Milton Zatarain’s Crawfish Boil

Ingredients:

• 6 gallons of water
• 2 dozen lemons, cut in half
• 4 large onions, quartered
• 3/4 cup celery seed
• 1 cup allspice
• 2 1/2 pounds salt, not iodized
• 1 1/2 cups cayenne pepper
• 3/4 cup liquid crab boil
• 2 cups whole bay leaves
• 12 bags Zatarain crab boil
• 40 pounds live Louisiana crawfish
• 1 gallon ice water
  

Directions:

1. Bring all the ingredients except the crawfish to a boil, and let them boil 5 minutes; then add crawfish. Return to a boil, boil for 5 minutes.
   
2. Turn off the fire and add the gallon of ice water; this makes the crawfish sink under water. Let soak 30 minutes and then drain.