New Orleans Police

[demobud]

I just got back home from the Big Easy where the wife and I took the kids to their first rock concert; The Police! The show rocked, the members looked a little weatherbeaten (but who doesn't) and my kids actaully thought I was cool for once. My only regret is that I didn't go kilted, Maybe next time.

[oldsoldier]

I'm headed down there in about 1.5 weeks. Only spending a few days there, probably be able to count the hours sober one both hands. But, I gotta see my buds off...
I hope to get to see a few of the sights while down there though. I was told to try the crayfish...only thing is, I have no idea how to eat em

[macwilkin]

I hope to get to see a few of the sights while down there though. I was told to try the crayfish...only thing is, I have no idea how to eat em

Oh, dey gonna have fun wi' a Yankee who doesn't know how to suck the heads on dem crawfish, cher!

I should know...I was that Yankee about seven years ago.

T.

[Don Patrick]

Oh, dey gonna have fun wi' a Yankee who doesn't know how to suck the heads on dem crawfish, cher!

I should know...I was that Yankee about seven years ago.

T.

So how do you go about catching dem crawfish? A piece of string and a bit of wee bacon fat tied to it's end?

Spent many a day catching them out of their holes.

[macwilkin]

So how do you go about catching dem crawfish? A piece of string and a bit of wee bacon fat tied to it's end?

Spent many a day catching them out of their holes.

Ask my mother-in-law, Ms. Melancon, Don. She teaches a class on Cajun culture and foodways.

Todd

Cajun by the ring and the back door

[pipesndrumsnun]

When I read the headline to this post, I thought that you were going to tell us that the New Orleans PD was now kilted! A bit warm that would be, but very cool indeed!

[mddock58]

I used to catch crayfish (though we called them crawdads) in No. Cal many moons ago. I know some use the string and bait (they would grab on and not let go, well at least sometimes) but my friend and I would just reach in and pick them up out of the water.
Because they propel themselves backwards using their tail, you adjust to anticipate it. No I never was "pinched" when catching them.

We would bring them home to my friend's house, where he had a child's pool (no longer used) and they would live in the pool until ready for dinner! (Sometimes we would end up catching 35-40 before they would eat them, but that would be only a couple days of "hunting"!)

[demobud]

Growing up in rural Alabama we used to catch them by poking a small stick down their mudholes; it kind of makes them mad and they pinch the stick and then you can pull them out. Of course those were little and prbably not too good to eat, but there's nothing angrier than a p.o.'ed mudbug (except maybe a p.o.'ed cajun)!

[macwilkin]

Growing up in rural Alabama we used to catch them by poking a small stick down their mudholes; it kind of makes them mad and they pinch the stick and then you can pull them out. Of course those were little and prbably not too good to eat, but there's nothing angrier than a p.o.'ed mudbug (except maybe a p.o.'ed cajun)!

Amen to that last sentence.

T.

[Dirk Skene]

As hot & humid as it gets there I'd have to be kilted