There's been a meme running around for years that you can probably Google up, "Britain conquered half the world for spices... and then refused to use them." There's a whole lota truth in that.

@JohnLeePettimoreIII

Жыл бұрын

you win the internet for today!

@TrulyUnfortunate

Жыл бұрын

Okay thats a good one!!!🤣

@nullakjg767

11 ай бұрын

Its amazing how little cooking they actually do. If its not canned beans on toast, its beyond them.

My mother was born in Louisiana and I got treated with some amazing food from her and her family over the years, including my late grandmother's Crawfish Casserole. He did okay but he didn't suck the head of the crawfish. Yep. It's a thing. And it's amazing.

I guess I'm lucky. Living in East Texas, barbecue, seafood and crawfish are all common here.

As a life long resident of Baltimore, I agree with using old Bay seasoning. It goes with everything.

@newgrl

Жыл бұрын

Old Bay is solid on both french fries and popcorn.

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

Never had it. I useTony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning on most stuff I cook. Love it.

@TrulyUnfortunate

Жыл бұрын

Not on crawfish it doesn't. Now for shrimp yeah but never crawfish.

You can get all the spices you need online. Louisiana brand crawfish boil is a great way to start,there's no need to make your own. It's a powder and they have a liquid concentrate that helps kick it up a notch. You want to really over season the water at first,the best crawfish come out in later batches like the 3rd and beyond. Oh...he boiled the crawfish way longer than necessary,this will make them tough. All you need is 2 or 3 minutes at a boil,then turn the heat off and let em sit for around ten minutes. Of course this will vary depending on how many lbs you're doing at a time. The best way is to have two pots of seasoned water,one for boiling and one for soaking. That way you're not waiting for the water to come back to a boil between batches.

My wife grew up in New Orleans and remembers all this cooking being done outside on open fires and eating on big wooden picnick tables with 20 people. Her uncle owned shrimping boats so lots of good food

One of the best days of my life was spent at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, sitting on the lawn with my friends, taking in the music, and finger eating a huge pile of crawfish boil. (No mushrooms.)

That fool didn't suck the crawfish head. He is disavowed.

Come to Houston at the End of April for the Crawfish Festival. It is a big party in a little town (Old Town Spring) just North of Houston. If you come at the end of February, and the beginning of March you can catch the Houston Rodeo. If you can stay that long get here for the Rodeo, go to Austin for the BBQ, and then head to San Antonio (just 30 minutes from Austin) for the Tex-Mex, and Tacos. Then head back to Houston for the Crawfish Festival. Your taste buds will thank you!

We live in the middle of the country. The Gulf of Mexico is a solid 12 hour drive from here. My nephew absolutely loves Crawfish Boils. Every year for his birthday, which thankfully falls during the summer, he and a friend of his fly down to New Orleans, pick up a couple of cases of Crawfish and bring it back for his birthday. He boils 'em up in his backyard, then we do a huge picnic. Beer, family, friends and a Boil. There's nothing finer.

I'm with you on the garlic! You can never add enough!

growing up in New England we would have clam boils throughout the summer. Dig our own clams , catch our own sand crabs, muscles, toss in the corn , potatoes, sausage, cherizo, either in a big old pan or a hole on the beach filled with seaweed.

@Lina_unchained

11 ай бұрын

*chorizo but yes as a NE native, New England clam bakes are so much fun

They used to have a festival every year in Birmingham, Alabama, where they served around 50k people crawfish boil while rock bands were playing on stage, bands/artists like Alice in Chains, Sublime, Snoop Dogg. Sadly they stopped it after 2013 but it was awesome while it lasted. Also, one of my first girlfriends, back in the late 80's, grew up in Louisiana and they often had a crab boil at her parents house. Don't know if I miss her or the food more.

You've got great energy. I really enjoy your videos, and it doesn't hurt that I have very similar food preferences. Keep it up! 👍

I’m Louisiana born and raised ik a lot about Seafood boils Cajun and Soul Food.

I was raised in south Texas (tex-mex and BBQ), my mom is French Cajun from Louisiana, my dad from the midwest, one of my best friends from Kingston Jamaica, I lived and worked at restaurants in Kansas City (even BBQ)....I learned to cook from all of them! I feel so blessed!

