Yes, crayfish are much smaller than lobsters. They are common food in the New Orleans area. They are a great delicacy in Sweden. When the local Swedish crayfish became rare, they started importing them from the U.S. I don't know what the crayfish situation is there now, but when I was in Sweden in 1980, they were applauding the Louisiana crayfish. Paul On Dec 22, 2006, at 9:53 PM, David Savage wrote:
> Morton Bay Bug, from Queensland. > > BTW, crayfish have claws, but what we in W.A. call crayfish are the > local Western Rock Lobster that don't have any. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 12/23/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> When I worked in Australia a few years back I remember having a >> seafood crustacean that was called a bug. It tasted something like >> lobster, although perhaps a bit less rich. Bad name, good tasting >> critter. >> Paul >> On Dec 22, 2006, at 9:16 PM, David Savage wrote: >> >>> On 12/23/06, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Hi Paul >>>> is there a traditional menu at Christmas and New Year in America >>>> (like the >>>> turkey) ? >>>> What about other countries? >>> >>> Here in Oz we share the Pork, Turkey & Ham tradition. >>> >>> Though the Australian Christmas feast features seafood heavily. >>> Fresh >>> prawns, crayfish (like a claw less lobster), crab, scallops, oysters >>> etc served with salads. Basically it's quick to cook (often done >>> outside on the BBQ), and doesn't make the house all hot and horrible >>> like roasting meat does (The forecast for Christmas day here is 33 >>> degrees C) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
