Just got back from Louisiana

MaC122

First time having crawfish.  Way too much of a pain in the ass!

MaC122

sigh.... I took the pic normal on the iPhone...sorry

Angus1978

@MaC122
there's a method to eating them....they're no PITA if you have your flow down right

Thatgrimguy

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.

Thatgrimguy

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

NPHuskerFL

Are you saying prepping/cooking is a PITA? Or consuming?  Good Lawd those look mighty fine!   Yes Sir 

Ozzie_Isaac

Love mud bugs.  Easy to eat, but need a southerner to show you the tricks.

jist is pinch tail and suck head

theyolksonyou

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. 

Thatgrimguy

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!

tcampbell

My favorite meal.

nolan8v

MaC122,

Once you learn to peel / eat them properly, you will enjoy them.

buzd504

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.

SGH

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

LiveToEat

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. 

SGH

@MaC122 - Great looking bugs. 

buzd504

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.

Legume

You're right, they're a pain in the ass.  More for me 

Jstroke

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.

LiveToEat

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! 

MaC122

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.