The Real Crawfish Monica

[Michelino]

So what's the verdict?

I just gots to know.

[NYMAMA]

So what's the verdict?

I just gots to know.

I found it scrumpdillyious this year.

[Bill/KC]

Great as always, though only in one size this year....what would have been the small size in years past. And for $5.

[Michelino]

Sounds good, but when I wrote "Real" I meant that special delivery from PC.

[pokerchick66]

Sounds good, but when I wrote "Real" I meant that special delivery from PC.

Awww baby, you're so sweet. You're gonna have to ask Rosetree and the Potters. That's who ate it, lol.

[rosetree]

Awww baby, you're so sweet. You're gonna have to ask Rosetree and the Potters. That's who ate it, lol.

Hands down, the winner was .........drum roll......................Monica's Monica!!!!
Much , much more crawfish/bite. Different spin with bow-ties instead of rotini. I saved enough to have it last night for dinner after Fest!!!! mmmmmm,mmmmmm
Thanks again Har!
MUAH
.....now for the Potter's answer..............................

[pokerchick66]

Muah right back atcha, baby. :)

[ibjamn]

It wasn't the "real" Monica, but I sure served a boatload of it to 18 friends on rainy Friday evening! ;)

[Zydekitten]

I missed Monica's Monica?????!!!! :eek:

Damn, that's adding insult to injury (the injury being that the Fest Monica only comes in one small size for $5 now) . . .

BTW, Monica (the person, not the pasta) introduced me to the infamous Softshell Crab Po-boy this weekend and I get it now. It won't replace Crawfish Monica in my affections, but I've added it to my top five Fest Foods list (gonna have to relaminate the card).

[liz722]

I hate to say this but...this year's fest monica just wasn't as good as it has been in the past (still tasty but not the same) - it was missing all the creamy goodness...hubby pointed out that he could tell by the lack of lines on any day, especially the saturday of 1st weekend - waited 40min. for a crawfish poboy and only 3 for the monica...was a sad sad day :(

[pokerchick66]

I missed Monica's Monica?????!!!! :eek:

Damn, that's adding insult to injury (the injury being that the Fest Monica only comes in one small size for $5 now) . . .

BTW, Monica (the person, not the pasta) introduced me to the infamous Softshell Crab Po-boy this weekend and I get it now. It won't replace Crawfish Monica in my affections, but I've added it to my top five Fest Foods list (gonna have to relaminate the card).

Another convert.

;)

[VWGal]

Whoa, that must have been one extra extra extra extra large tub o' creamy crawfish decadence! :D

I noticed the Monica stand wasn't as busy this year, and perhaps it dropped a rung or two on my fest fave food list.

[pokerchick66]

I think I'm making the Shrimp Monica this weekend. :)

[ibjamn]

I made it with shrimp the first night the canajuns were in town..

[pokerchick66]

I made it with shrimp the first night the canajuns were in town..

Which do you like better?

[ibjamn]

I think the crawfish, but the shrimp was good for something different.

[BigDag]

Poker, is your recipe a secret? Is there a way I can persuade you to share it? ;)

[VWGal]

Author! Recipe!!!!!

I am drooling on my keyboard here....

[Amy Winette]

PC brought us some that rainy day at fest (well, after at our hotel as we bailed a little early after getting soaked at Ms. Lena's and in the Gentilly field). It was FANTASTIC!!

[NYMAMA]

Author! Recipe!!!!!

I am drooling on my keyboard here....

I 2nd that request. Has anybody ever ordered crawfish online? How were they?tasty?fishy? If they werer good who'd you order them from/ I gots to get mme sum.

[pokerchick66]

lol, okay. Here it is:

Monica's Crawfish Monica

1 lb. crawfish tails
1 lb. (16 oz.) bowtie pasta
1 bellpepper, chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 TB. parsley
2 TB. flour
1/2 C. milk
1 pint half and half
1/2 cap of Zatarain's crab boil (cap, not cup!)
Tony Chachere's to taste

Saute bellpepper, onion and garlic in butter. Add crawfish tails that have been seasoned with Tony's. Add parsley. Add crab boil. Stir and simmer for about five minutes over medium heat. Add flour to mixture and cook till the rawness is out (a few minutes). Add milk and bring to light boil to thicken. Cook for 5 min. Add the half and half and then season to taste with Tony's. Cook until the sauce thickens (5-10 min.). Add cooked, drained pasta to sauce and stir. Cook over low heat for 10 min. then serve. : )

[BigDag]

Thanks, Poker. It sounds great!