Sounds like you would really like Cajun food!

You should the videos of Justin Wilson he was a cajun chef he cooks all kinds of food and he tells stories

@gmunden1

Жыл бұрын

I miss him. He was hilarious.

If it makes you feel any better, I've lived in the U.S. for 36 years now and still haven't had the chance to try a crawfish boil. That's not to say I don't travel around the country and try as much as I can, but damn, there's just too much stuff out there to taste and one vacation is likely to set you back a few thousand. Edit: That said, it's always a joy to visit an area and spend the whole week gorging on whatever they specialize in. One of my favorite vacations ever was to a little area in florida where I just ate fresh-caught fish every day--literally just whatever the fisherman were catching that morning. Usually smothered in some combination of melted butter, capers, and olives. It was divine.

I was just at a crawfish boil this weekend. Saw some old friends I've not seen in about 10 years and made a bunch of new ones. Crawfish just brings people together lol.

Both IS an option. We refer to it as "Surf n Turf"...

Holidays and summer cookouts we do it in the back yard next to the lake and dump it on a picnic table. It's great

I never used to eat any kind of crustaceans (crab, lobster, crawfish, shrimp). Then I lived in New Orleans for a few years and got to like them. I miss having Cajun friends. When you'd go to their house and open the refrigerator there were usually some soft shell crabs or crawfish crawling around in there. Or you'd go to the grocery store in season and there were big tubs of live crawfish in the seafood aisle.

@anndeecosita3586

Жыл бұрын

Are you sure they were Cajuns? Most Cajuns live further South. NOLA people are more likely to be Creoles.

I'm from Texas, but have been fortunate enough to have had several true Cajun boils. Seasoning is key.... and good ingredients. He didn't mention it in his video, but I would pick out any dead crayfish (we call them crawdads). My/our experience making boils here is that there always seem to be a few that are dead, but if you have a good source for them, this is kept to a minimum. We typically do multiple pots, to give options of less spice, and even one that uses more sausages since some of the kids and other family don't like seafood. It's blasphemy to me (and many of us), but these folks do seem to enjoy their pot with the different potatoes and the multiple types of sausage we use (with the corn). We cook them outside in a small fire pit/trench that we use an elongated grill top, and they all cook at the same time. We usually also have them with rice, red beans, nad cornbread.... with sweet sun tea and beer. That family style dining is the way to go. Despite how this looks, making a boil really is one of the easier meals regarding cooking and prep. It's harder peeling the shrimp and crawdads to eat them than any other part of it.

You should try making your own version of Mexican street corn- you can even use that type of seasoned butter he made in the video. The corn should be saturated though so you can barely even tell it’s a corn cob. Look up some pictures and some recipes and see if you can get similar spices, and add that to some of your regular dinners and you’ll be happy!

Most people would not cook with this pot indoors. There’s a propane burner that is usually included. The latest price I have seen for this pot, etc. is $160-180. Most seafood boils are then dumped on a picnic table for all to demolish. Y’all need to go to Texas and/ Louisiana for this good food. 😜

@TrulyUnfortunate

Жыл бұрын

I have six crawfish pots in various sizes. I can sit inside the biggest one.

@franciet99

Жыл бұрын

@@TrulyUnfortunate Wow! Party at your place! :D

Lived on an island off the North Carolina coast for many years - attended many boils cooked over fires outside, so imagine wood smoke added to the smells and tastes, nothing better!

Many of the Boils in my area are done on the back porch with a bottle of propane, a burner, and either a rack or tripod.

Jono, i'd suspect when you show up here, and eat everything you wish, you might not wanna leave, and that's fine with us.😅

We had a crawfish boil a couple weeks ago. My Dad was from Louisiana and so is my roommate so they grew up cooking crawfish.

Reason for Cold Beer .. a good Crawfish Boil .. so spicy .. not only are your lips burning but your finger tips too. Cold Beer is a NECESSITY. Yes .. do this outside with a burner with friends. They even have round tables with a hole in the center of the table and a waste basket underneath for all the bits not wanted .. great .. great fun.

