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Had my first crawfish of the season today (1 Viewer)
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Crawfish are typically bigger and more abundent in the mid spring....however this year, it looks like the "good season" will begin earlier
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LHUCKS
Footballguy
Gotcha...why earlier this year?
Best. Food. Ever. S.
Warmer winter weather = more conducive (sp?) for maiting = increased supply
Capella
Footballguy
they are absolutely disgusting.
where did you have them?
Capella
Footballguy
Metaire
who cooked them?
Capella
Footballguy
I dunno, forget where we were. Some restaurant.
IGKYA!!!
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
boiled crawfish?
Capella
Footballguy
yea, brought em out in the bucket, we had to suck the brains out or something. no fn way.
If I ever end up on death row, this will probably be my last meal. I just hope they catch me in Louisiana and not Utah.
#####did you try them? if so, what didn't you like about them
Capella
Footballguy
I didn't like having to suck the brains and crap out of something that looked like a cockroach.
Did you taste it?I didn't like having to suck the brains and crap out of something that looked like a cockroach.
shining path
:prettyplease:
shining path
:prettyplease:
You don't get the full flavor experience unless you take your pinky and dig out all the fat and innards from the head and eat them too. Did you at least try this?
Capella
Footballguy
Reminds me of my fat chick era.
SproutDaddy
Footballguy
I thought this was the term used to describe shrimp. Anyway, crawfish are a freshwater species if I'm not mistaken.
Marc Levin
Hangs out with Oscar Zeta Acosta
Mud Bugs.
Is there a chance last year's hurricanes have something to do with it? As I recall, these bottom feeders are especially attracted to decaying animal tissue (ie - dead fish/animals that have started rotting)
I'm just guessing, but I would imagine they had an increase in both food supply and hiding places from predators (lots of shoreline slipped into the swollen rivers and lakes and created big mud banks).
We can (and I have) pull them out of Cherry Creek reservoir by tying rotting meat to a piece of string and they latch on like Rosie O'Donnel to a chicken wing.
Is there a chance last year's hurricanes have something to do with it? As I recall, these bottom feeders are especially attracted to decaying animal tissue (ie - dead fish/animals that have started rotting)
I'm just guessing, but I would imagine they had an increase in both food supply and hiding places from predators (lots of shoreline slipped into the swollen rivers and lakes and created big mud banks).
We can (and I have) pull them out of Cherry Creek reservoir by tying rotting meat to a piece of string and they latch on like Rosie O'Donnel to a chicken wing.
Polecat
Footballguy
OK. First off, Katrina was in 2005, almost a year and half. There were no hurricanes on the gulf coast in 2006, luckily.Secondly, the overwhelming majority of crawfish that ever reach a boiling pot are farm raised, not dragged out of a river, lake or swamp.
Lastly, the term "mud bugs" is not accurate. Properly purged prior to cooking, there is nothing muddy about a crawfish at all. Yeah, they live in or around some mud, but so do pigs and you don't call a pig a "mud cow".
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
Never had 'em. When I was growing up we used to catch crawdads in small creeks just for kicks. Never ate one.
Back in December of '87 I went to Jax for the Gator Bowl between LSU and Carolina. While walking around the stadium we passed some booths with a vile smell. We learned they were cooking crawfish. Of course I had never actually heard them called that, I had only heard crawdad.
The memory of that smell has prevented me from ever trying them.
Back in December of '87 I went to Jax for the Gator Bowl between LSU and Carolina. While walking around the stadium we passed some booths with a vile smell. We learned they were cooking crawfish. Of course I had never actually heard them called that, I had only heard crawdad.
The memory of that smell has prevented me from ever trying them.
E Street Brat
Footballguy
I just tried them for the first time last weekend, and I'm with Cappy on this one.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
I will shame my Louisiana brothers here...
I hate the nasty mudbugs. They are the roaches of the sea. Ask anybody whom has ever pulled a dead body out of a river or lake around here....COVERED in crawdads.
I like a good boil, but only for the corn, potatoes, onion, artichokes, and cold beer. Spending 1 hour working for 6 ounces of terrible meat is not my idea of good times.
I hate the nasty mudbugs. They are the roaches of the sea. Ask anybody whom has ever pulled a dead body out of a river or lake around here....COVERED in crawdads.
I like a good boil, but only for the corn, potatoes, onion, artichokes, and cold beer. Spending 1 hour working for 6 ounces of terrible meat is not my idea of good times.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
They don't...they are a different creature. However, our blue crabs are much better.
(Guaranteed way of pissing off someone from MD....tell them their crabs are inferior.)
playin4beer
Footballguy
I've never had crawdads and when I saw this thread I knew Tipsy would be posting in it. I'll take his word for it, seeings how he knows just a little bit about cajun food.
On the other hand, I too had lumped them with crabs, lobster, etc. 
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
You must decide for yourself. I hate them, but my chef, sous chef, best friends, and family all seem to love them.I've never had crawdads and when I saw this thread I knew Tipsy would be posting in it. I'll take his word for it, seeings how he knows just a little bit about cajun food.On the other hand, I too had lumped them with crabs, lobster, etc.
playin4beer
Footballguy
I'm not opposed to trying new food, it's just that I thought they would taste similar to crabs and I LOVE crabmeat, lobsters, and every type of shrimp known to man.Try to explain what they taste like......is it more of a seafood taste, or meaty taste?You must decide for yourself. I hate them, but my chef, sous chef, best friends, and family all seem to love them.I've never had crawdads and when I saw this thread I knew Tipsy would be posting in it. I'll take his word for it, seeings how he knows just a little bit about cajun food.
