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Inhumane
Topic Started: Jun 16 2006, 11:33 AM (562 Views)
FrankM
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apple
Jun 17 2006, 08:11 AM
no.. but we used to catch them. One day we came home with 1000 or so, so we had to eat them (i don't really care for them because they are messy).

that is a movie of a woman freaking out, trying to cook a live lobster..

I'll have to check it later with my other browser. the subject brings to mind that famous scene from Annie Hall
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lb1
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FrankM
Jun 17 2006, 04:19 AM
lb1
Jun 17 2006, 06:49 AM
Jolly

The only commercial crawfish I have ever found were small ones about the size of your thumb.

Here in the mid West we have big ones, about 6" to 7", and damn they are good when camping out.

lb

sounds delicious. But how does one locate where the crawfish usually camp out?

When you see wisps of smoke coming from the water, it is probably from their campfire. It takes a real keen eye to spot it though :wink:

They are good boiled, but best broiled on a hot rock next to the fire. When they are done, all you do is grab the middle fan on their tail and twist it to break it loose and you can pull the vein out clean. Except for the shell the rest is all edible.

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Mikhailoh
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That's pretty funny.. but you have to give her credit for trying to get the crusty in the pot amidst her screams and 'I gotta pee' dance.... :lol2:
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I love lobster but I don't want to have to "pick mine out". I also don't want it to be looking at me with those beady black eyes when I am trying to eat it!
Same with trout....
I'd rather fall into chocolate.
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ivorythumper
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A bit of a hijack, but tonight MS and I had some wonderful broiled king crab legs with a caesar salad for dinner. Yummy!

If PETA wants my crab they'll have to pry it from my cold, dead, butter covered hands.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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George K
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Jun 18 2006, 02:26 AM
If PETA wants my crab they'll have to pry it from my cold, dead, butter covered hands.

(Continuing the hijack)

If God hadn't meant for man to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat!
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Matt G.
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FrankM
Jun 17 2006, 07:19 AM
But how does one locate where the crawfish usually camp out?

Around these parts we call them crayfish or mud bugs. They're easy to find and catch, assuming you're looking in the right places. They're easily found in areas that are not quite swampy, but with a very high water table. Crayfish will dig a burrow into the ground, usually no bigger than a quarter in diameter, with mounded-up mud along the edges of the hole. The holes are seldom more than a foot deep.

Since crayfish are kind of dumb, you can catch them by sticking just about anything into their lairs; as kids we used to just use the long, stiff stems of grass growing nearby. The crayfish will usually attack it by pinching with its pincers, then you just pull the grass stem with attached crayfish out of the burrow.

Here's a useless bit of trivia: at one time Illinois had the nickname of "The Sucker State", which was not a comment on the gullibility of the state's residents. Rather, the name arose from the unusual method that early settlers used to find water when crossing large sections of seemingly unwatered prairie. They would stick a section of hollow grass stem into the crayfish holes and suck the water out for a quick drink. The presence of crayfish holes was also a good indicator of a place to dig a well.
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George K
Jun 18 2006, 09:51 AM
I lost my cat the other day...

Here's the last photo I have of him.


Posted Image

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Jun 18 2006, 05:59 AM


Since crayfish are kind of dumb, you can catch them by sticking just about anything into their lairs; as kids we used to just use the long, stiff stems of grass growing nearby. The crayfish will usually attack it by pinching with its pincers, then you just pull the grass stem with attached crayfish out of the burrow.

In the spring when the brooks are running, the crawfish hang onto blades of grass along the edge. When threatened they just turn loose and go with the current. All you need is to place a small dip net down stream from them and they will go right in it.

lb
My position is simple: you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and slung mud on an issue where none was deserved. Quirt 03/08/09
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Inhumane?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5091674.stm
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
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ivorythumper
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Moonbat
Jun 18 2006, 08:12 AM

So what do we still do with whales? Whaling seems so 19th century.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Axtremus
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Moonbat
Jun 18 2006, 11:12 AM

Update: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5093350.stm
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