Hey man I live about 30 minutes outside of New Orleans Louisiana and about an hour-and-a-half to the border of Texas. When you get to the United States look me up. I have a clean, safe room for you and your family. If you come in the spring we will have a crawfish boil you will never forget. Love watching the channel. Keep up the great job

We have a boil every Labor 😮Day. The whole family( about 30 people) my brother has troughs and he pours it out all the way down 2 big picnic tables. And everyone pigs out. It’s great.

Come down to New Orleans and we will show you what a real crawfish boil is. Zatarains crawfish boil liquid or powder is the best.

Jono, I hope you are icing your back, as you have not mentioned that. Ice is your friend my friend! I have a titanium disc replacement in my neck which was so painful I was useless. I can only imagine having it lower in the spine carrying so much more weight. If you have not done so, so far, I highly recommend it as it helps tremendously with the inflammation and swelling, and of course the pain. Love that you are driving on with your output, appreciate the vids! Crack on!!

He is filming for instructional purposes. Otherwise, this would be done family-style and outdoors. We would cover a long table with butcher's paper or newspaper and enjoy. It's done the same way for a crab boil. Crab mallets are a must. It's fun for all. 😊

8:21 there's a reason many Southerners will encourage folks to get _"ears deep"_ into the food.

He forgot to say is after you take the tail off you suck the guts out of the crawfish

I have family from the Gulf Coast. Crawfish boils are happening as long as they are im season.

I loooooove crawfish (mini lobsters)! As a kid me and friends would spend all day at the local pond until our 5gal buckets were full and then we'd boil and eat till we got sick. :)

New England clam bake is similar to this without the cajun spices. Lots of videos on that and ton in the backyard.

In my entire life I have never seen anyone do a crawfish boil indoors. We use Zatarans where I’m from.,We put it all on a table and everyone gathers around and eats. Crawfish are eating pinch the tails, suck the heads. We don’t put any butter on our crawfish either. Sounds like a yankee thing.

There is a difference between shrimp and prawns. Here in America we have both Shrimp and Prawn available. Shrimps do not have claws on their body while prawns does. Shrimps go from as little as 3mm in size to as 9 inches in size. Prawn go from 2 inches to 8 inches in size. Also Shrimps mostly appear in North and South America while Prawns are essentially everywhere. Hope this clears any confusion

If you like this one, you need to come to the Pacific Northwest boil, that’s crab, shrimp, clams, mussels, whatever other seafood, you could name…

You are correct sir it's all about the environment. Drinking with your friends, music playing, the sounds of kids riding dirt bikes in the background, A mustang doing a burn out up the street. a pickup truck full of cousins found out you are doing a boil, and showed up uninvited..... We don't care, there's plenty come on in. 😎✌🎼🎵

Living on the Florida Gulf Coast, fresh seafood is always available. We just had our Crawfish Festival. You got 2 lbs of Crawfish with the trimmings for $20.

@TrulyUnfortunate

Жыл бұрын

Thats a terrible price!!

@myibook141

Жыл бұрын

Crawfish festival in Florida? 😂… also $10 a pound is high af

Through out the south you can buy the products to make or go to a boil.

Well as a south Louisiana guy that sells seafood and books all the time , I don't see why people pour sauce, seasoning or butter directly on the outside of crawfish or crab . it makes ZERO sense bc you are not eating the shell. If you know how to boil then you don't need all of that nonsense. Now having a butter or sauce to dip after you've got the meat out I 100% understand bc people like different spice levels and flavors plus having something for the potatoes or whatever else is in your boil.

@kevinkruger1686

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I'm from New Orleans years ago I was visiting my sister in Texas & we went to get crawfish and these fools boiled them & then put the seasoning on the shells, it was so stupid!

Yes I am from the home of this in Louisiana! Nice video~!

Life is not fair for real. Shrimp, crab, lobster, etc... My favorite foods. I developed an allergy to it in my 40s.

Wait until he finds out texas and Louisiana are right next to eachother so it is possible to have both lol

Please give Justin Wilson's cajun inspired cooking a reaction. You will love it, I gah rawn teee.

I love King crab.

