Shrimp Boil

Jerry Jr. brought up 8 or more pounds of shrimp for boiled dinner.  Fortunately Bandit was returned home so we could celebrate rather than cry while eating. The Mississippi shrimp were large and fully intact. Long feelers extended off the heads along with sharp defense spikes.

Added to the pot were Zatarain spices red skin potatoes, celery, 20 cloves of garlic, onions, and carrots.  The carrots were a last minute idea, and perhaps turned out to be a terrible one.  The carrots became very salty.  So if you want to put them in the pot to absorb extra salt put them in, but don't eat them.

 

Corn was added to the pot too, but a little too soon for my liking.  I prefer my corn to be just warmed through with a five minute boil.  FYI corn is edible raw and fully digestible.  In shrimp boil dinner the corn gathers a wonderful spicy heat that with numb your lips a little.

Andouille  is a smoked, garlicky, spicy hot, pork based sausage.  

 For this meal the shrimp was cooked in another pot with some garlic, onions and seasoning because Mike is allergic to shell fish.  

The table setting included butter for veggies and bowls for peelings. A surprising pleasure was the boiled garlic which was smashed into the potatoes.  In the end we wanted more potatoes.

***Zatarain's dry crab boil contains msg. In the future I would choose a brand without msg.