[NYMAMA]

OK stupid question what is Tonys?

[Lester_leaps_in]

Bless you, PC. Thanks bunches.

[pokerchick66]

OK stupid question what is Tonys?

Tony Chachere's is a creole seasoning. You get it by the spices at the grocery store (Walmart for me) and it's in a little green can:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o231/monica7966/seasoning.jpg

[BigDag]

OK stupid question what is Tonys?

http://www.tonychacheres.com/

Creole Seasoning. No kitchen should be without.

[pokerchick66]

Bless you, PC. Thanks bunches.

Your welcome! You can use any kind of pasta you want. You can use rotini like Jazzfest but I like the bowties, they're more fun. :)

[NYMAMA]

http://www.tonychacheres.com/

Creole Seasoning. No kitchen should be without.

OOOOh now I see.:) What about my question ? Has anybody ordered crawfish online,how were they and what site?

[pokerchick66]

OOOOh now I see.:) What about my question ? Has anybody ordered crwafish online,how were thye and what site?

I've never ordered it online but I know you can get a pound of frozen crawfish tails in the seafood freezer at Walmart for like $6. They're not Louisiana grown but they'll do. I think they're called Boudreaux's. They make it sound cajun to try and fool you. ;)

[NYMAMA]

I've never ordered it online but I know you can get a pound of frozen crawfish tails in the seafood freezer at Walmart for like $6. They're not Louisiana grown but they'll do. I think they're called Boudreaux's. They make it sound cajun to try and fool you. ;)

Not at my walmart in NY:( . I guess I'll just have to give one of the online sites a try.

[VWGal]

I've never ordered the crawfish online, can you imagine if they sat in Canadian customs for a day or two?

PEEEEYOUUUUUU!

Thanks PC for that recipe, you are a doll! I have the Tony's in house, but damn, didn't buy any Zatarains liquid crab boil on my trip this time. And I bet it's the secret ingredient! ;)

I am still grieving over the fact that I didn't win the Threadhead cookbook.
Snivel, sniff, snivel....:(

[pokerchick66]

Thanks PC for that recipe, you are a doll! I have the Tony's in house, but damn, didn't buy any Zatarains liquid crab boil on my trip this time. And I bet it's the secret ingredient! ;)

:(

You can still do it without the crab boil, vw. I just do that to give the tails that "boiled crawfish" taste. Give me your address and I'll send you some crab boil. :)

[NYMAMA]

I've never ordered the crawfish online, can you imagine if they sat in Canadian customs for a day or two?

PEEEEYOUUUUUU!

Thanks PC for that recipe, you are a doll! I have the Tony's in house, but damn, didn't buy any Zatarains liquid crab boil on my trip this time. And I bet it's the secret ingredient! ;)

I am still grieving over the fact that I didn't win the Threadhead cookbook.
Snivel, sniff, snivel....:(

From what i've read they overnight them frozen to your house(ya just have to plan it out so that you are home,or else there might be 100 neighborhood cats on your front porch when you get home)

[ibjamn]

Not at my walmart in NY:( . I guess I'll just have to give one of the online sites a try.

Mama, when I was in MA and was down to my last bag of crawfish tails, I went down to our little local mom & pop fish market and I asked if I could order them. They checked & said they could, but they had no use for them & I'd have to take the whole case. OK, no problem. It was a lot of $$, but no more than a nice case of wine. With my last crawfish, I made them a bowl of crawfish monica and David made a little crawfish bread & took it to them. When the case came in, they asked if they could buy back 5 or 6 bags from me, ;)
Check with your local market.

[NYMAMA]

Thanks for the suggestion Jen I will certainly do that.

So how about Davids crawfish bread recipe???pleeeease it was sooooo scrumtillyisus.

[NeenAtlanta]

1 pint half and half


Yummmm - I bet that makes it REALLY creamy!