You need to come to a classic Virginia or Maryland crab festival. Ik you say youve been wanting to visit the US on a self guided culinary tour for a while... That is a must do, just don't wear white.

You need to go to Maine for lobster & NewEngland Clam Chowder!

3:52 you need to think like a *_MURIAN! (FUCK YEAH!)_* if it doesn't fit on the stove, drag it outside, set something large on fire, and put the pot on top of it.

Obviously not Cajuns. 40 crawfish? You gotta be kidding me!!!!!! We usually do around 60 lbs or two sacks. I can easily go through 16 lbs myself but they say you should go with 2 to 3 lbs per person. Oh...those crawfish are way to small,they look like field run which are the first batches of the season,waste of time. Sounds like you might be best off going to Texas first on your trip. You get the BBQ,the crawfish,Tex-Mex and mexican food all in one state. Just remember,if you want to try crawfish make sure you come when they're in season which is November through July. Mid to late season is best for size.

@GotWag

Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine 40 crawfish, lol. that's barely 1 serving. Do that in south Mississippi and see what happens, lol.

As for the environment, he's doing an instructional video, he wasn't trying to capture a family gettogether.

When you visit the U.S. start somewhere between Texas and Florida. From there you can drive to Louisianna for great sea food Texas for bbq and great Southern food in between. Florida also has great seafood. But stay away from the tourist places. Go to where the locals go.

Never use Old Bay for a Louisiana crawfish boil. We also don’t use butter.

Man i feel for you

If you want to see an outdoor crawfish boil, Look for Louisiana crawfish boil on youtube. I am from New Orleans and only Louisiana can do them right .

@myibook141

Жыл бұрын

Yes exactly.. I’m in New Orleans too and it amazes me how many people think they do boils like us.

Lol I'm so sorry you can get your happy foods! The pain on your face watching was so sad!

I have a river on my property so trap thousands of crawfish every summer.

I don't know about mixing them at the same time. HOWEVER YOU CAN DO THEM ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS. As Louisiana and Texas are next to one another. By the way THIS IS NOT CAJUN. Josh is a great chef but he's from TEXAS. Normally you get the veg sausage and crawfish. You are correct a crawfish boil is 40 pounds crawfish potatoes corn poured over a large folding table with you and your buddies standing around it with cold beers socializing. It's all about the people around you. Also he needed to triple his spice mix.

You really need to just suck it up and move to the states 💪😂🌪️

This is almost not fair. They left out so many veggies. We boil 30 pounds at a time and have Broccoli, Cauliflower, Mushrooms, Potatoes and Corn. Broccoli absorbs the spice much better and will blow your mind. Cauliflower has no taste, so it takes only the spices you use. Corn is next. The sausage should be Cajun Boudin, which is a rice and blood sausage with pork and smooth and wonderful. Finally, the shrimp should be what is in season in the marshes. Early Summer is white shrimp and late Summer is Brown shrimp. Cra b is fresh Blue crab caught off the dock in the back yard. Sorry, I forgot everyone does not live on a canal in Galveston Bay.

Cajun food is some of my favorite food. We have a small presence of Cajuns here in Southern Arkansas due to the fact we border Louisiana and were also part of the Louisiana Purchase but we don't have nearly the amount as Lafayette, Lake Charles, or Vermillion Parish. Honestly, Louisiana is one of my favorite areas of the US for hunting, fishing, and some awesome food.

@eTraxx

Жыл бұрын

Jen .. I went to Jr High and High School in Crossett then later lived and worked in El Dorado. :)

@NannerBrams

Жыл бұрын

@@eTraxx Awesome! I have family in El Dorado and Magnolia. I live just outside of Arkadelphia and Malvern.

If u ever come to the USA make it a point to go to southern Louisiana and ask for a true crawfish boil, the people in the south will make u one

We got to get you to the USA brother! We will feed you till you can't eat and then we will have leftovers!

Cooking crustaceans indoors is a bad idea. Hard to clear the smell

Yeah, you are not going to get that King Crab just anywhere those were very special. I totally understand how you feel about food... I think that you will have a lot of fun eating in the US - I suspect that in some ways it will feel familiar, but different. You should have no problem finding numerous cuisines that will cater to your spice / flavor cravings.

