These are added near the end. Crawfish Etouffee Crawfish are small crustaceans that look a lot like lobsters. We LOVE them here and cook them in thousands of ways. This recipe is a favorite of mine. A friend of mine Ragnar Hellspong in Sweden says he loves it.
Alligator can be a bit of a delicacy here.
The meat isn't cheap. I have a large shovel and a HUGE black iron pot that I cook this in. This is a sort of creamed corn dish that was influenced by the Native Americans here in Louisiana. They are fatter and make a better gravy than pond raised catfish.