Tuesday 23 September 2008

Not in the Plot

Off on one of my many breaks away from digging up my future veg patch i went crayfish fishing with father. Its very enjoyable until you have to pick them up, they are like mini lobsters, there claws do pinch and when they do it hurts my father has several cuts.
What you do to catch them is to tie some pop up nets to a rod with a bit of meat, preferable one that will let of a scent like chicken but make sure you slash it a bit and that will lure in the crayfish. You will be able to see them moving in the water because they have white bits on there claws and they walk up stream. When they are feasting on the meat lift the net up, pick them up and put them in a bucket. Easy as that.
Above is a small hall of crayfish. Below Lucas is not to sure on crayfish.

Eating options, eat them like you would lobster. I found a couple of recipes in What to Eat Now recipe book by Valentine Warner : Crayfish with hazelnut and pastis butter, Boiled crayfish with mayonnaise. What i did with mine was hand them in to my parents restaurant and there is now a crayfish bisque with crayfish tails, yum yum.

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