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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 8:57am  
Son in law and i got some mudbugs from bayou City (used to be O's, then IG's) on North Park, Saturday.
They were pretty good.
Mostly decent sized, couple huge ones, few small ones but mostly decent.
Good flavor, as was the potato, sausage and corn. Wife got shrimp, said it was really good.
 
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~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 10:02am  
I've lived in the South since 1984 for all but a couple of years but eating mudbugs is something I just can't get myself to do.  Probably one of my last bastions of yankie.  4951
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~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 10:03am  
I have lived in Texas my whole life and still don't like them. My husband does so we may have to try it out. Thanks for the recommendation. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 10:05am  
I've lived in the South since 1984 for all but a couple of years but eating mudbugs is something I just can't get myself to do.  Probably one of my last bastions of yankie. 
 
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Ive lived in the south since 1974..its not a Yankee thing to not eat them, its a normal thing. I can't eat anything we would catch in our ditches. It ain't right. 4951
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ET Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 10:15am  
Too much work, not enough food. 4951
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midnightblue Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 11:09am  
anything that needs that much seasoning to be able to stomach it is not worth eating. 4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 11:45am  
I grew up eating crawfish and love them.  The seasoning is not there to cover up anything.  Cajuns just like things spicy. 4951
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Steven H Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 11:46am  
I ate about 2 dozen at a friends on Sat, been to about 3-4 events this year already. I dont get the fascination with them, all that work for one little piece of meat with snot on the end of it too! 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 12:11pm  
I don't know why, but the work involved to get the meat, is part of the draw into eating them.
I can't explain it.
 
I just know i do not enjoy shelled mudbugs as much.
 
And if there is little to no spice, not as big a fan either, but i do like spicy.
 
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joshWa! Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 12:51pm  
Crawfish are the best! It's definitely a Yankee-thing to dislike them. Most Yankees (People north of the Red River) can't handle spicy or flavorful foods. 4951
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~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 1:16pm  
I ate about 2 dozen at a friends on Sat, been to about 3-4 events this year already. I dont get the fascination with them, all that work for one little piece of meat with snot on the end of it too!

@Steven H:  My father was Cajun, and I've also been amazed with the "fascination" of crawfish and Cajun/Creole products.  When I went to college in north LA (La Tech 1973-1978), there were very few people in north LA that ate crawfish.  Most people in that area also considered the state to be divided:  Cajun in the south, something else in the north, with I-10 as the rough line. North LA totally rejected Cajun/Creole culture and food back in those days.  However, as Cajun culture and food became popular via TV shows, more and more north LA people not only accepted the food and culture, but started living it.  When we moved here in 1993, there was some Cajun overlap around Beaumont and a few isolated cases of transplanted south Louisianans (like me).  To me, it was hilarious when we took a trip to north LA after moving here and the LA state line welcome sign on I-20 included a French welcome and a fleur de lis.  Even Shreveport was claiming Cajun heritage! Most of this Cajun adoption Iin north LA was primarily a financial decision, not a cultural one.  Many "Cajun" restaurants that opened in non-traditional Cajun areas typically just added a lot of cayenne pepper to make it spicy and called it Cajun food.However, after hurricane Katrina relocated many south Louisianans in 2005, the adoption of Cajun culture and food became more of a reality in north LA, Texas, Mississippi, etc.  While there are still fake Cajun restaurants, there are more and more Cajun restaurants with authentic foods.Notice that I have used the terms Cajun and Creole to describe the culture and food.  Cajuns were descendants of French people that had been driven out of Acadia (Nova Scotia) and some ended up in south LA.  There are many different definitions of Creole, but they are basically a mix of blacks, Spanish, West Indies, etc.  Over the years, these two cultures (along with Germans, Swiss, etc, etc) and foods blended together into what we now call "Cajun", but some prefer "Creole".  I tend to use the term Cajun but realize that the Creole contribution was significant.
 
 
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~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 6:10pm  
I've lived in the South since 1984 for all but a couple of years but eating mudbugs is something I just can't get myself to do.  Probably one of my last bastions of yankie. 

@shodan66:
 
A crawfish boil is not just about the taste. If properly done, it's a social event.
 

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~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 6:53pm  
Too much work, not enough food.
 
@ET: your beer intake to crawfish consumption ratio is off. We boiled 50# on Sat and threw in mushrooms and cubed mallard breast...it went right with Shiner(s).
 
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~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 8:53pm  
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~ 6 years ago   May 8, '17 9:17pm  

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>> Too much work, not enough food.
 
@ET:
 
Sound like you never developed an efficient mud bug eating technique and never sat down and ate 8 pounds.
 


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Fall out of my chair drunk before I'd ever get enough food. Lobster tail, one push and you got more meat than 8 pounds of bugs.  4951
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~ 6 years ago   May 9, '17 8:17am  
@retired engineerI love hot spicy food. The seasoning initially used for "Cajun" food was to cover the muddy flavor that most animals that live in the swamps have. Over time the different species of animals started being farm raised and the muddy taste was minimized. Try turtle, alligator, catfish or your beloved mudbugs without seasoning or any pre- soaking and the taste of the swamp will be present.   4951
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