[rosetree]

You can still do it without the crab boil, vw. I just do that to give the tails that "boiled crawfish" taste. Give me your address and I'll send you some crab boil. :)

Y'know , that crab berl DID make a nice difference in the taste, I noticed it right away!!!! mmmmm......mmmmm......:D

[pokerchick66]

Yummmm - I bet that makes it REALLY creamy!

lol, creamy AND fattening!

[pokerchick66]

Y'know , that crab berl DID make a nice difference in the taste, I noticed it right away!!!! mmmmm......mmmmm......:D

Awww, you're so sweet. Glad you liked it! :)

[mno]

I dont get the draw for crawfish monica. its pasta in a spicy cream sauce with some crawfish in it. its the macaroni and cheese of the fest. its not even fresh pasta. i mean it doesnt suck, but there are much more interesting things to eat at the fairgrounds - like the spider sandwiches, for instance.

/discuss

[ibjamn]

I dont get the draw for crawfish monica. its pasta in a spicy cream sauce with some crawfish in it. its the macaroni and cheese of the fest. its not even fresh pasta. i mean it doesnt suck, but there are much more interesting things to eat at the fairgrounds - like the spider sandwiches, for instance.

/discuss

We likes our macaroni & cheese in these parts. Especially when it comes with lots of butter, cream & seafood!

[mno]

I like mac & cheese too, I just dont fly three hours to wait on line for it.

I fly for SPIDERS, OYSTERS, and BBQ SCRIMPS at pascal's manale!

[ibjamn]

I don't fly in for it either, I live here.

To each his own

[mno]

hey, i spent the day monday looking at houses in algiers point, so maybe I wont have to fly in either someday!!

man those are beautiful homes in the historic district! And so many are for sale....

[AtPontchartrain]

We likes our macaroni & cheese in these parts. Especially when it comes with lots of butter, cream & seafood!

One favorable factor for the Crawfish Monica is that it is not as messy to handle as some dishes. Try eating the chicken & jama-jama without a table to put it on. And the "spider" po-boy, those crispy legs can squirt!

By the way, have you seen the Jack In The Box ads for fried macaroni and cheese? I can't believe.

[mno]

tell me about it Ponch!

Try eating beignets in the wind - I was COVERED in sugar - and then I started sweating.

/now thats what I call a STICKY SITUATION!

[dank_bass]

Whoa, that must have been one extra extra extra extra large tub o' creamy crawfish decadence! :D

I noticed the Monica stand wasn't as busy this year, and perhaps it dropped a rung or two on my fest fave food list.

so is Crawfish Monica to Jazzfest as California Roll is to Sushi ?

also ... More big acts at Gentilly + lots of virgin festers = Not as many people making it down that far

[AtPontchartrain]

tell me about it Ponch!

Try eating beignets in the wind - I was COVERED in sugar - and then I started sweating.

/now thats what I call a STICKY SITUATION!

That's the fun of going to the real Cafe du Monde in the Quarter. I'm not supposed to have sugar, but on a windy day I can just sit there and get the full effect!

[rosetree]

hey, i spent the day monday looking at houses in algiers point, so maybe I wont have to fly in either someday!!

man those are beautiful homes in the historic district! And so many are for sale....

mno: if you are serious about living in da Pernt, let me know the next time you are in and we can look around. A lot of properties might be for sale that aren't listed. Glad you liked my 'hood! :D

[pokerchick66]

I dont get the draw for crawfish monica. its pasta in a spicy cream sauce with some crawfish in it. its the macaroni and cheese of the fest. its not even fresh pasta. i mean it doesnt suck, but there are much more interesting things to eat at the fairgrounds - like the spider sandwiches, for instance.

/discuss

You're preaching to the choir with me on that one. ;)

[mno]

oh man,,, it's IDYLIIC! we were snooping around and the people were so friendly, and the houses are GORGEOUS.

Plus its the highest ground around!

[rosetree]

oh man,,, it's IDYLIIC! we were snooping around and the people were so friendly, and the houses are GORGEOUS.

Plus its the highest ground around!

Shhhhhhh, we call it "New Orleans' Best Kept Secret".....shhhhhhh ;)

[AtPontchartrain]

Shhhhhhh, we call it "New Orleans' Best Kept Secret".....shhhhhhh ;)

Secret? It was amazing to me, as a kid, to ride my bike to the Jackson ferry, then cross over to Algiers, which was nothing like the big city, more like a country town. And, it had a record shop with older stuff than you could find at Smith's on St. Charles.

