouts. I usually cook enough for 250-30 people on my 2 smokers; baby back ribs, chickens, Kielbasa, ABT's...I could add some shrimp next time!

 

[Molalla1]

It's a fur piece, but I'd be more than proud to have you for one of my cookouts. I usually cook enough for 250-30 people on my 2 smokers; baby back ribs, chickens, Kielbasa, ABT's...I could add some shrimp next time!

Man I am going to figure a way for this to happen someday soon Dennis!