The general rule for selecting a crawfish pot is 2 quarts of water per every pound of crawfish, i.e., a 30-quart pot can handle a 15 lb. sack of crawfish, a 60-quart pot can handle a 30 lb. sack, etc.

Flowers poking their heads out of the ground; breezy, 70-degree weather; longer days—all harbingers of spring. But Texans mark the changing of the seasons with another tradition: crawfish boils.

Crawfish-boil season bubbles up before Mardi Gras and scuttles past Easter. Louisiana and Mississippi mudbugs are peaking then. The weather is perfect to cook outdoors for a weekend party or Friday ...

If you're up for tackling a crawfish boil at home, you'll need the appropriate gear. Most home cooks use a large outdoor propane cooker, a boiling pot with a lid and perforated boiling basket, and ...

For Texas rice farmers determined to hang onto their land, crawfish offer clear benefits. Omnivores and swamp creatures at heart, mudbugs thrive in the low, warm, plant-filled waters of rice paddies.

When boiling crawfish, you can use a large boiling pot that is usually heated by a butane flame for outdoor gatherings, or you can use the stovetop and a large, deep pot for indoor cooking. For a 30- ...

BATON ROUGE — One lucky Louisiana crawfish was rescued from the boiling pot in Cajun Country Tuesday during the Bayou State's version of America's annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon. It's the sixth ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - A rare blue crawfish at J.T.’s Seafood has become a fan favorite. “It’s pretty rare - one in about every ten thousand crawfish come out with a blue hue,” J.T.’s Seafood ...

Dozens and dozens of ideas for crawfish boil add-ins Kaitlin Ann, a member of the Where NOLA Eats Facebook group recently asked: "What's your favorite thing to add to a crawfish boil besides the ...

We have religious holidays and national holidays and, in Louisiana, what I’ve come to understand as holidays that fall somewhere between structured tradition and the customs we create together. Of ...