The first most trusted person in my life is Dave. He is the one who goes out and catches crayfish for me to experiment with. I tried curing the crayfish using my sous vide bags but it was not a huge success. To rescue it I placed it into the sous vide cooker and was pleased with the outcome. This resulted in me creating a confit crayfish recipe which will yield the perfectly cooked crayfish time and time again.
Head straight on to the Recipe For Confit Crayfish ♥
I think the second most trusted person in a woman’s life is her hair dresser. Since moving to Gordons Bay in 2001 I have had numerous stylists attempt to cut my hair. I have plenty crowns and very thick hair so it is not an easy task. Finally I found a hair dresser who was really good. But she moved back to Johannesburg meaning I had to find someone new. At that time, Dave had an engineer working for him. His wife is a hair dresser and so out of a feeling of loyalty I went to her. She was super expensive and cut my hair far too short. Luckily for me I could stop seeing her without it becoming an issue as she went on maternity leave. For the past 3 years I have been having my hair cut at someone who is excellent at their work.
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Then she was in a car accident and has taken time off. And on top of that, her salon is for sale. I had a hair cut booked not knowing about the sale. But I knew she would not be there to work her magic. Instead I ended up with someone else. I told her that it did not matter if she messed up as it would regrow. But, she cut my hair shorter than it has been for years. I had to rescue the situation when she got to my fringe as I need it long enough to cover the scar on my forehead. This short cut means I will have to go back sooner than planned for a colour. But at least the length between cuts will be longer.
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Confit Crayfish
Ingredients
- 2 crayfish tails, cleaned and out of the shell
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
- 15 g butter, plus extra for the pan
- 1 sprig tarragon
- 1 lime, zest only
Method
- Season your crayfish tails and place into a sous vide bag
- Add the butter, tarragon and lime zest to the bag
- Vacuum Seal and place into a sous vide cooker that is at 51º C
- Cook for 30 minutes then remove from the cooker
- Remove the crayfish from the bag
- Heat some butter in a frying pan and when hot add the crayfish tails
- Cook for 30 seconds per side just to add some colour
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Oh I hate it when they cut hair too short! I know it grows back but I dislike having short hair and only like it when they cut the dead ends off hehe. Good luck on your search Tandy!
Your hair is amazingly long. I have had long hair but cannot cope with how dry it gets from swimming in the sea.
You look beautiful with short hair tandy!
Thank you Lucie!
How beautiful would this taste. And yes…well said about the importance of a good hairdresser. I’m completely dependent on mine!
Me too!
This looks so tasty.
Amalia
xo
Thank you!
yum!! it’s amazing how much flavor gets added when you cook something in butter (;
For sure!
My hairdresser recently immigrated back to Bulgeria after 20 years in South Africa. A lot of Eastern European and Russian people seem to be going back to their countries of origin recently. I also had to find a new hairdresser. Fortunately, I am very happy with the highlights and cut the new hairdresser did for me on Saturday last week.
I could have sent you to my old hairdresser 🙂
Tough story. Every day I try to name a few things I’m grateful for, and today I will list my hairdresser! Your recipe looks delicious. I really do need to try sous vide cooking sometime!
I do the same every day as it really makes a difference to how I feel about life 🙂