Love them in the spicy boil with lemon, corn, andouille sausage and potatoes. Frying them in hot oil might make the shells harder to peel. Wonderful editing on this video!
French Louisianans make the best food in America. Shame the English speakers destroyed the culture, and forced assimilation like that. Thankfully I've seen a lot of interest in relearning French and keepin the culture alive lately. Hopefully the trend continues.
last month, Some India guys says they will send their angry India tigers to China if Chinese still join the conflict in ladak I feel salivating when i heard about that.......
Ya know.... this is how Americans talk. They would also not hesitate to say "the iphone of California is China's National phone" 😂😂 basically shameless. LOL.
@@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer shut up. Chicken and ducks are birds too and you probably eat them. Do some research. Western people disgust me with their lack of knowledge.
One thing they forgot to mention is that because crayfish are bottom feeders that like to live in murky water, they can be raised in rice paddies while the rice is being grown at little to no upkeep cost.
also they just use pesticides to the max on those rice paddies.. and nothing out of it ever gets tested... so have fun eating ur 'farmed in china' fish and crayfish/shrimp..
@@larsvegas1505 I'm in the States, so our crayfish come from Louisiana, which are also raised in rice paddies. Besides that, it's not _that_ necessary to spray pesticides on rice. The water it grows in does the job to keep most pests off of them.
It's the an affordable version of lobster and bc it's smaller becomes a nice snacking food for Chinese style dinning - out to eat a long meal and talk with friends/ business partners
I'm from new Orleans and crawfish not crayfish is as common as shrimp. I don't know why it's not popular in other parts of the country. They're very tasty suckers.
Cant beat the ones from Louisiana, they feed off the rice or beans left over in the fields from each planting season. They flood the fields after harvest, and the crayfish add nutrients and prevent crop contamination
China knows that. They know crayfish are bottom feeders that like to live in murky water and can be raised in rice paddies while the rice is being grown at little to no upkeep cost, giving farmers an extra income boost. As for the comparison, I can't say which is better because I never ate one XD www.scmp.com/video/china/3102377/breeding-small-crayfish-rice-fields-proves-be-big-economic-boost-chinese
Nope. Crayfishes in nature are scavengers so unless you feed them how you want them to taste like they would eat decayed leaves/animal died bodies in natural environments.
That fish cray, but I've always said crawdads. I'm not from Louisiana, just your boring variety of southerner who recognizes that Louisiana makes the best food in the United states.
@@JM-nt5ex I'm from Louisiana and disagree. It's not just the Acadiana region that has good food. Good food can be found all over the state- New Orleans, Natchitoches, even dare I say it, Alexandria.
@@JLDReactions New Orleans food also comes from the Louisiana French through the creoles, I tend to include that area even if most people separate em, and I do forget there are some creoles even up north. Good point, I tend to forget that it ain't all in South Louisiana, lmao
@@JM-nt5ex Yes, south Louisianans tend to do that forgetting that Natchitoches and Alexandria are also French Louisiana. Natchitoches is older than New Orleans.
I only know crawdads because me, my sister, and her friends went crawdad catching at a creek. The only scary part is that there are snakes. Edit: In a rural area in North Carolina. No, I am not there for vacay, I am basically raised there.
The cajun in me is getting really hungry. I guess this the reason they’ve gotten so expensive. I remember when you could buy them for a couple bucks a pound.
Before they were considered bottom feeders that are prone to parasites in the wild and not fit for human consumption, used mostly as bait. Now they are a specialty food that’s consumed in mass and raised in farms under cleaner conditions.
2:32 no you don't eat crayfish when it is raw unless you want parasites in your stomach. In the picture, the crayfish is red, which means it is cooked. The crayfish is simply cold served.
I had crawfish for the first time when I was 5 or 6 yo. Back then, crawfish was already popular in my hometown province that has a similar climate to Louisiana. We use simply garlic, cinnamon, purple perilla, hot pepper, and ginger. I am having a watery mouth right now.....
asian style crab pot restaurants are pretty popular in the states, they offer crawfish pots.. still not same as a real cajun crawfish boil, which everyone must try at least once.
One of my favorite items anytime I am at a Chinese buffet. Since the whole pandemic, buffet restaurants are still not allowed to open in my city. I feel sorry for taking buffet for granted.
It's same like in India, when you got to feed 1.4 billion hungry mouths you got to innovate and often adapt to different sources of food. What the West may consider as invasive species/inedible are a delicacy in Asia. However in India we have a huge chunk of population are strictly vegetarian because of religious practices and thus the source of nourishment has traditionally been from plants.
