I know Spring is here because HEB has started advertising that they have
Crawfish for sale on the weekends. Now, you have to buy them by the bag
(30 to 35 pounds) but usually around April, the bigger stores set up
cooking stands in the parking lot and you can by them cooked by the pound.

I know 30 pounds of crawfish sounds like a lot... but an average serving
would be around 3 pounds a person.

"Pinch the tail and suck the head!" Now that's good eating!

George L

On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 7:31:44 AM UTC-6, George L wrote:
> I know Spring is here because HEB has started advertising that they have
> Crawfish for sale on the weekends. Now, you have to buy them by the bag
> (30 to 35 pounds) but usually around April, the bigger stores set up
> cooking stands in the parking lot and you can by them cooked by the pound.
>
> I know 30 pounds of crawfish sounds like a lot... but an average serving
> would be around 3 pounds a person.
>
> "Pinch the tail and suck the head!" Now that's good eating!

Oh my! We used to go down and pluck little crawdads out of the Missouri river when I was a kid. They were feisty buggers, getting pinched by one was not a good time

I've never eaten one, maybe someday I will work up the courage to at least try them.

On 28/01/2015 13:31, George Leppla wrote:
....
> Crawfish for sale on the weekends....

.... but an average serving
> would be around 3 pounds a person....
>


surely not?

Tim W

On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 1:16:11 AM UTC-8, Tim w wrote:
> On 28/01/2015 13:31, George Leppla wrote:
> ...
> > Crawfish for sale on the weekends....
>
> ... but an average serving
> > would be around 3 pounds a person....
> >
>
>
> surely not?
>
> Tim W

Yes, that is correct. The only part of the crawfish that you eat is the tail meat. And three pounds of crawfish yield only about half a pound of tail meat. The shells carry all the weight.
You have to peel a lot of crawfish tails to get a decent serving. But the party that goes with it is worth the work.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:37:42 -0800 (PST), Miss Kitty
> wrote:

> I've never eaten one, maybe someday I will work up the courage to at least try them.

They are one of those things that I'd rather not meet before I cook
them. I'm fine eating them in a restaurant, but I can't eat one I
caught myself. Just can't do it. Tried and failed.

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On 1/29/2015 9:59 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:37:42 -0800 (PST), Miss Kitty
> > wrote:
>
>> I've never eaten one, maybe someday I will work up the courage to at least try them.
>
> They are one of those things that I'd rather not meet before I cook
> them. I'm fine eating them in a restaurant, but I can't eat one I
> caught myself. Just can't do it. Tried and failed.

In our area, rice is planted, when the rice is about 6" tall, the fields
are flooded until the rice is harvested. The rice fields are seeded with
crawfish in May, so rice and crawfish go hand in hand. I like crawfish,
but they are, "a lot of work for just a little tail."

Becca

Becca wrote:
>
>In our area, rice is planted, when the rice is about 6" tall, the fields
>are flooded until the rice is harvested. The rice fields are seeded with
>crawfish in May, so rice and crawfish go hand in hand. I like crawfish,
>but they are, "a lot of work for just a little tail."

I little tail is always a lot of work, Becca.

"Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/29/2015 9:59 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:37:42 -0800 (PST), Miss Kitty
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I've never eaten one, maybe someday I will work up the courage to at
>>> least try them.
>>
>> They are one of those things that I'd rather not meet before I cook
>> them. I'm fine eating them in a restaurant, but I can't eat one I
>> caught myself. Just can't do it. Tried and failed.
>
> In our area, rice is planted, when the rice is about 6" tall, the fields
> are flooded until the rice is harvested. The rice fields are seeded with
> crawfish in May, so rice and crawfish go hand in hand. I like crawfish,
> but they are, "a lot of work for just a little tail."

Where is that, Becca?

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On 1/31/2015 6:08 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/29/2015 9:59 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:37:42 -0800 (PST), Miss Kitty
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've never eaten one, maybe someday I will work up the courage to at
>>>> least try them.
>>>
>>> They are one of those things that I'd rather not meet before I cook
>>> them. I'm fine eating them in a restaurant, but I can't eat one I
>>> caught myself. Just can't do it. Tried and failed.
>>
>> In our area, rice is planted, when the rice is about 6" tall, the
>> fields are flooded until the rice is harvested. The rice fields are
>> seeded with crawfish in May, so rice and crawfish go hand in hand. I
>> like crawfish, but they are, "a lot of work for just a little tail."
>
> Where is that, Becca?

In the United States, you find rice fields in Texas and Louisiana, but
you can also find some in Arkansas and California; we have rice fields
that are about 10 minutes away from our house.

Each field is surrounded by dirt levees to keep the water in, then the
water is pumped out. Here you see a rice field and in the second photo,
you can see the tops of crawfish traps. A flat boat comes along, empties
the trap, baits it, then puts the trap back, then the boat moves along
to the next trap.

https://trekofalifetime.wordpress.co...rice-crawfish/

Becca

"Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/31/2015 6:08 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Becca EmaNymton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 1/29/2015 9:59 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:37:42 -0800 (PST), Miss Kitty
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've never eaten one, maybe someday I will work up the courage to at
>>>>> least try them.
>>>>
>>>> They are one of those things that I'd rather not meet before I cook
>>>> them. I'm fine eating them in a restaurant, but I can't eat one I
>>>> caught myself. Just can't do it. Tried and failed.
>>>
>>> In our area, rice is planted, when the rice is about 6" tall, the
>>> fields are flooded until the rice is harvested. The rice fields are
>>> seeded with crawfish in May, so rice and crawfish go hand in hand. I
>>> like crawfish, but they are, "a lot of work for just a little tail."
>>
>> Where is that, Becca?
>
> In the United States, you find rice fields in Texas and Louisiana, but you
> can also find some in Arkansas and California; we have rice fields that
> are about 10 minutes away from our house.

I never knew that

> Each field is surrounded by dirt levees to keep the water in, then the
> water is pumped out. Here you see a rice field and in the second photo,
> you can see the tops of crawfish traps. A flat boat comes along, empties
> the trap, baits it, then puts the trap back, then the boat moves along to
> the next trap.
>
> https://trekofalifetime.wordpress.co...rice-crawfish/

Thank you very much! All new to me and *very* interesting)


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