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Post by Alan on Oct 23, 2017 7:44:11 GMT -6
Back in 72 I spent some time in Slidell. I was living right next to the bayou. One day I saw a neighbor heading towards the water with a bucket. He said he was going down to the bayou to get some crabs for supper. This guy wasn't a native. If I remember right he was a new arrival to the area from Indiana. Anyway I told him I didn't think there were any crabs in the bayou but he said "Oh yes there is". I told him to bring them back and show me. About a half hour later he returned with a bucket of....you guessed it, crawdads. I was thinking big ole blue claw or calico crabs. Apparently crawdads were crabs to him.
OK, so,
Who Likes crawdads?
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Post by ShadowsDad on Oct 23, 2017 8:11:26 GMT -6
Never had 'em but I'd love to try them.
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Post by GarnerPW on Oct 23, 2017 15:13:59 GMT -6
Here in Southern Maryland the locals pride them self's on were they get their Chesapeake Blue Crabs from. I am a military implant and have not bought into the crab thing. Though I did work at a crab house one season when I was in school. They are to much work for so little reward and I don't need an excuse to set around and drink beer. I haven't ever had crawdads.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Oct 23, 2017 16:22:43 GMT -6
Garner, if you ever have the opportunity you want to try softshell blue crab. It gets rid of all of the objectionable work and is pure reward. 50 years ago they were most easily found at fairs and such at the coast.
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Post by GarnerPW on Oct 23, 2017 16:47:00 GMT -6
Garner, if you ever have the opportunity you want to try softshell blue crab. It gets rid of all of the objectionable work and is pure reward. 50 years ago they were most easily found at fairs and such at the coast. Yea I've had them. Deep fried and in a sandwich. They cost a little more and are only available during certain times of the season. When the crabs are molting.
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Post by Trout Whisperer on Oct 23, 2017 20:47:48 GMT -6
I used to catch them in a trap while fishing different reservoirs in the Rockies. It takes bunch of them to feed multiple people. Actually caught one on a baited hook once, too.
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Post by wchnu on Oct 23, 2017 21:48:40 GMT -6
Nothing better then a bunch of crawfish and good friends. I have spent a lot of time on South Louisiana. The last 11 years have all been down here. Nothing much better. As far as the blue crabs go you would ba amazed by some of the places they live. They are quite aways from the salt water in some of the lakes South of Lafayette. They are a bit of work...but the taste makes up for it.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Oct 23, 2017 22:16:38 GMT -6
I would spend my younger years on the coast of NJ poling a small boat through the sea cabbage looking for a claw or leg sticking out. Then I'd reverse the pole and use the crab net. I spent many an hour that way when my uncle and I weren't fishing in deeper water. I love blue crab.
Fuzzy, can the taste be compared to crawfish at all?
FWIW, crawfish have a hole in their head that serves as their inner ear. What lets them know down from up is tiny grains of whatever that they put in that hole. For a science experiment we gave them a "floor" of iron "gravel" and as they replaced the grains in their inner ear with iron filings they could be made to flip upside down as a magnet above gave them the new "down" for their local gravity. Of course remove the magnet and real gravity takes over and they flip back over.
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Post by wchnu on Oct 23, 2017 22:25:46 GMT -6
They do not taste like crab. Better to me. I do not like them super hot like some do. Mild seasoning is great and you can actually taste them. There are places online to order crawfish pie. They will ship it. It's great stuff too. Savoy's is a favorite of mine.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Oct 23, 2017 22:47:22 GMT -6
OMG! I figured the shipping was going to be killer. It was. Over $50 for a pie is just too much for just me to swallow :-) . I doubt the wife would touch it. Maybe someday I'll taste crawfish.
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Post by wchnu on Oct 23, 2017 22:52:01 GMT -6
OMG! I figured the shipping was going to be killer. It was. Over $50 for a pie is just too much for just me to swallow :-) . I doubt the wife would touch it. Maybe someday I'll taste crawfish. Wow. Did not dream it was that much.grrrrrrrr. That is over the top.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Oct 24, 2017 7:53:44 GMT -6
Yeah, shipping was over $27.
