On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:39:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>On Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:39:32 AM UTC-4, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Apr 18, 6:15*am, --Bryan > wrote:
>> > On Apr 18, 12:20*am, Omelet > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > In article
>> > > >,
>> > > *Food Snob > wrote:
>> >
>> > > > On Apr 17, 10:47 pm, Omelet > wrote:
>> > > > > In article >,
>> > > > > George Leppla > wrote:
>> >
>> > > > > > Huh. Standard serving here in Louisiana is 2 to 3 pounds of crawfish
>> > > > > > per person. You're going to find that there isn't a whole lot of meat
>> > > > > > per critter.
>> >
>> > > > > > Crawfish are boiled with with potatoes and corn on the cob and sometimes
>> > > > > > some sausage. Boil them up, dump them straight on the table, gather your
>> > > > > > friends around and dig in.
>> >
>> > > > > >http://whatscookingamerica.net/Seafood/CrawfishBoil.htm
>> >
>> > > > > I agree that three is only going to wet his appetite. ;-)
>> > > > > Here is the last crawfish boil I attended:
>> >
>> > > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmele...BoilApril2007#
>> >
>> > > > I had the title of Honorary Coonass bestowed upon me because I ate
>> > > > 1/2# of mudbugs and sucked the heads on every one of them, plus, I
>> > > > drank a six of Dixie (which the locals found even more daring). *You
>> > > > dump a boatload of powdered cayenne onto salted water, toss in the
>> > > > crawfish, and bring it to a boil, then let it sit covered until it
>> > > > cools. *The fatty tissue between the tail and the head soaks up the
>> > > > chile, and turns reddish-orange. *I don't recommend sucking the heads
>> > > > unless you are a drunken punkrocker, and that goes double for drinking
>> > > > Dixie brand beer, which is awful.
>> >
>> > > When I cook crawfish, the heads go unsucked into a bag in the freezer
>> > > for making fish stock...
>> >
>> > I wouldn't even do that. *I toss the lobster's head before putting the
>> > shells back in for stock.
>> >
>> > >*I'd have to be almost passing out drunk before
>> > > I'd suck a crawfish head! <barf>
>> >
>> > You aren't a ~23 YO punkrockin' male. *Neither am I for that matter.
>> >
>> > > --
>> > > Peace! Om
>> >
>> > --Bryan
>>
>> MUDBUGS!!! Pinch the tails and suck the heads!! Mmmmmmmm!
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>John...I have never heard of sucking the heads...?????

Well, you have now! :-)

Mudbug-ology! I learned quite a bit about it from a instructional
poster in a cajun restaurant in South STL called Brossards, years
ago.

John Kuthe...