Do Crawfish Live Under Floor Boards?

[Math Is Hard]

I think the next sisterhood meeting should be in Long Beach:

http://www.longbeachcrawfishfestival.com

 

[lisab]

Great idea...a night of Zydeco and crawfish sounds like a blast!

 

[Evo]

Oh, they grow in the drainage ditches here! Along with leeches.

 

[hypatia]

While it looks like a fun party event, I'll make sure to grab a burger before I go. I do however, want one of those nifty crawfish hats!

 

[Moonbear]

Ooh, yum, crawfish! *drools* Better give me a bib.

 

[Astronuc]

Are those freshwater crawfish or saltwater crayfish?

In Australia we used to get saltwater crayfish which are about the size of lobsters in the US. Took me a while to understand that Australian crayfish and US (crayfish) crawfish were different critters.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I don't think I have ever had the salt water kind. We used to catch them in creeks. What makes 'em so good is the spicy broth they boil them in. They boil them with potatoes and corn, and the spice soaks in, and it's so delicious.

 

[Huckleberry]

Never had them myself, and I doubt I would like them. I don't like crab or lobster or shrimp. Crustaceans are the reason I avoid seafood.

Besides that I like crawfish just fine. When I was a kid I remember looking for them in the winter, frozen in pools in the swamp near the lake that I lived by. It was always an adventure running through the swamp that time of year knowing that it would be impassible a few months later. I love crawfish for that.

 

[Evo]

Never had them myself, and I doubt I would like them. I don't like crab or lobster or shrimp. Crustaceans are the reason I avoid seafood.

Besides that I like crawfish just fine. When I was a kid I remember looking for them in the winter, frozen in pools in the swamp near the lake that I lived by. It was always an adventure running through the swamp that time of year knowing that it would be impassible a few months later. I love crawfish for that.

Wow, I've never known anyone that will eat crawfish and not other crustaceans. Why will you eat these crustaceans and not others? I have several friends that won't eat crustaceans, including crawfish.

 

[GeorginaS]

Wow, I've never known anyone that will eat crawfish and not other crustaceans. Why will you eat these crustaceans and not others? I have several friends that won't eat crustaceans, including crawfish.

I think you misunderstood, Evo. Huckleberry speculated that they would dislike crawfish as much as other crustaceans as food but otherwise likes them because they do something to a swamp that makes the swamp impassable. Or something. But the "like" has to do with their physicality and presence and nothing at all to do with being food.

Now. Sisterhood seafood party. Are you supplying the bibs, Moonbear?

 

[Huckleberry]

Wow, I've never known anyone that will eat crawfish and not other crustaceans. Why will you eat these crustaceans and not others? I have several friends that won't eat crustaceans, including crawfish.

No, no, yuck

I don't eat them, though I've never actually tried crawfish. I just like them for the memories. The only time I eat crustaceans is to avoid upsetting someone who offers them to me. Sometimes its easier to just eat it than to explain how I don't like them and deal with all the questions that come after that.

Shrimp that are breaded and heavily sauced aren't too bad. I'd still rather just eat the bread and sauce though.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

That looks like fun. I've never had crawfish.
Alas I am not in the sisterhood. :-/

 

[Evo]

I think you misunderstood, Evo. Huckleberry speculated that they would dislike crawfish as much as other crustaceans as food but otherwise likes them because they do something to a swamp that makes the swamp impassable. Or something. But the "like" has to do with their physicality and presence and nothing at all to do with being food.

Now. Sisterhood seafood party. Are you supplying the bibs, Moonbear?

No, no, yuck

I don't eat them, though I've never actually tried crawfish. I just like them for the memories. The only time I eat crustaceans is to avoid upsetting someone who offers them to me. Sometimes its easier to just eat it than to explain how I don't like them and deal with all the questions that come after that.

Shrimp that are breaded and heavily sauced aren't too bad. I'd still rather just eat the bread and sauce though.

Ah, I thought that by looking for them it was to eat. Oh well, their goes that thought that perhaps other crustacaen haters might like crawdads. :(

 

[turbo]

Now. Sisterhood seafood party. Are you supplying the bibs, Moonbear?

Crawfish ain't seafood. They're mud-bugs. Good though. When I was banging around east Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, I was like a kid in a candy store. Whenever I'd see a ratty-looking diner with a parking-lot full of pickup trucks, I'd mark it as good prospect for my next meal.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

They are crayfish. I was an adult before I ever heard anyone mispronounce them crawfish.

