My friend Jessica is visiting relatives in Arkansas. Yesterday they went crawdaddy fishing, and I am sharing the pictures she put on Facebook.
I asked her how one goes about catching crawdads: She said you tie a piece of bacon on some fishing line and toss it on some rocks; the crawdads come out and pinch on the bacon and you pull them out and flip them in a bucket. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
I asked her if they taste like lobster; she said yes, but mostly they take on the flavor of the crab boil.
From the line of Jessica's comments on Facebook, she seems to have seen a few snakes on her visit to her old home state.
Here's another picture she shared: Blanchard Springs Caverns.
Thanks Jessica, for letting me steal your pictures.
We got to go to New Orleans last summer when visiting DS#2 and two of my grandsons just loved those crawdaddies. Your entry brought back a wonderful memory for me today! Hope your Saturday is a super one!
ReplyDeleteDuring wet springs our ditch is filled with crawdad holes making it hard to mow and weedeat. I think some people here use them for fishing bait but I don't know anyone who eats them.
ReplyDeleteThere are crawfish farms in Louisiana and you can order them for parties. I have never done so, but I know people who have. There used to be an annual party in Denver hosted by a group of native Louisianans. It was a nice early summer party including all kinds of creole foods.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm... crawfish. A few years ago we went to Alabama and I got to eat Crawfish Cardinale, which is crawfish in fettuccine noodles with a white Alfredo sauce and some sort of red spice mix that was just freaking awesome.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best things I had eaten in years.
I don't know if I could eat them after seeing what they look like. Ugh. I do love catfish though and it's ugly too. :)
ReplyDeleteI've helped catch them in these parts but for bait only. I always wondered what they tasted like.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new tractor. Should be fun doin the circuit.
I am hankering for a crawdad, now that you went and showed those pictures. And a little spelunking too.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, that's a lot of crawdads!
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