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MaC122
MaC122 Posts: 797
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First time having crawfish.  Way too much of a pain in the ass!
St. Johns County, Florida
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  • MaC122
    MaC122 Posts: 797
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    sigh.... I took the pic normal on the iPhone...sorry


    St. Johns County, Florida
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  • Angus1978
    Angus1978 Posts: 390
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    @MaC122
    there's a method to eating them....they're no PITA if you have your flow down right :)
    LBGE and Primo XL Plano TX All right all right alllll riight
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  • Thatgrimguy
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    MaC122 said:
    First time having crawfish.  Way too much of a pain in the ass!
    That's just cause you didn't know what you were doing!!! I can eat 1 in 2 seconds flat including sucking the head.
    XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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  • Thatgrimguy
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    YOu only need to peel the first vertebrae (or whatever those layers of the shells are called) then you can pinch the tail and take the meat out with your teeth
    XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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  • NPHuskerFL
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    Are you saying prepping/cooking is a PITA? Or consuming?  Good Lawd those look mighty fine!   Yes Sir 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,125
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    Love mud bugs.  Easy to eat, but need a southerner to show you the tricks.

    jist is pinch tail and suck head
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Man, I'm just a hillbilly from NGA, but is plow thru those things. I'm willing to put in a little work for those mud bugs. 
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  • Thatgrimguy
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    NPHuskerFL said:
    Are you saying prepping/cooking is a PITA? Or consuming?  Good Lawd those look mighty fine!   Yes Sir 
    If he's not at a restaurant then his friends robbed one to make that table up!
    XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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  • tcampbell
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    My favorite meal.
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  • nolan8v
    nolan8v Posts: 400
    edited May 2015
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    MaC122,

    Once you learn to peel / eat them properly, you will enjoy them.
    "You can live in any city in America, but New Orleans is the only city that lives in you."
    Chris Rose 

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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,824
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    Thatgrimguy said:
    YOu only need to peel the first vertebrae (or whatever those layers of the shells are called) then you can pinch the tail and take the meat out with your teeth
    You're doing it wrong.  If they're cooked correctly, you don't even need to peel the shells.
    NOLA
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  • SGH
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    Thatgrimguy said:
     I can eat 1 in 2 seconds flat including sucking the head.
    I got to ask brother grim, why does it take you so long to eat one? I can eat a small pork butt in that amount of time ;)

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  • LiveToEat
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    Mac...oh man you are missing out!  Boiled a couple sacks this weekend and only thing that would make it better is if I was using my BGE to cook!  Maybe it was the beer you were drinking (shown in your pic)...next time pair your crawfish with Shiner, St. Arnold's or perhaps Sam Adams. 
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  • SGH
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    @MaC122 - Great looking bugs. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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    LiveToEat said:
    Mac...oh man you are missing out!  Boiled a couple sacks this weekend and only thing that would make it better is if I was using my BGE to cook!  Maybe it was the beer you were drinking (shown in your pic)...next time pair your crawfish with Shiner, St. Arnold's or perhaps Sam Adams.

    Dixie, Abita, Bayou Teche, Parish, Tin Roof, NOLA, and Covington all make better beers for crawfish.
    NOLA
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  • Legume
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    You're right, they're a pain in the ass.  More for me  :)
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  • Jstroke
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    Next time you fly me down and I'll show you for nothing how fast they can disappear. But I don't eat the corn and pots. they just get in the way and take room up on the plate. And I don't drink beer so it should be a cheap trip for you.
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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  • LiveToEat
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    buzd504 said:
    LiveToEat said:
    Mac...oh man you are missing out!  Boiled a couple sacks this weekend and only thing that would make it better is if I was using my BGE to cook!  Maybe it was the beer you were drinking (shown in your pic)...next time pair your crawfish with Shiner, St. Arnold's or perhaps Sam Adams.

    Dixie, Abita, Bayou Teche, Parish, Tin Roof, NOLA, and Covington all make better beers for crawfish.
    I'm in Texas, you're most likely in Louisiana (my second favorite place to be!) and I agree with you! Was just there for Mother's Day and had one of the fine selections you list with BIL's crawfish. Also got my fix for Central Grocery Muffaletta, D'Martinos PoBoys and Cafe Du Monde beignets and coffee! 
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  • MaC122
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    So this was at a restaurant. They told me to push the tail into the head, twist and pull it off. Suck the head and then peel off the top two shell things and push the tail meat out. The pain was getting the meat out of the tail.
    St. Johns County, Florida
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