How do you thaw a lb of frozen crawfish tails?

Put some warm water in the sink and let it sit in there

Throw them in the sink with cold water is what I always do

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Put it under cold running water. It'll defrost in minutes.

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If you just put it in a container of water, you're going to get free convection, which is slow heat transfer. The moving water gets you forced convection which is much more efficient. You don't even need a lot of water. Just a drizzle will do.