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@thecarpathian Here crawfish do live in the mud at least part of the year and, are aptly named mudbugs (after all, why the name, otherwise?). I am a computer luddite so don't know how to cut and paste so if you really care to learn the facts just google "crawfish chimney" and see what the Uni. of New Orleans has to say on the matter. |
I remember long ago far away going after mud bugs in a irrigation channel ’bout 12~16’ wide, 3~4 deep at the CA//NV border....pair of light gloves on to miss the pinch....wade ’n float along, groping the channel sides, touchy-feel for holes and crevice where dey hid.... We amassed 2 gal. buckets of them, boiled. butter and brews...Yum... *G* The latter ’preciated, since I was underage at the time....and don’t remember much more of the evening, ’cept for the hot to trot thoughts with the older dau of the other family.... ...and my parents were Not on this excursion, hosted by my fav unk.... ;) Nothing happened with her. ’cept very lewd urges...*damn*snap fingers*.... |
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@geoffkait for Prez. |
O darn. How WILL we survive? |
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Yes, fresh water swamps and marshes, but not physically in the mud. In other parts of the country (farther north) water flows more rapidly than in the south, as I am sure you know, and that is where our crawfish reside. Odd expression 'mud bugs'. They don't live in the mud and they're not bugs. It's like calling a cow a desert marsupial.
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@acresverde I avoid NOLA as much as possible. I have been to the location in Bossier City when I was posted at Barksdale AFB as a civilian contractor way back when..... From time to time I make it back to the location in B.R and B.C.
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@thecarpathian In other parts of the country/world it may be as you say but in Louisiana mudbugs live in swamps and marshes that have very little flow of water. I used to go crawfishing in just such places as a kid. @recklesskelly That’s Ralph and Kacoo’s...sadly gone from the New Orleans area for many years now but still found in other parts of the state. @dadork "laissez les bon temps rouler"...Cajun French for "let the good times roll".
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@dabel They are alligator tail that is shaped like a ball and rolled in cornbread and fried. So bad for you but are delicious. Boudin is a whole other animal and it is all parts of the animal, then there are cracklings… |
One thing we do agree on @thecarpathian , crawfish boils! Laizzes bontemps roulle! |
Don’t forget the potatoes and corn on the cob boiled up with them in that Zatarains or Old Bay! And as you stated, those fresh gulf shrimp, fried gator tail nuggets on the side, maybe a bowl of gumbo with plenty of fresh okra, good friends and conversation. That makes for a good day. Never heard of eating that part of the alligator. |
Now you're talkin' @thecarpathian. 2nd Batch, maybe throw a monkey wrench in by adding some Gulf shrimp and again all thee fixins ... good company and friendly conversation what more could anyone ask for other then a little holler, "Who Dat Say Dey Gonna Beat Dem Saints?" Alligator boudin balls @recklesskelly? Alligator tail when prepared w/ TLC and the right dipping sauce in my opinion is magnificent. Smells "Fishy" Funny :-) |
@fbgbill , Why not? They’re just tiny lobsters. |
@thecarpathian ....more exciting than watching paint film & dry......listening to the bark crackle, the leaves leaping to their destiny in the mulch pile... Life is not quiet. (Many would prefer that I would or could, but that's another nut to crack...) |