15 hours ago
Sunday, 16 August 2020
Pêche aux écrevisses - Gueuleton
It's those boys again. Vincent and Arthur go on the hunt for Ecrevisses; those pesky American critters that kill our own native Freshwater Crayfish. If you have a nearby stream, or lake, have a look; you may have an endless supply of delicious Ecrevisses.
So easy to catch, and so good to eat. And you'd be doing the environment a favour too.
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Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteGet fishing! A simple form of Lobster Pot, an old bit of fish, and a length of fishing line, and you have yourself a good meal.
DeleteI don't think they have arrived here. I do have a look in the burn for caddis fly larva and other little things but have never seen anything crayfish sized.
DeleteI'd thought they were everywhere.
DeleteWe seem to get so much bad things from America, mink and grey squirrels spring to mind as well as the signal crayfish, sadly they are usually bigger and more aggressive than our native species and hell-bent on destroying them.
ReplyDeleteAll the better to go out and trap them. There's not a lot in them, but the remnants make wonderful soup (Bisque).
DeleteNo nearby water course but I adore Lobster Bisque and it has reminded me of that!
ReplyDeleteExactly the same flavour. One of my favourite soups.
DeleteYour 2 jolie gourmands. Nice to see them enjoying themselves again.
ReplyDeleteThose Crays look like our (greek) kraravithes. We used to eat them years ago steamed or on the BBQ, with oil and lemon juice. They arent easy to find anymore and are out of our price range.
Yours are river Crays too. Different again.
Love that the video days 'pas vegan'. No way. Those two glisten after their feasts of flesh and wine.
Most enjoyable
These particular Crayfish were introduced from the USA; some escaped and they are now everywhere in European rivers etc. I believe they're a bloody nuisance, so the more eaten the better.
DeleteThe boys are fun, aren't they.
What the hell did our forebears do to the natural world? Moving so many creatures around and upsetting delicate ecological balances from New Zealand to Northern Ireland and all places in between. What were they thinking of?
ReplyDeleteI imagine they thought they were being very clever.
DeleteI think they were off the Cornish coast many decades ago and South Wales.
ReplyDeleteThey're just about everywhere now. My son said they were in the river in Bishop Stortford!
DeleteWe do not have cray fish in Massachusetts, USA. Warmer, southern US areas have them. In the northeast, we have great lobsters. Lobsters caught off the Maine coast are especially good. The lobster prefers the cold Atlantic ocean. It is said the months carrying an "r" in the spelling are the best months for lobster. Other months the lobster is molting. Have you experienced a New England clam bake? This is shellfish layered in seaweed, cooked in a pit on the beach. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteThe American 'Clam Bake' is legendary; sadly I have yet to experience one. The nearest we get to it is 'Moules Frites', but it's hardly the same thing!!
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