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- AKA: Crawfish, Crawdads
- Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans
- Like lobsters and crabs, Crayfish have nineteen body segments
- Mexican crayfish are known as "Acocil"
- American crayfish often suffer from "Crayfish Plague"
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Crayfish are closely related to lobster and are cooked frequently in Louisiana as a fixture of traditional Creole cuisine.
The average crayfish is three inches long and the tail is its only consistently edible appendage.
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Crayfish in American Cuisine
To make traditional Louisiana crayfish, the animals are dropped into boiling water seasoned with garlic, salt and lemons. Potatoes and onions are also added to the boiling mixture.After boiling, the crayfish and vegetables are drained and further seasoned with salt, pepper and lemon juice. The crawdads are served whole.
Crayfish in Other Cuisines
Parts of Europe and China also favor the crayfish as a boiled seafood. In Chinese cooking, the crawdads are either steamed or stir fried with hot peppers.In Norwegian and Swedish cooking, crayfish are boiled in water seasoned with dill and ale.
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Crayfish Questions
Anyone got any recipes with crayfish tails? 1 AnswerCrawfish Etouffee Ingredients 1/2 cup Unsalted butter 1 cup Celery diced 1 cup Onion diced 1 cup Green bell pepper diced 2 cloves Garlic minced 1/4 cup Al... read more -
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At hannifords. got crayfish!
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Caption fail: UK Independent story on humane device for killing lobsters leads with pic of crayfish. http://bit.ly/5tuijt
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Ancora in Krakow: crayfish soup with caviar. Creamy but very salty. http://brizzly.com/pic/HJE
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We are looking forward to a busy week and weekend, the 28th November is Crayfish Braai and movie night, Monsieur N see our website
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