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Chinese crawfish

Posted on 1/24/24 at 4:35 pm
Posted by TJack
BR
Member since Dec 2018
1402 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 4:35 pm
Do you buy this? Do you have issues buying it? Does it have a diff taste? I have bought it bf but I usually try to buy local. I find Chinese crawfish a bit bland but what does the FD board think?
This post was edited on 1/24/24 at 4:37 pm
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
16914 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 5:05 pm to
Maybe the Chinese( being the biggest of exporter) can come here and give us tips on how to increase production .
Posted by duckblind56
South of Ellick
Member since Sep 2023
1238 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 5:12 pm to
I have seen the "craba and shrimpa and crawfisha" farms in China and it's no way I'm putting anything from that country into my body...if I know that's where it came from.

Picture this ... feed the hogs grain on a sloped bank, hogs crap, goose eat the grain out of the hog crap, goose crap in the pond, crawfish eat the grain from the goose crap. Efficient, but crappy.
Posted by Epaminondas
The Boot
Member since Jul 2020
4231 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 5:28 pm to
Chinese crawfish
Do you buy this?

Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65931 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 5:31 pm to

Rouses sells it, right? So it must be Louisiana patron approved.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8290 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 5:37 pm to
The Chinese crawfish have a slightly different taste in my opinion. Louisiana seem to taste “fresher” for lack of a better term.

I prefer Louisiana but using Chinese isn’t a deal breaker when LA is $16 and China is $9 and you need more than one pack.
Posted by saintsfan1977
West Monroe, from Cajun country
Member since Jun 2010
7785 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 5:38 pm to
quote:

you buy this?


Never. I refuse to buy that shite. I'll pay 15 bucks a lb over 3 dollars every time if I want crawfish. It's criminal that shite is even allowed here.
This post was edited on 1/24/24 at 5:39 pm
Posted by Neauxla
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
33449 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 5:46 pm to
Nope. I just stock up every time LA crawfish on sale.
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
16604 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 6:07 pm to
quote:

Do you have issues buying it?


Yes. I always buy LA product. I'm willing to spend an extra $5 to give China the middle finger. Honestly pretty heated local grocery stores even carry it.
Posted by tigers1956
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2008
4794 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 6:12 pm to
Nope I only by louisiana
Posted by Dubaitiger
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Member since Nov 2005
4958 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 6:19 pm to
I buy live Louisiana crawfish here in Abu Dhabi but they are from Egypt. They are awesome as they were brought there decades ago and still seem to be purebred and did not mix with another species as they are our species of La Red Claw crawfish.

I just went home to Louisiana for a few weeks for Christmas/New Years and to hunt and see family and could not get any, or if I tried to get boiled it would have been 15-16 $ per pound. I'm back in Abu Dhabi just this evening and will be buying some to boil and make a crawfish bisque. I also brought a few frozen lb. packs of La. crawfish with me so I don't have to peel as many from here. Got Chez Francois and Bonanza
Posted by lsuson
Metairie
Member since Oct 2013
12234 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 6:51 pm to
Fock that. If LA crawfish were $30 a pound peeled and chinese were $10 I'd still support the local fisherman.
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
12478 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 8:02 pm to
I would never buy that stuff on purpose.
Posted by nwacajun
St louis
Member since Dec 2008
1495 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 9:52 pm to
The texture is shi$.
Posted by muttenstein
Member since Oct 2012
2564 posts
Posted on 1/25/24 at 7:27 am to
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
South Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
9761 posts
Posted on 1/25/24 at 8:53 am to
quote:

it must be Louisiana patron approved.



You can't be this stupid can you?


quote:

Sao



Oh wait....nm
Posted by labguy
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2020
249 posts
Posted on 1/25/24 at 11:26 am to
I only buy Louisiana seafood. Couldn't give me Chinese crawfish or shrimp. Don't mind paying more for a superior product.
Posted by andouille
A table near a waiter.
Member since Dec 2004
10720 posts
Posted on 1/25/24 at 2:26 pm to
The Chinese crayfish (not crawfish) are nasty, and not really cheaper. The Chinese are in 12 oz. packs, the Louisiana are in 16 oz., you have to multiply to Chinese price by 1.33 to compare.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
21565 posts
Posted on 1/25/24 at 4:26 pm to
I can remember when many south Louisiana restaurants that served crawfish had printed on their menus, “In Season.” When they couldn’t get locally sourced, they stopped serving.

Now, they try to disguise that they are serving you Basa instead of catfish, when catfish are in abundance in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Posted by LSUEnvy
Hou via Lake Chas
Member since May 2011
12106 posts
Posted on 1/25/24 at 5:59 pm to
Bought it once, started to cook and it smelled awful and threw it out.
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