Last year’s drought, extreme heat, saltwater intrusion on the Mississippi River and a hard winter freeze in the Bayou State have devastated this year’s crawfish harvest and led to significant price hikes for those purchasing "mudbugs." Landry says the shortage is not only affecting Louisiana’s economy but also "our way of life."
Thursday, March 14, 2024
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Isleton, California. They export tons of of those crustaceans to Europe. No one eats them in California...
ReplyDeleteI don't get crawfish. Maybe it's because I'm from up North. I bought a bunch of them a few years ago, and just sat there looking at them. Like mouse-milking, it seems like a lot of work for a very small reward. Somebody straighten me out. What am I doing wrong?
ReplyDeleteCajuns will eat anything given enough rice and cayenne.
DeleteRule of thumb is 5# of crawfish per person, this will yield about 1# of meat. Seasoned up right with potatoes, corn, sausage and mushrooms makes some mighty fine eating......
DeleteIt's a cultural thing, when our ancestors were removed from Canada and found themselves in the marsh and swamps of Louisiana food was what they found there....
JD
I think it's mainly the drinking that goes along with eating crawfish. Like the bartender putting out salted nuts so customers get thirsty and drink more, the crawfish are spicy and tends to get people guzzling beer. Dixie beer. At restaurants there Dixie is listed under the "imported beer" section of the menu. No shit. I teased waitresses endlessly about it. Plus eating crawfish got that tequila thing too, you know, lick the salt, take the shot, bite the lemon? Well, pinch the head, suck the juices, eat the tail.
DeleteBut yeah, as to regular food when you're hungry? Hard pass. I think of them as more of an appetizer.
You just have to get efficient at eating them. I used to cook them in college as a part-time job. Not much on eating them anymore because I used to have to eat them while I was cooking them same reason I won’t eat at McDonald’s anymore. I work there in high school. Ate too much of the food. My best friend owns a crawfish farm. I’ll get them cheap as shit and I still don’t eat them very often. You feel the same way about crawfish that I do about crabs. Too much work too little yield
DeleteOur neighbor had their first of the year boils and the crawfish were small. I personally don’t care too much for the things but the potatoes, corn and sausage are pretty tasty.
ReplyDeleteTime to declare it a Gumbo disaster zone so FEMA will step in and make things right.
ReplyDeleteLA has a Republican Governor.
DeleteNot a chance in Hell.
https://www.acadiacrawfish.com/product-category/live-crawfish/
ReplyDeleteWiscoDave
We used to catch crayfish in the local creek,tasty. Sonoma Creek in Kenwood CA.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cpu9Z3z6pU
ReplyDeleteWe saw the Peterson Family in Branson last spring...very good!
DeleteLove em but only eat a couple of times a year. Sucks if you're in the mud bug business but I have my own problems.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of an old joke.
ReplyDeleteWhat does a Lobster and a Chinese kid that just got run over by a bus have in common? They're both crustaceans.
Man, when I lived in Houston, mud bugs became an annual party. My BIL would go to Louisiana and pick up a couple of huge bags. We would fire up the propane burner, line the table with newspaper, purge the crawfish, boil them bad boys up, serve them with copious quantities of cocktail sauce, lemon, and margaritas. Do that with a dozen or so good friends. Woo hoo!
ReplyDeleteWaste of fish bait in my opinion
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