Matt OsbornIt’s never good when regions not known for a particular food try to get involved in the conversation. We all remember (or allow me to remind you) two years ago when Brooklyn “barbecue” was “taking over the world” with this madness.
Spoiler: Brooklyn barbecue, in fact, did not take over the world.
Well, now a news station in Houston is trying to get all up in the crawfish. Just read this:
Oh my sweet gracious. To start, there are plenty of types of seafood that is perfectly suitable for dipping. Lobster and crab legs and royal reds in the drawn butter (and it is “drawn” butter, not melted – I mean have some class). Fried shrimp and raw oysters go in the cocktail.
But not crawfish. No, no, nonononono.
Crawfish is made for dipping into one thing – your mouth. That’s the beautiful thing about it. It doesn’t need anything – it’s got all the juice and all the flavor right there in that little ol’ shell. All you need is something cold to wash ’em down, a trash can for the shells, maybe a paper towel (or 50), and, if they’re really good and juicy, an extra shirt.
But no dipping.
Twitter, in all its glory, was quick to agree. Brucifer (not a typo) had the question we’re all asking.
What are you even doing.
— Brucifer H. Brisket (@nolanolegal) February 11, 2020
Then Larry got right to the point with one of those suggestions.
Ketchup? Ketchup? WTF 😳
— Larry (@upsman58) February 10, 2020
Well said Larry. Some dude who obviously likes his baseball also had feelings.
If someone asked for ketchup at my crawfish boils…I’d ask them to leave!!
— 😴😴😴 waiting for pitchers and catchers to report (@wishwecould13) February 11, 2020
And for those that just have to dip things into stuff, Muse has the answer for you.
I dip it in more crawfish.
— museofhistory (@museofhistory) February 10, 2020
My man Big Worm is spot on – and I’m quite certain he and I would get along great, especially on beverage choices for a good boil.
unless by dipping it you mean washing it down with ice cold trash beer pic.twitter.com/SdKTqPIJrb
— Big Worm (@LeonLavell) February 11, 2020
Oh lord, and then Allicat got all Southern Grandma on them.
Bless your heart.
— Allicat ⚜️ (@allicat1214) February 11, 2020
If you season them properly in the boil, you don’t have to dip it in anything….
as EVERYONE in Louisiana knows damn well. 🙄
Oh my heavens, she hit them with the “Bless your heart.” And she’s right with the rest too. Just season those suckers right, let ’em soak, and the clouds will part and the heavens will sing.
And then there was Sunday with the worst take. Bless her heart too. Thankfully, Fox cleared that right up.
Lazy ass. Working for your food makes it all the more satisfying.
— Fox Family Affairs (@foxfamilyafairs) February 10, 2020
But I think Cody summed it up just right.
Y’all got to stop with these crawfish posts. You are really showing how Texan you are. Let LA handle the crawfish.
— Cody Haynes (@CHaynesRockets) February 11, 2020
Texas, you folks handle that barbecue and Tex-Mex. We got plenty handle of this crawfish.
