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Puk
21-04-07, 10:18 PM
As shared for an entree by HOOD, NormGunston and myself recently.
Take about 25 big yabby tails (cook the claws seperately, or freeze them to give to Jo, right HOOD?)

Do not peel the tails. Get a large sharp knife, place the tails "legs down" on a cutting board, place the knife lengthways over it, and give the back of the knife a sharp hit with the heel of your hand. This splits the tails in two, and any remnants of the poison tract can be removed (poo line).

Cover with a sauce made of 3 tablespoons of good Australian mustard, 3 tablespoons of honey and one tablespoon of melted butter.

Fry on a barbie plate or frypan "meat side down" until they go a bit golden. Sweet taste, good with a Coopers, right Ant? They are eaten straight out of the shell.

Puk.

P.S. I must acknowledge my source (not my sauce) :roll: . This recipe came from 4x4 adventures magazine, who recommend to throw a yabby trap in with your camping gear. You never know when you will get a feed of yabbies. It would be interesting to see if the recipe would work on macrobrachium (cherubim up north, or freshwater prawns).

HOOD
21-04-07, 11:12 PM
To right Puk. Nicest yabbies I've had in a long time.

Yummy as guys, you have to try this one.

Jo did appreciate the claws Puk, pitty she made me crack them all for her :(

Aimless
31-05-07, 06:15 PM
Sounds tasty! Just put some new yabbies in my dam, lately I've been smoking them but I'll have to try this for sure :)

Luke
31-05-07, 06:23 PM
Smoking them? :?

Jeeze, they'd be hard to fit in a rolly paper wouldn't they?

:lol:

Aimless
31-05-07, 06:39 PM
Haha :twisted:
It's not an often done method I wouldn't think, but when I first got my smoker (a 17th birthday present... not many kids in the suburbs would get one of those I imagine :P) and went up to our property, I tried smoking everything I could get my hands on. They tast pretty similar to normal cooked yabbies, but they turn a wicked orange colour and it saves energy if I'm already cooking some fish in it. Chicken Wings also taste amazingly good with a bit of hickory, though the flavour can be a bit strong. The bacon would have been good (our fridge was empty once my smoking whirlwind had stopped) but I ended up cooking it over about an hour with other things to reheat it, so it was more like rubber by the time I got around to taking a bite.

jasonfish
09-06-07, 08:12 AM
LOL good one luke! this looks like an great recipe cant wait to try it my mouth is watering all over the keyboard.