Parker has been so excited to get some crawfish this year. He has been cracking us up. On Saturday we went to a huge crawfish boil. They have been having this crawfish boil for the last 10 years and every year it has grown until this year they were boiling around 1000 pounds of crawfish and were expecting around 300 people. They sell t-shirts which help finance it a bit. And this year they had a great Zydeco band as well - which is synonymous with crawfish in my mind.
- Louisiana supplies 98% of the crayfish harvested in the United States.
- In 1987, Louisiana produced 90% of the crawfish in the world and 70% was consumed locally.
- 70-80% of crawfish produced in Louisiana are red swamp crawfish with the remaining 20-30% being white river crawfish.
- Louisiana crawfish are usually boiled live in a large pot with heavy seasoning (salt, cayenne pepper, lemon, garlic, bay leaves, etc.) and other items such as potatoes, corn on the cob, onions and garlic.
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My gosh that is so fun and so Texas. I miss the crawfish boils! The kids look like they had fun. Did Carson eat any?
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