Crawfish Fritters

• 3-4 med crawfish tails
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 small sweet pepper, finely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
• 4 1/2 c. flour
• 2 c. water
• 3 Tbsp. baking powder
• 2 hot peppers
• 2 Tbsp. salt
• 2 Tbsp. tomato paste
• Cooking oil

Boil crawfish tails for ¾ hours & allow to cool.  Remove meat from shell, cut very fine.  Pour all ingredients including crawfish into a bowl.  Mix until a smooth mixture is obtained, this should be fairly thick.  Drop ½ t. at a time into a pot of hot fat & fry until golden brown.  

Hot Pepper Sauce:

• 1 Tbsp. oil

• 6 or 7 minced hot peppers

• 2 Tbsp. ketchup

• 2 Tbsp. vinegar

• Pinch of salt

Mince peppers & puree with the other ingredients.