(photo from Louisiana Crawfish)
Other than our weekend fishing 
excursions when we were kids, we also used to catch crawfish in the river. Mom used to go to the market, buy a whole chicken to use….
Lobster Mini-Me’s
May 18, 2007 by SteamyKitchen
May 18, 2007 by SteamyKitchen
(photo from Louisiana Crawfish)
Other than our weekend fishing excursions when we were kids, we also used to catch crawfish in the river. Mom used to go to the market, buy a whole chicken to use….
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I know them as crayfish, but it’s the same. I love them, simply steamed/boiled. The real, unpretentious taste of fresh seafood. *slurp*
Crawfish! You hit on another “childhood memory” food item for me. We’d spend a day up the mountains of Kokee, catching them with bamboo poles baited with pieces of squid. Such fun, but boy do those buggers give a mean pinch if you don’t watch out!
In Abu Dhabi, UAE, in 1992, we tried explaining shrimp to the waiter at a restaurant where neither the waiter nor the menu spoke English. Because of this, I now know that deep-fried, lightly-battered whole crayfish is actually very tasty. There were three on each of our plates, and there was no meat left when we were done.
Tigerfish- they are also called crawdads. so many different names! do they have crawfish in singapore?
Rowena- we used to get a whole chicken, tie a string around the bird and lower it in the river and pull it up when the crawfish started nibbling. a whole chicken! I’m going to revise the post to include this story now.
LPC-I’ve never tried deep fried. I think I’ll do that when I get my shipment in.
I don’t think can get fresh ones in Singapore. I’ve eaten them before (origin unknown..I shd have asked) from the better buffet spread. I guess they have it shipped from somewhere …my guess is Australia/NZ.
Now I’m in California, I’m so tempted by your recommendation for door-to-door. But I’m so sure my kitchen does not have space for 10lbs worth of live crawfish
… too intimidating
If only you were my neighbor….