Happy Easter, my easter tradition is.........

Boiling crawfish!!

Went to get them under the Kemah bridge this morning.
Got my crawfish boil-I use a lot!, onions, corn, potatoes, garlic, and lots of crawfish boil. Did I mention the crawfish boil?

It's gong to be good. As it turns out, my 8 year old son LOVES to eat them too, so do my wife and I. My 5 year old isn't crazy about them, we'll bring him around.

HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS!!

Thanks Todd, you too.

I have a deadly allergy to crustaceans, i.e., lobster, shrimp, crabs, so I suppose crawfish would be out of the question.

And I live in the Keys -- poor me!

Rick, as I'm sure you know, there are a LOT of Spinae (clawless), lobsters around Florida, and especially near where you are! They are good eating, but I'm sure there are plenty of other delights in the world that you do enjoy.

Cheers

Believe it or not, you might not be allergic to crawfish. I'm allergic to the same stuff you are and I can eat crawfish without having an allergic reaction. Crawfish are from fresh water where as the other stuff is from seawater. I believe that seawater has more iodine in it compared to fresh, but I'm not absolutely positive on that.

TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK THOUGH!!!!

Yeah, but the Florida spiny lobster, caught off the Keys, is also referred to as crawfish. So how do you know whether you are getting a freshwater crawfish or a saltwater crawfish? You DON'T know, and the people who sell them usually don't know, either.

Wow Rick! I developed an adult onset allergy to Shrimp crab and lobster. I wanted to kill myself when I found out!!!!

Looks like we have something in common...

I didn't know that.

I think I would stay away from that then for sure, especially if you don't know.

Mike

Mary,

Well you're right, and I'm not a Marine Biologist.

BUT,

In Florida, it is a crawfish stamp on the fishing license, (at least it was about 15-18 years ago when I was fishing for them).

BUT,

When you scuba dive, and/or snorkel as I did, and catch your own Spinae lobster IN THE OCEAN, using a snare, or even better was a hand held net, and a 'tickle' stick.

You put the net behind, and tickle them, they quickly back up, and you'd better be hanging on to that net pretty gol darn tight when they hit it.

YOu had to have a little gauge with you, and know how to use it. The game wardens would check your catch, They still HAD to be alive when you were checked for size, and there could be no visible signs of injury, as in a spike hole, or you got fined.

The only lobster I've seen indiginous to that area though, is the Spinae lobster.

The 'mudbugs' I cook, are farm raised in many states. They are freshwater, and although 'big', MUCH smaller than a spinae lobster.

cheers