[Amy Winette]

I dont get the draw for crawfish monica. its pasta in a spicy cream sauce with some crawfish in it. its the macaroni and cheese of the fest. its not even fresh pasta. i mean it doesnt suck, but there are much more interesting things to eat at the fairgrounds - like the spider sandwiches, for instance.

/discuss

Ha, can somebody bump the threads where we already discussed this ad naseum? Mich, you must have em bookmarked ;)

[Amy Winette]

One favorable factor for the Crawfish Monica is that it is not as messy to handle as some dishes. Try eating the chicken & jama-jama without a table to put it on. And the "spider" po-boy, those crispy legs can squirt!

By the way, have you seen the Jack In The Box ads for fried macaroni and cheese? I can't believe.

In the Dallas airport at TGI Fridays, we ordered fried Mac & Cheese balls. I'm not kidding. They were a bit much for me, but Jeff liked em ;)

[Amy Winette]

hey, i spent the day monday looking at houses in algiers point, so maybe I wont have to fly in either someday!!

man those are beautiful homes in the historic district! And so many are for sale....

We did the same Wednesday walking over to Rosetree's studio. Tons of cute little places in the $200K range! We can't live there (not permanently anyway), but I'm going to roll my 401(k) to an IRA when I leave this job and want to invest it in real estate . . .

I *loved* your hood RT. I think if I were going to live anywhere, it would be there. So quiet and peaceful, and not hard to get to the quarter at all . . .

[Michelino]

Ha, can somebody bump the threads where we already discussed this ad naseum? Mich, you must have em bookmarked ;)

There you go again!

I refuse to bump some of those threads. In fact, I shudder when I remember that someone here actually supposed that fake crab might make good substitute for crawfish on top of overcooked rotini.

Gawd, I hope that one didn't make it into the Threadhead cookbook!

[pokerchick66]

There you go again!

I refuse to bump some of those threads. In fact, I shudder when I remember that someone here actually supposed that fake crab might make good substitute for crawfish on top of overcooked rotini.

Gawd, I hope that one didn't make it into the Threadhead cookbook!

lol, you're so funny, Mich! :p

[rosetree]

We did the same Wednesday walking over to Rosetree's studio. Tons of cute little places in the $200K range! We can't live there (not permanently anyway), but I'm going to roll my 401(k) to an IRA when I leave this job and want to invest it in real estate . . .

I *loved* your hood RT. I think if I were going to live anywhere, it would be there. So quiet and peaceful, and not hard to get to the quarter at all . . .

We'd welcome you with open arms Baybee!!!!!:D

[Amy Winette]

Wouldn't that be heavenly, a little Algiers get away, whenever it's too cold and snowy in Idaho (mmmm, 6 months of the year?), we just head on down to NOLA and have a wonderful place to stay :) We might need a private plane too, haha!

If our house here sold for enough, combined with the 401(k) $$, it's not an impossible dream! However, I do still need to figure out a job back home ;)

[ibjamn]

Wouldn't that be heavenly, a little Algiers get away, whenever it's too cold and snowy in Idaho (mmmm, 6 months of the year?), we just head on down to NOLA and have a wonderful place to stay :) We might need a private plane too, ;)

private plane? private plane? I know a pilot looking for a gig!!! :)

[Amy Winette]

WELL, this is just falling into place, isn't it??? :) :)

[Michelino]

WELL, this is just falling into place, isn't it??? :) :)

Threadhead Village! The Founders stake their claim.

[rosetree]

Threadhead Village! The Founders stake their claim.

I've staked my claim here 14 years ago, I'm just waiting for y'all to catch up!!!!;) :D

[VWGal]

I could totally go for a little house in Algiers....

[rosetree]

I could totally go for a little house in Algiers....

We welcome Canajuns with open arms too!;)

[VWGal]

I could put all the wine stoppers to use at ONCE!

[rosetree]

With all this interest, I should get me license and open up Threadhead Realty!

[Corona]

(hand in the air, hand in the air!!!)

[VWGal]

'Bout now we'd be one of those groups you see hanging out on the front porch dinking cold cold beer and firing up the barbecue. Sigh.

[Amy Winette]

Sigh indeed. Sounds heavenly!!! Maybe . . .