crawfish and clam etouffee

Recently I have been quite fed up with the dumbing down of the cooking shows on my local PBS affliliate station. I started watching BBC Food on Youtube. I was inspired by Floyd's American Pie on Youtube.


floyd's american pie episode

The next day I went grocery shopping. I stopped by my Asian fish monger to see what she has. There are these lively crawfish that are so enticing and they were like $2.50 a pound. I figured I would made a Cajun or creole dish but I didn't know what. I also bought some live sesame shrimps, razor clams and littleneck clams.

I am blessed living in Oregon. I can get some of these seafood that are so good in quality at very reasonable price. For a lot of live seafood that are seasonal as well as limited supply I cannot plan ahead. I just have to be flexible and ready to deal with (and often eat) them right away.

i bought a pound of these buggers

there is no better way to eat them - by doing more to them you can only compromise instead of improving

 one pound of shrimps is a lot

 i made a broth out of the shells and saved for cooking

 now getting to the cajun/creole dish

i actually took a trip to the supermarket to pick up some okra, onion, and bell peppers

bacon stands in for andouille sausage

building up the flavor with love

i improvised cajun spice mix

omg!

crawfish on the spoon

razor clam

littleneck clam

3rd meal - yum

meanwhile the plantain is ripping along nicely - you only want to cook them when they are black and blue