[Philmont] Crawfish Etouffe on the trail

Every Philmont crew should take some special meal(s) with them to Philmont
in order to create their own Philmont legend.

The Philmeals are basic stuff but even these with suitable ingenuity can
be made to be something special.

I'm partial to dutch oven desserts. There are some places where a dutch oven
meal is part of the program.

You can make your own excellent food program though.. Take it as a
challenge. Get the Philmont staff to your special meal to partake.

The word will get around about the crew which really has their act together.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com
Philmont 1965; 1978
(who remembers sopapillas fixed a la Philmont Ranger back in 1965)

On 6/14/07, John LeBlanc <philmontjohn@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks Everyone!
>
> Now I know where the Tabasco Donkeys (the musical
> group) got their name.
>
> Being from Louisiana I'm partial to anything with the
> word Tabasco in it. I've got two crews headed to the
> ranch this summer. I'm sure they'll keep their eyes
> peeled for the donkeys. Hopefully they'll even decide
> its a good idea fire 'em up for a nice shower.
>
> When we went to the ranch in '02 a couple backcountry
> showers were closed because overcast skies didn't let
> the solar powered water pumps operate and tank levels
> were too low to allow showers. Didn't get a full
> shower until base camp.
>
> Scott Calkins
> Baton Rouge, LA
>
> ***********************************************************
>
> Being afrom Red Stick Louisiana, I'm sure you will appreciate this.
>
> When my daughter and I went to Philmont in 2002, I dehydrated some crawfish,
> onion, bell pepper and celery and carried them with me. On the last night
> we had crawfish etouffe.
>
> On the trail that day we passed a crew from Red Stick (Baton Rouge to most
> everyone lese) and our crew leader baited them on wtih the question "what
> are ya'll having for supper tonight?"
>
> Of course they answered and then he proudly answered their similar question
> with "crawfish etouffe". Boy did that cause an uproar.
>
> And it was good.
>
> If you are in mind to try this, simply take a pound of frozen crawfish tails
> and boil them at a simmer. While boiling, take a strainer and dip the
> crawfish out through the roling boil to avoid the fat and oil which will
> give them an off taste when dehydrated.
>
> Then put them on the tray of a dehydrator and follow the instructions.
>
> They rehydrate to about 1/2 the original size in about 30 minutes of
> simmering water and are a little bit more chewy than fresh, but the taste is
> the same and taste is what it's all about. Mmmmmm good! And good for you!
> Except people with high cholesterol.
>
> Now that's something to put your Tobasco on.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> John LeBlanc
> Just across da river in Texas, Bridge City in fact
>
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Received on Fri Jun 15 00:59:58 2007