I WANT MUD BUGS!!!

[wiz310]

Over here in OZ, we call those Marron. the bigger they are, the bluer they get. We also have a smaller version of fresh water crayfish we call a Yabby....... taste the same as the Marron. best way to cook em is to lightly fry in Butter and Garlic, then add a little chilly, serve with a salad and squeeze a little lime over them....... Droool.....I'm hungry now.
You can just boil em and then dip em in vinegar and cracked pepper, that goes down a treat as well.

[BOSSIER_ROB]

	Quote: Originally Posted by wiz310
	Over here in OZ, we call those Marron. the bigger they are, the bluer they get. We also have a smaller version of fresh water crayfish we call a Yabby....... taste the same as the Marron. best way to cook em is to lightly fry in Butter and Garlic, then add a little chilly, serve with a salad and squeeze a little lime over them....... Droool.....I'm hungry now. You can just boil em and then dip em in vinegar and cracked pepper, that goes down a treat as well.

If you do all that, then you ruin the taste of the bugs. You're missing out. Just purge those bad boys and drop em in a pot with some crab boil and get ready. Jonas, I think it's about time for some more. Maybe we can boil up some at my crib this time. I owe you one anyway.

[3Dguy]

Hey! I got a couple of these in my aquarium. What's the technical name for these lobster-lookin' things? There's plenty here in TN if ya know where to look.

[madmax]

JP!!! Gotta get me sum o dem!!! The place mentioned on the prev page has the boil and all the fixin's in one stop. Funny enough, my mom (mommad) is in Louisana right now eatin' these things..

[BOSSIER_ROB]

Max, I just might be going to Nall, and if I do, I may very well bring a bag with me for dinner. IF I indeed get to go, it will most likely be Wed. when we get there and they'll have to be cooked before they croak, so it looks like there may be a wiff of mudbugs boiling at Joe Nall Wed. night. Are you going? If so, you need to get in touch with me and make plans to come by the tent, camper, or whatever we camp in and getcha some!

[WangoTango]

The real reason women in Louisiana get crow's feet around their eyes: They squint really hard and look at the table full of crayfish and ask "You want me to suck whaaaaat??"
WT

[BOSSIER_ROB]

	Quote: Originally Posted by WangoTango
	The real reason women in Louisiana get crow's feet around their eyes: They squint really hard and look at the table full of crayfish and ask "You want me to suck whaaaaat??" WT

Aw come on now. Your from Texas. Get rid of that "crayfish" mess and call em what they are. Crawfish, Crawdads, Mudbugs, or just Bugs. Crayfish is reserved for yankees or people who don't know how to cook em. LOL

[WangoTango]

	Quote: Originally Posted by BOSSIER_ROB
	Aw come on now. Your from Texas. Get rid of that "crayfish" mess and call em what they are. Crawfish, Crawdads, Mudbugs, or just Bugs. Crayfish is reserved for yankees or people who don't know how to cook em. LOL

Beggin' the hell out of your pardon there Roberto! That "Crayfish mess" you'd be referin' to is a copy and paste!! LOL! (My typographical bad!) You ARE talking to a real Texan that can't eat the critters because I'm allergic to anything that comes out of water! However..... While you're at the dinner table with me eating the little red devils, I'll be chowin' down on a steak or some Texmex. Bon appetite, ya'll! (And just when IS dinner at your house and will you be serving hot sauce or jalapenos with the meal!!??)
WT

[Toro]

I had a great uncle down there Ville Platte(now deceased) who had a CRAWFISH farm. flood out some paddy's, and stock it. I have pictures of my brother and I with cane poles fishin' for some with bacon as bait. Last time I went to the Crawfish festival is when I was about 9 years old. God I miss it...

PS GEAUX TIGERS ... camp is starting

[BOSSIER_ROB]

	Quote: Originally Posted by WangoTango
	Beggin' the hell out of your pardon there Roberto! That "Crayfish mess" you'd be referin' to is a copy and paste!! LOL! (My typographical bad!) You ARE talking to a real Texan that can't eat the critters because I'm allergic to anything that comes out of water! However..... While you're at the dinner table with me eating the little red devils, I'll be chowin' down on a steak or some Texmex. Bon appetite, ya'll! (And just when IS dinner at your house and will you be serving hot sauce or jalapenos with the meal!!??) WT

No worries. just jackin with ya. Hell my buddies will be there frying turkeys monday. I'll miss out on that, but you know how we eat down here. We will deffinately be bringing some down home with us. Lot's of good, hot, spicy stuff. I love me some TexMex, too! Are you going to make it to Nall? If so, look us up. Just look for the flashing blue lights. We won't be far. Probably hiding in someone elses tent.
Toro, I hate to see a perfectly good coonass go to waste in Cali. You need to beg Ryan to bring some of that GOOD Boudin from New Iberia. That's what I miss. You can't get real boudin in Shreveport.

[3Dguy]

So...it it crawfish or mud bug?

I've tried the bacon method of fishin' for there things. You toss out a line with a strip of bacon on it. After a while, you pull in the line and there's mudcrawfishbugs attached to the bacon. They're so greedy that they don't let go (usually).

[JEFFRO503]

DUDES!!

I am one of the biggest "crawdad" fisherman on this side of the missisippi! I was born and raised on a 110 acre farm out in a little ol' place called deer island OR. I had a creek ( tide creek ) that winded all the way through our property and miles and miles of creek on both ends to crawdad fish in.

All the way up until i was a teenager i was catching them all by hand ( don't need no stinkin' traps!!) And i could walk away with a days catch of hand picked crawdads that would fill two 5 gallon buckets! I only kept the ones that had claws big enough to eat!


I got really good , and was actually diving with goggle's in the deep parts , and finding huge Crawdads that escaped me for years..........then there was no where for them to hide.

I think down in LA they have more.....but here we have em BIG! I have a picture of one i caught about 10 years ago , when i dipped my traps into the columbia river ( by the lewis run in ). It measure 11" long , with a hair OVER 4" claws! I put it on top of a sunday oregonian newspaper to compare the size. I'll post it here if i can find one.


ALSO....MAX......if you are coming up to the mollala pacific coast free style this years , i will do my best to catch you some , cook em up and bring them to you. It depends on the weather though , because my blood is a little thinner now days , and i can't stay in the water as long as i used to.

[madmax]

	Quote: Originally Posted by BOSSIER_ROB
	Max, I just might be going to Nall, and if I do, I may very well bring a bag with me for dinner. IF I indeed get to go, it will most likely be Wed. when we get there and they'll have to be cooked before they croak, so it looks like there may be a wiff of mudbugs boiling at Joe Nall Wed. night. Are you going? If so, you need to get in touch with me and make plans to come by the tent, camper, or whatever we camp in and getcha some!

HELL YA BROTHER!!!! I'm there!!!! Wed night is on! Get yer butt out there, you'll find me fo sho. Thanks buddy!!

[madmax]

Jeff, I'm into that too dude! I didn't know they had those things out there! Unheard of in california. We only have hood rats. Gonna try my best to make it Molalla this year, had an absolute blast last go around!! Love that town!

[gforce]

Max,get your butt down here to New Orleans for the 2009 Ripp'in it on Th River 3D heli jam and join in on the MAYHEM bud,all the Crawdaddy's you can handle.They are best in the early spring when the event takes place.They are so good,your Tonge will reach up and slap your forehead,you will go home and slap ya momma as the say here in the big easy