Just did a crawfish boil

[whm1974]

Well just found out from this old article from 2007 that crawfish actually live in Illinois where I live. I wonder if they are available in Horseshoe Lake. However I'm not sure they will be safe to eat caught from there.

 

[Chaotic42]

Well just found out from this old article from 2007 that crawfish actually live in Illinois where I live. I wonder if they are available in Horseshoe Lake. However I'm not sure they will be safe to eat caught from there.

Probably not:

http://dph.illinois.gov/topics-serv...gy/fish-advisories/map/horseshoe-lake-madison

 

[whm1974]

Probably not:

http://dph.illinois.gov/topics-serv...gy/fish-advisories/map/horseshoe-lake-madison

Yeah I wouldn't want PCB or lead poisoning.

 

[whm1974]

@UglyCasanova I didn't know you could eat these thing alive:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/eating-crawfish-zmaz74jazhol
Some 12 y/o girl did that to earn her merit badge.

 

[zinfamous]

hmm, buddy found a dude that charged ~$80 to airship 40lbs of mud bugs up to Baltimore in May of last year. I think it is kinda after the prime season? We did a boil in the backyard. I couldn't believe the price, though. Plane departed LA in the morning and arrived in MD, and picked up by 6pm.

 

[whm1974]

hmm, buddy found a dude that charged ~$80 to airship 40lbs of mud bugs up to Baltimore in May of last year. I think it is kinda after the prime season? We did a boil in the backyard. I couldn't believe the price, though. Plane departed LA in the morning and arrived in MD, and picked up by 6pm.

That sounds cheap, don't mudbugs cost more then that?

 

[Chaotic42]

hmm, buddy found a dude that charged ~$80 to airship 40lbs of mud bugs up to Baltimore in May of last year. I think it is kinda after the prime season? We did a boil in the backyard. I couldn't believe the price, though. Plane departed LA in the morning and arrived in MD, and picked up by 6pm.

Did he need the cockpit hours? That's an absurdly low price.

 

[whm1974]

How do you convince someone who isn't inclined to eat something that looks like a bug to eat a crayfish?

 

[Fritzo]

How do you convince someone who isn't inclined to eat something that looks like a bug to eat a crayfish?

Start with shrimp and work their way up.

 

[zinfamous]

Did he need the cockpit hours? That's an absurdly low price.

Just checked again. It was 30lbs, but yes, $80 or maybe slightly less, even, to pick them up at BWI. Yes, it was stunningly cheap. Not sure if it has to do with it being relatively late in the season, or what, but that is what happened.

 

[whm1974]

I think if when I try crawdads for the first time, it will be a dish made with it. I'm not sure I would be grossed out by taking one apart, especially with seeing the guts.