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Pole Cat
Footballguy
They don't...they are a different creature. However, our blue crabs are much better.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
More like meat. Meat that has a ton of cayanne & garlic trying to make it palatable.(sp?)They are slimey and you have to make them puke first before throwing them in the pot of water. People are sick too...they enjoy racing them down a board into the water, grilling some live ones on the bbq...filing the toilet with them (those are some very loud screams coming from the first lady going in the john). Quite disturbing the games I enjoy.I'm not opposed to trying new food, it's just that I thought they would taste similar to crabs and I LOVE crabmeat, lobsters, and every type of shrimp known to man.Try to explain what they taste like......is it more of a seafood taste, or meaty taste?You must decide for yourself. I hate them, but my chef, sous chef, best friends, and family all seem to love them.I've never had crawdads and when I saw this thread I knew Tipsy would be posting in it. I'll take his word for it, seeings how he knows just a little bit about cajun food.On the other hand, I too had lumped them with crabs, lobster, etc.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
They don't...they are a different creature. However, our blue crabs are much better.
Maryland crabs are great. Our softshells are unbeatable however.
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InTheLoo
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I would MUCH rather eat crawfish anyday than mess with the pain in the ### of cracking blue crabs for 12 hours. Dungeness and King Crab are something else entirely.tipsy mcstagger said:They don't...they are a different creature. However, our blue crabs are much better.Pole Cat said:(Guaranteed way of pissing off someone from MD....tell them their crabs are inferior.)
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InTheLoo
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Definitely more meaty, IMO. They have to be purged and cooked correctly as they can be absolutely horrid if the cook doesnt know what they are doing. In mouth feel they arent much different from shrimp, but seem to have a more buttery/fatty content.playin4beer said:I'm not opposed to trying new food, it's just that I thought they would taste similar to crabs and I LOVE crabmeat, lobsters, and every type of shrimp known to man.Try to explain what they taste like......is it more of a seafood taste, or meaty taste?tipsy mcstagger said:You must decide for yourself. I hate them, but my chef, sous chef, best friends, and family all seem to love them.playin4beer said:I've never had crawdads and when I saw this thread I knew Tipsy would be posting in it. I'll take his word for it, seeings how he knows just a little bit about cajun food.tipsy mcstagger said:
playin4beer
Footballguy
tipsy mcstagger said:More like meat. Meat that has a ton of cayanne & garlic trying to make it palatable.(sp?)They are slimey and you have to make them puke first before throwing them in the pot of water. People are sick too...they enjoy racing them down a board into the water, grilling some live ones on the bbq...filing the toilet with them (those are some very loud screams coming from the first lady going in the john). Quite disturbing the games I enjoy.playin4beer said:I'm not opposed to trying new food, it's just that I thought they would taste similar to crabs and I LOVE crabmeat, lobsters, and every type of shrimp known to man.Try to explain what they taste like......is it more of a seafood taste, or meaty taste?tipsy mcstagger said:You must decide for yourself. I hate them, but my chef, sous chef, best friends, and family all seem to love them.playin4beer said:I've never had crawdads and when I saw this thread I knew Tipsy would be posting in it. I'll take his word for it, seeings how he knows just a little bit about cajun food.tipsy mcstagger said:
What the hell?? What do you do.... fill em full of Jack Daniels and take em on a merry-go-round?
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InTheLoo
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Little bit of water and a lot of salt. Puke out the impurities and cleans em up a bit.tipsy mcstagger said:More like meat. Meat that has a ton of cayanne & garlic trying to make it palatable.(sp?)They are slimey and you have to make them puke first before throwing them in the pot of water. People are sick too...they enjoy racing them down a board into the water, grilling some live ones on the bbq...filing the toilet with them (those are some very loud screams coming from the first lady going in the john). Quite disturbing the games I enjoy.playin4beer said:I'm not opposed to trying new food, it's just that I thought they would taste similar to crabs and I LOVE crabmeat, lobsters, and every type of shrimp known to man.Try to explain what they taste like......is it more of a seafood taste, or meaty taste?tipsy mcstagger said:You must decide for yourself. I hate them, but my chef, sous chef, best friends, and family all seem to love them.playin4beer said:I've never had crawdads and when I saw this thread I knew Tipsy would be posting in it. I'll take his word for it, seeings how he knows just a little bit about cajun food.tipsy mcstagger said:
ThisGuy
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I was walking around a lake by my house last week and on of these buggers was on the path and threatening me. He was standing up on his tail and snapping his pinchers at me.
It was certainly bigger than I remember them being. This one was at least 4-5" long.
I've had crawfish before, but I'm not sure you'd want to eat a Jersey crawfish.
It was certainly bigger than I remember them being. This one was at least 4-5" long.
I've had crawfish before, but I'm not sure you'd want to eat a Jersey crawfish.
Kilgore Trout
Footballguy
They are related to lobsters, and are somewhat similar in taste. Tipsy's chefs know more about food than he does.
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