Crayfish?

[Rossio]

Hey all,
Does anyone like crayfish? I put a pot out last night and got more than me and gem can manage, if you want some let me know, free of coarse.

[Nooj]

They're supposed to be infesting our rivers aren't they? I've never seen any. What do they taste like?

[Rossio]

They r nice, visious sods tho, in one pot with half a makeral in I landed 60 overnight, ur more than welcome to try some, got a dozen squealing in the pot now

[Nooj]

Will give them a go What preparation do they need?

[Rossio]

Depends how your gonna cook then, if just boiling them only a ten min purge in clean water then straight in for 5 mins n then cool them for a bit or deep frying in batter....yeh you eat the shell also,take their heads off n pull outbthe middle tail flipper (it's got the intestinal track attached) n hey presto, proper Jamie Oliver eh ;D

[Nooj]

Will give it a go, can't be that hard. Don't know when I'll be able to pick them up though, how long will they last?

[Rossio]

When ever you want some let me know the day before n il get u some fresh ones

[Nooj]

Cool, thanks dude!

[Scotty]

Do you know if these are our increasingly rare native crayfish or the larger American Signal variety which are a major pest? If it's the yankee ones I'll have a pot of them off you sometime.... it's getting to be as bad as their bloody grey squirrels (aka American Tree Rats) driving out our native red ones, grrr! > > >

[Rossio]

These are red signal, I don't think there are any 'native' crays left anymore coz of these destructive Americans, it's a real shame the river Eco system is up the spout coz of these things,