The cardinal rule is to purge and thoroughly wash the crawfish before boiling them.

Why purge crawfish. Add just enough water to cover the top of. The water will start to become cloudy and brown as the. Fill the tub with water so all the crawfish are covered fully.

Some cooks purge with salt, adding a. Though not a wide practice, some commercial crawfish farms, will soak the crawfish away from their food source for 24 hours to purge the gut, but the saltwater bath. Crawfish has long been a louisiana delicacy and there has been many arguments about about using salt when cleaning your crawfish before boiling.

proper purging method dump the live crawfish into your ice chest (make sure the drain is closed). Do not put your ice chest in the grass. Crawfish excrete waste through their gills, and this takes time.

Pour the sack of live crawfish in a plastic children’s pool, large tub, or a large ice chest. The internet is replete with instructions for using a saltwater bath to purge crawfish, often with reference to increased mortality when soaking crawfish too long in the hypersaline. Clean the shite out of them until.

Salting can help clean crawfish better by making them vomit and purge any waste or mud lodged in their stomachs. Don't waste you time or salt!!! Fill ice chest with crawfish, spray/fill with water, drain dirty arse water.

Repeat until all water rinsing and draining runs clear. Salt them again after stirring them up with a large instrument. A short rinse is great for cleaning existing waste, but the salt will not cause them to purge themselves.