Tonight’s Dinner ?

Scotch mist

Scotch mist

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Well it’s not really tonight but 3 weeks ago in France , didn’t have data to list at the time We were camping at an aire about 12 miles upriver from Limoges on the River Vienne , I decided to go feral for dinner , you know like bear grylls , find it / catch it / kill it / cook it / & eat it , What is it you ask well it’s not cuisses de grenouilles or escargots but écrevisse

This the find them bit

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Bear grylls uses vimto! Not sure about the jam sarni though?
The bucket of Crawfish look the part though I will give you that. Freezer for 5 mins than cook in boiling water for 5 mins? Sauce ...white wine and a little butter and shallots and fry it up!
God ...I m starving! Enjoy it guys!

kev
 
Kev and Carolyn said:
Bear grylls uses vimto! Not sure about the jam sarni though?
The bucket of Crawfish look the part though I will give you that. Freezer for 5 mins than cook in boiling water for 5 mins? Sauce ...white wine and a little butter and shallots and fry it up!
God ...I m starving! Enjoy it guys!

kev
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To be fair the wife wouldn’t touch them so mostly mine apart from the English couple next to us who both had some & throughly enjoyed , so much so he went hunting the next day for his supper
 
Pass em over, I'd give em a go, they look great, bon appetit as they say(y):)
Just a guess, they look like the Red Signal type of I think American Crayfish, that have decimated our native ones here in The UK,maybe Europe also, others will verify that hopefully, but they sure look good.
Well done.
Les
 
If as I think they were, Signal Crayfish, you were probably safe but the fines for catching native crayfish in France without a permit and at the wrong time of year can be huge, hundreds of euros as a minimum. The season for native crayfish is also very short, just a few weeks.

Not a criticism, just a warning to anyone else who might want to try it - be careful. :)
 
TinaL said:
Just a guess, they look like the Red Signal type of I think American Crayfish, that have decimated our native ones here in The UK,maybe Europe also,
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DBK said:
If as I think they were, Signal Crayfish, you were probably safe but the fines for catching native crayfish in France without a permit and at the wrong time of year can be huge, hundreds of euros as a minimum. The season for native crayfish is also very short, just a few weeks.

Not a criticism, just a warning to anyone else who might want to try it - be careful. :)
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Yes American signal crayfish & yes they have & are decimating our & Europe’s crayfish and fish stock’s
So I was doing our french cousins a favour ? , DBK I was well aware what I was catching but it was a good point you made to let other people know & understand the laws , knowing how the french like their red tape I wouldn’t be surprised if they still threw a wobbly for fishing without license for these non native invasive crayfish destroying their environment ?

Watch this
 
When we were ‘working’ on a campsite nr Banbury, we used to put a net into the stream and usually got a good haul of Crayfish.
In UK you can net Crayfish-with landowners permission but if you want to line fish them you need a licence!!!!
I used to use a Ginger jam/Garlic/Chilli mix-my own mix-on the tails, yummy.
You can buy the tails, but it’s not the same!

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Langtoftlad said:
Very nice sauce undoubtedly - but overpowering the delicate taste of the fresh crayfish surely?
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Maybe for you but not for the 3 people that did eat them , anyway we’re in France eating anything here without garlic Gets you thrown in jail ?
 
Nice one, they look well fine. Are they quite fiddly to peel?

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Scotch mist said:
Yeh fiddly & time consuming , I think I would be much faster next time but on the day we’ll worth it
I was we’ll chuffed like a child managing his first cycle ride
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Quite right, nothing better than catching and cooking your own dinner. I love prawns or langoustines but I'm rubbish at peeling them in the restaurant so usually choose something else.

I was booked out on the boat for a fishing trip tomorrow to catch my own dinner but just had a text saying it's cancelled as storms a brewing :(
 
My son caught some signal crayfish in the Thames near Oxford..we had them in Fresh water for a day to clean them up.. delicious..
 

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