@TrulyUnfortunate

Жыл бұрын

We order the King Crab on the internet. But man have they gone up in price!!!!! What used to be $20 bucks a pound is now $80 to $100 bucks a pound. I hadn't had in forever and I was dying for em so I assed up $500 bucks and I ate em until I could eat no more.

Just a warning crawfish season ends soon

I will die on the hill that King Crab trumps Lobster. Scallops - don't get me started on good diver scallops. If you like comedy check out Zach's video of him going to his football mates grandmas fish fry - kzread.info/dash/bejne/hqKs05d9hcTNk6g.html

You really need to liive in America ,

im still upset about you having never had tacos. it hurts me in my heart bro. jokes aside, would be cool to see you make tortillas and put together a taco, its pretty easy and fun to do

😂 Just keep in mind that if you're traveling to Louisiana they will not have boils in a month that Has an r in ithat is breedin time for crawfish and a lot of seafood

@myibook141

Жыл бұрын

Huh? February, March, and April is prime crawfish boil season

Do this indoors and your house will smell like crawfish for 17 years.

Never use Tiger Shrimp.

Hmmmm pinch the tails and suck the heads and then you have all of the other goodies from the boil like corn on the cob/ sausage / potato.

Fun Fact: King crab is not a true crab!

Put a cracker on it

That dude don't know how to open crab legs or how to eat seafood. Us Marylanders know about seafood. I grew up catching crabs ,fish,clams and eating oysters.

This dude is a rookie,he doesn't even peel the crawfish properly. You shouldn't spend more than 5 seconds per crawfish. Toss this recipe.

We just had the Breaux Bridge crawfish festival. You want REAL crawfish You have to go to Breaux Bridge, Louisiana!

@TrulyUnfortunate

Жыл бұрын

No you dont. Any state that borders Louisiana always has Cajuns in them. When the Hurricane tore up Louisiana I swear half your state moved to Houston. Hell,you cant swing a dead cat without hitting a crawfish boil around here.

@myibook141

Жыл бұрын

@@TrulyUnfortunatethe majority moved back. And yes if you want good crawfish you go to where the good crawfish are and that’s in Louisiana

@TrulyUnfortunate

Жыл бұрын

@@myibook141 Crawfish are crawfish. In fact I ordered 100 lbs from Louisiana and while they were nice sized they tasted like dead fish. There's plenty of crawfish in Texas and they dont taste like dead fish.

@myibook141

Жыл бұрын

@@TrulyUnfortunate you say crawfish are crawfish but then proceed to tell me crawfish are different.. 😂.. And taste like dead huh? Plenty in Texas huh? Guess that’s why Louisiana is known for them right? Just quit it dude

@TrulyUnfortunate

Жыл бұрын

@@myibook141 That like saying snapper taste different off the coast of Texas than Louisiana. I've eaten crawfish from both states and other than the dead fish taste from those oh so good Louisiana crawfish they all taste the same. I'd say those Louisiana crawfish were fed nothing but dead fish in a crawfish farm. And not from the Basin.

This is not a crawfish boil. Crawfish are NEVER cooked inside !!!! It's always an outdoor party .... with as much cold beer and great music as crawfish ! I doubt the little fellow in the video has ever been to a real crawfish boil.

I never miss a Josh Weissman video.

Not fair? Move out of Slovakia...and yup, I remember your wife is from there...

better off watching a real crawfish boil from a channel that specializes in southern cooking. josh weissman is a talented chef, but he is too much about the memes these days.

@dekulruno

Жыл бұрын

Maybe but I don’t see anything wrong with his boil.

@AppalachiaRRlover

Жыл бұрын

I agree

BBQ is WAY BETTER!

Eeeeew, not a crawfish boil with a professional chef 🤢 Listen if you are measuring out every single ingredient you put in your boil like this guy is doing, you AINT DOIN A REAL CRAWFISH BOIL!!! Should’ve stuck with someone who knows what they’re doing -Louisiana native speaking

Gulf coast and New England are the regions with the best seafood in America. This dude has an accent from neither therefore I don't trust this dude or agree with his methods..

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