Mud bugs

[wolfe]

From Thrillist:
Yats Crawfish Boil
Sat from 1-6pm at 1097 53rd St, near San Pablo; Oakland; 504.231.8612
Yats is flying in 1,000 lbs of crawfish for an all-you-can-eat boil this Sat. The 25 buck price tag gets you endless spicy potatoes/corn on the side

[OldTimer]

Funny...for years we have been sending our rice fields mud bugs to NOLA...but the bug has turned (aaargh). Too bad local folks can't get any local crawdads.

[Sharuf]

I thought crawdads were a Sacto delta thing. Not anymore?

[wolfe]

I knew we, Chowhounders, had talked about it before but the little buggers keep changing their name.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/5585...

[PegS]

I wish we had more of a history of eating them here so I could get them more cheaply or more easily than making a trek up to Isleton. I remember catching them by the bucketful as child, but even then my parents had to drive us aways for best harvesting.

I know the NOLA people talk about the superior flavor of theirs, but I much prefer the larger size of the (yes, invasive) Sacto ones. After all, after boiling them in Cajun spices, is the difference in flavor really all that apparent?

[gordon wing]

99 Ranch in Richmond had them last time I was in there ....... can't recall the price but their prices are reasonable usually. they were very active ......

[PegS]

Ohhh, thank you. I just placed my order.

FYI, for those reading...they're asking people to pre-order/pre-pay to reserve a space.