07-19-2008, 12:33 PM
Grab all three of the middle fins of the tail and with a twisting pulling motion the whole vein comes right out.
This is the spinal cord of the crawdad and removing it will instantly kill the crawdad, it must be iced as soon as you do this or they will start to spoil.
I do this as I'm filling the mesh boiler pot. Then I just lower the basket into the boiling water.
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This is the spinal cord of the crawdad and removing it will instantly kill the crawdad, it must be iced as soon as you do this or they will start to spoil.
I do this as I'm filling the mesh boiler pot. Then I just lower the basket into the boiling water.
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