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How to Eat Crawfish. Whether you're hosting a backyard crawfish boil or attending your
first one, it's important to know the right way to eat a mudbug. You will need A table
Newspaper Plates or trays Plenty of napkins or paper towels Cardboard boxes Fresh boiled
crawfish Potatoes Onions Corn Beverages and bibs. Never eat crawfish that have not been
properly cleaned and cooked. Avoid crawfish that are mushy, mealy, or have an unpleasant
odor. Step 1. Cover a table with two layers of newspaper. Set out plates or trays, paper
towel rolls or napkins, and place cardboard boxes or trays along the table for discarded
shells. Step 2. Pour a large pile of freshly cooked and spiced crawfish onto each plate.
Serve cooked potatoes, onions, and corn with the crawfish. Step 3. Sit down with your beverage
close by, get a napkin and a bib, if you want, and grab a crawfish from the pile. Step 4.
Hold the head of the crawfish firmly in your left hand. Grab the tail near its base, gently
twist and tug to remove the tail, and set the head aside on your plate. If you remove
the tail with just the right amount of torque, a section of meat from the body cavity will
come out with it. Step 5. Pinch each segment of the shell along the top of the tail to
make a crack along its length. Stick your thumb tip in the crack to pry apart the shell,
remove the tail meat, and pop it in your mouth. Step 6. Pick up the head and suck out the
juice. Step 7. Put the remaining parts of the crawfish in the cardboard box. Step 8.
Dump the waste, and wash your hands with soap and water to remove the smell and spices,
which can burn your skin if they stay on too long Did you know Did you know? Louisiana
is the leading crawfish-producing state with 125,000 acres in crawfish farming.