 

[turbo]

They are crayfish. I was an adult before I ever heard anyone mispronounce them crawfish.

In some parts of the South, they are "crawdads".

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I think the next sisterhood meeting should be in Long Beach:

http://www.longbeachcrawfishfestival.com

Crawfish?! What is the world coming to? No self-respecting Long Beach native would eat anything but grunion.

 

[maverick_starstrider]

They are crayfish. I was an adult before I ever heard anyone mispronounce them crawfish.

It's not a mispronunciation they are legitimately spelled crawfish AND crayfish. If you don't like it take it up with the dictionary. Also see adaption and adaptation.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

It's not a mispronunciation they are legitimately spelled crawfish AND crayfish. If you don't like it take it up with the dictionary. Also see adaption and adaptation.

Mispronounce I say and mispronounce it is. I'm talking about those crustaceans that you find swimming in the crick. When I hear crawfish, I figure it's someone from Great Britain or some other place where they don't speak good English.

 

[turbo]

Tomah-toes?

 

[maverick_starstrider]

From wikipedia "Crayfish, crawfish, or crawdads — members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea — "

 

[maverick_starstrider]

Mispronounce I say and mispronounce it is. I'm talking about those crustaceans that you find swimming in the crick. When I hear crawfish, I figure it's someone from Great Britain or some other place where they don't speak good English.

You must be a graduate of the Center For Children Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

From now on I'll put a smilie on it just for you, OK?

 

[maverick_starstrider]

much appreciated

 

[Loren Booda]

My brother, who has lived in Louisiana and Mississippi, has turned me on to various crawdad recipes, especially the spicy kind.

 

[GeorginaS]

Crawfish ain't seafood. They're mud-bugs. Good though.

Mud-bugs. You intended to colour the discussion a whole new way, didn't you?

 

[Phrak]

Mud-bugs. You intended to colour the discussion a whole new way, didn't you?

Yeah, well, they are. If you're going to eat anything like this living in warm water, mud, and both, kill it good in boiling water before eating it, and the parasites that live in it.

 

[Ouabache]

First time i had the pleasure of chowing down on these, was at a cajun/bluegrass festival. They have all kinds of authentic cultural cuisine at these events. I came back from one of the vendors with a bowl of jambalaya and a bucket of dads. Those crawfishes were spiced up nice! Yummm
This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcfQGQLQCOA" demonstrates the technique on "how to eat them"..

As I drove through Cajun Louisiana one fine spring day, I noticed how they are caught in the swamps. There seemed to be small mesh traps spaced about, across the water. As a boat would pull up to one of these, they would haul them up and dump their catch into a bin to bring back. Here is a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvRBmIenWhc&NR=1" at one such fisherman collecting his catch.. The dog swimming along behind him seems to be having a great time too. Hey Astro, is this fellow one of your cousins?

 

[hypatia]

I'm talking about those crustaceans that you find swimming in the crick. .

Hmmm I think you meant the creek?

 

[Proton Soup]

in alabama, they are crawdads, but a crayfish is fine too.

i have never eaten one, but have used them as fish bait. nothing against them, i expect to eat some eventually. most all seafood is OK by me.

 

[lisab]

Hmmm I think you meant the creek?

I think if the creature is found in a crick it's a crawdad; if it's found in a creek, it's a crayfish .

 

[Moonbear]

I don't care what you call them, they is some gooooood eating!

 

[Loren Booda]

From what I remember, crazyfish are a lot more sociable and fun to eat than lobster.

 

[Math Is Hard]

First time i had the pleasure of chowing down on these, was at a cajun/bluegrass festival. They have all kinds of authentic cultural cuisine at these events. I came back from one of the vendors with a bowl of jambalaya and a bucket of dads. Those crawfishes were spiced up nice! Yummm
This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcfQGQLQCOA" demonstrates the technique on "how to eat them"..

Thanks for the video. I probably needed a refresher course on peeling them. I haven't had them in a while. I do remember the basics - "suck the head.. pinch the tail!"

 

[Ouabache]

Thanks for the video. I probably needed a refresher course on peeling them. I haven't had them in a while. I do remember the basics - "suck the head.. pinch the tail!"

I asked the fellow who was steaming 'em up at the festival, the best way to eat 'em and he demonstrated this technique too. Watching that clip again is sure making me hungry.