Sadly, the crawfish harvest this year was bad. So, they are scarce and freaking expensive,,,,,,

wheel,

I've ate that leather you call BBQ, , ,

pedro,

wheel,

not likely...

wheel,

The same thing happened when it was discovered that the best "Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs" had to be imported from New Orleans.

Crawfish, scrimp, onion, taters, curn, deer snausage. With some homemade cajun boil.

Springs couldn't get here fast enough

Only place I've had em in the last 5 years or so is Popeyes.

those aint mud bugs those were rest room bugs that just fell in the batter..

Probably, but there's not another place with em on the menu anywhere around here in northwest Indiana.

That's your first mistake. Never order em in a restaurant.

You can't tell which ones are floaters.

It's a lot cheaper when you catch um yourself.

Clean them out with fresh tap water and a air stone on a bubbler

For a couple days. Drain the water and replace when gets dirty.

Before you boil them, purge them with salt. Make them puke out the rest of the nasty stuff

When you start boiling them remove the floater. There dead, and been dead for awhile.

what if you soak them in beer..??? 😕

Bypass the salt water soak. It doesn't help. Soaking more than 12 hours or so is a waste of time without a commercial setup. Most people soak about 4-6 hours which is plenty long enough to remove loose dirt and allow them to filter ingested mud. All you have to do is remove the intestine when you peel them.

Been doing it that way for 30 years. Never once had a dirty tasting crawfish.

Floaters are easy to spot. They are the ones with a loose tail, but not always a straight tail. Most people will pick the dead ones out before the dump them in the water.

Don't believe all the internet BS. There are way too many people coping BS and passing it off as fact on websites to make a few bucks on google ads.

Like any good Cajun though, I still prefer the ones I boil to any others.

I've seen exactly three live ones in my lifetime and all only in the Kankakee River. They just aint 'round here.

Restaurant is my only option locally.

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