crawfish/crawdads??

[Joz]

Isn't anyone gonna tell her how to EAT them once they're berled?

 

[burquechick]

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I'm thinking her husband knows how.

 

[SG_Chicken]

Check with you local game and fish on the laws. There are tons of site with how to catch and cook them. I found a great video on youtube on how to make a crawfish pot.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

I love "mudbugs"

Crawfish Etouffee is one of my fav's

1/2 cup roux
1 cup finely chopped onion
1 cup finely chopped bell pepper
2 cup diced tomatoes
2 cups water
3 lbs of cleaned crawfish meat
1 tsp. each salt, pepper, garlic powder
dash of cayenne
1 cup finely chopped green onion tops for garnish

Serve over rice....... and call me when it's ready

Steve

 

[SG_Chicken]

There are even videos on Youtube on how to eat them LOL

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

The hike in is about 1.5 miles and it took us 26 minutes to get in. Oh and you gain 1,200' in elevation in that 1.5 miles! We got up there and had the lake to ourselves, but there was a lot of garbage that someone left!

so we packed that out when we left...

We caught probably 50-60 of them which wasn't bad considering they have wised-up to the hot dog trick! My husband got waders on & was just throwing them out of the water to me!

When we got home, I used the ice bath thing and much to my dismay--one of them "released?" like a whole bunch of TINY, tiny BABIES!

we put those in the pond but I doubt they'll live because the lake we get them from is close to 7,000' and VERY clean and VERY cold.

Then, we boiled the salt water with lemon juice, the Zatarain's (sp) crab boil, cayenne, black pepper and some real butter. I couldn't put them in the water, so my husband did!

After they were done, I ate two or three...I am still on the fence as to whether or not I like them, LOL They kind of reminded me of shrimp (I don't like those, either!)

 

[sparkles2307]

I love me a good crawfish boil! Heap me up a plate of those bugs and watch me go!

 

[Funky Feathers]

Ooooo, send some to Me! I used to catch them with 2 metal strainers- use the one in front of them to scare them into the one behind them (they swim backwards). Worked great!

 

[HHandbasket]

Pinch off the tails, suck/eat the meat out, and squeeze the heads with your other hand and suck the juice out of it.

That's how they eat 'em down in Baton Rouge. When I lived in Baton Rouge, I would buy the crawfish meat already cooked/shelled and made crawfish fetuccini.

Get some Tony Chacere's seasonings. IMHO, it's a little better than Zatarain's. But people from Louisiana either use Zatarain's, Tony Chacere's, or Old Bay, depending on who you talk to and what parish they're from.

 

[charmed one]

When my DH lived in Hawaii, he would catch crawdads with a diaper pin and some bacon.

I have a great recipe for crawfish chowder. Just got it from a neighbor of mine. Yummy!!!

I'll have to bring it from home.