I've heard that crawdads are in some of our water, but I've also heard that they are small and not very many. Not worth the bother to my way of thinking. Let the smallmouth bass have them.
That reminds me. Our most prolific squirrels locally have been reds, aka pine squirrels. They are tiny, maybe midway between a chipmunk and a grey. Not worth the bother. So I've been favoring oaks on my land so that they grow into big oaks. I also planted Jap' walnuts (aka heartnut). Well, our grey squirrel population has been growing and the little bushytailed rats discovered my stash of heartnuts that the wife and I picked up and I had drying in the bed of my pickup truck. By the time I realized what was going on the little SOBs had at least half of them. My neighbor told me that we were going to have heartnuts growing in the area from all of the squirrel activity in the trees, but I thought they would be safe to dry in the truck. Not so. No good way to shoot them in the bed of the truck either even if I wanted to save the nuts.
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Post by Alan on Oct 24, 2017 9:45:17 GMT -6
Years ago (pre Katrina) my wife used to make a lot of business trips to N.O. so I would take time off and go along. While she was at meetings I would go to small restaurants and gobble down crawdads and beer. I can't eat them quite as hot as the locals so I prefer a milder seasoning like Fuzzy. Its a taste I acquired in the early 70s when I was spending time in Slidell. Also got to like grits, cornbread, greens, and other southern dishes.
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Post by ShadowsDad on Oct 24, 2017 15:29:51 GMT -6
I was introduced to grits in the military. It's good with bacon or sausage bits mixed in IMO. They need something. Cornbread I needed no intro to. I just like it. Not as an everyday bread, but I make it instead of corn muffins for breakfast. It's fantastic buttered and with maple syrup. I like greens. Maybe it's southern, but it's also northern.
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Post by wchnu on Oct 24, 2017 18:29:46 GMT -6
Yeah, shipping was over $27. I've heard that crawdads are in some of our water, but I've also heard that they are small and not very many. Not worth the bother to my way of thinking. Let the smallmouth bass have them. That reminds me. Our most prolific squirrels locally have been reds, aka pine squirrels. They are tiny, maybe midway between a chipmunk and a grey. Not worth the bother. So I've been favoring oaks on my land so that they grow into big oaks. I also planted Jap' walnuts (aka heartnut). Well, our grey squirrel population has been growing and the little bushytailed rats discovered my stash of heartnuts that the wife and I picked up and I had drying in the bed of my pickup truck. By the time I realized what was going on the little SOBs had at least half of them. My neighbor told me that we were going to have heartnuts growing in the area from all of the squirrel activity in the trees, but I thought they would be safe to dry in the truck. Not so. No good way to shoot them in the bed of the truck either even if I wanted to save the nuts. I have a couple of good air rifles. Would still play hell on the back glass if they bounced around though. Years ago (pre Katrina) my wife used to make a lot of business trips to N.O. so I would take time off and go along. While she was at meetings I would go to small restaurants and gobble down crawdads and beer. I can't eat them quite as hot as the locals so I prefer a milder seasoning like Fuzzy. Its a taste I acquired in the early 70s when I was spending time in Slidell. Also got to like grits, cornbread, greens, and other southern dishes. Gawd. Now I gotta cook tomorrow. Stomach is growling. I was introduced to grits in the military. It's good with bacon or sausage bits mixed in IMO. They need something. Cornbread I needed no intro to. I just like it. Not as an everyday bread, but I make it instead of corn muffins for breakfast. It's fantastic buttered and with maple syrup. I like greens. Maybe it's southern, but it's also northern. I like to make johnny cakes for breakfast. Like a cornbread pancake. Love them with syrup. I add butter pepper and a touch of sweetner to grits. Had a small bowl with breakfast this morning at a favorite resturant.
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