How to Eat
dem Crawfish

 
          

Tak ya pirogue down de bayou a ways an catch yosef bout
tirty pounds o dem crawfish.
Dis will tak bout six beers.


Den tak dem crawfish home an tro
dem in yo rain barrel or other clean water.  Den add a box of rock salt. Let dem soak for bout one mo beer. While dem crawfish is purgin,
start yur boil pot on de cook fire.
 


Tro in de spice, de whole onion, de corn an' de new potatoes an' let dem boil for one mo beer.


Den tro in de crawfish wid two box rock salt, tree or two cut lemon, mo spice an de cayenne pepper.
Let all dat boil up real good
fo bout two mo beers.
 


Put dat ole newspaper on de table
and warm de bread.
When de crawfish is done,
pour out da water.
Den dump out de crawfish on
de table an set out de bread.
 
Den set down fo a Cajun
Seven Course Meal -
Six beers an a pile o crawfish!
 

BON APETITE