I'm from Shanghai. When my family came to US to study in the late 1980s, there was no crawfish in China. Not even in the 90s. So I first ate and loved crawfish studying at UT-Austin (crawfish is big in Texas too). Then during my periodic visits to see my relatives in China in the 2000s I saw people eating crawfish. I was surprised since even many northern Americans never had crawfish. And from the people spoke with, most Chinese don't know crawfish eating came from Louisiana.
growing up in east Texas was awesome. my family loves crawfish we eat them every season. there is a big Vietnamese population here and they have cajun style boils but use stuff like lemon grass and Thai chilis. Love that stuff!!! wish i could try Chinese style !
Awesome editing Hanley. Your comments are usually pretty hilarious, thanks for adding to the live episodes! Crayfish is a walk in the park for any Asian seafood eater, I think. You'll love it! Report back!
Same sort of thing happens in the fall in Maine. Turns out the tradition in France is to eat Lobster ao New Year's eve, and Maine is the #1 supplier of lobsters in the world.
When I was 9 years old (22 years ago), I met this spice for the first time in my south west China home,10 years later ,it became the one of the most popular dish ……I even still not try the 13 spice of crayfishes…..that’s how new ,and changing how fast for me…..
they are also called mudbugs 😍 Edit: if the crawdads are cooked rite all you have to do is pinch the end of the tail and the meat will pull rite our just remember pinch tail and suck the head lol
I think Chinese eat Crayfish as snacks. Friends eat crayfish, drink beers and chat together. a joyful time. That's why Chinese always bring friends for eating crayfish
"If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." H.R.H. Prince Philip
one of his many racist remarks if you ask me....Utilizing your food resources in hard times is genius move and should never be made fun of. I get what you are trying to say though.
another reason is Chinese cuisine or style We used u share multiple dishes and have meals together unlike western cuisine focus on single person at a time, u don't cut up and distribute to multiple peoples from a single slice of steak And the ways of cooking also play a major role
As a Chinese living on the east coast of China, my family and I hate crayfish because there are parasites in crayfish and there is very little meat in crayfish. Of course, lobster shops are very common in my village, usually opened by Sichuanese and Guizhou people. The reason why some people cannot refuse is also very simple, because Sichuanese use various spices and chili. At night, it is difficult for people to resist the smell.
I wondered why when I went to my local place selling crawfish in Mississippi, I saw a Chinese student from the local university eating a big batch of these.
I went to an All-you-can eat Buffet once and it was owned by a Chinese man. They actually serve crawfish and my cousin and I basically ate the entire thing. LOL Was so darn good. I left a big tip to him because no way he made much money off of us. lol
Desmond DeBerry This is true. I was thinking I could probably do better; I come from India and grew up eating fish like the pearl spot (etroplus maculatus), it actually tastes like crab meat....soooo delicious!! But has bones literally everywhere, only fingers can do the job of deboning.
I'm from deep south Louisiana I cringed when i saw him peal 🤣. The trick is putting your thumb sideways to the scales and you peal a large section they were peeling small sections. Then you have old timer pros here who peel or can suck the meat 1 go 🤣 I can do it sometimes, but not consistently like my aunts/uncles.
When I lived in Ningbo, China it was a big deal when the crayfish season came. Every restaurant would cook them. I ate them a few times but, I considered it a lot of work for a tiny bit of meat! 😉😉😉
Louisianan can easily eat(without shell) 3-4 crawfish a minute. We don’t pell it, we cut the head, suck and eat all the goodies in the head. Then squeeze the body(from tail to head) so the shell kind of cracks, bite and suck while pulling(slowly) the tail, that should remove the entire body out of its shell quicker than peeling it. Try it next time.
@@angcil88 Australia have crayfish that are basically lobster but they also have smaller freshwater species that are about 3 times the size of these little ones. The freshwater variety are called Marron.
In Sweden we love crayfish and every year in august there are lots of crayfish parties where people get together and eat crayfish. So Sweden has been a big importer of Chinese crayfish over the years.
@@magic1wizard Yep, that's correct. Ikea has always tried to export different culinary traditions from Sweden of which most famous probably are the Swedish meatballs.
You don't have to peel it off segment by segment. Remove the first segment, put pressure near the end of the tail and pull. If it's cooked correctly, you can suck it out with the pressure on the tail. However, I like to do it the first way so I can dip the tail meat in the sauce.
Was thinking that same thing. I lived in NOLA for a while and at my first boil the cook showed me how to devour an entire crawfish in like 8 seconds flat lmao.
Crayfish is a relative of the marine lobster. No problem making the switch. If you are used to eating crabs or lobsters, eating crayfish is not anymore messy.
And here I was thinking this famous Chinese rich crayfish was actually from China not USA like many things that are from USA but people think it’s from other countries just because those countries use it a lot and USA doesn’t get the credit it rightly deserves like always
I’m pretty sure crawfish are also popular because they are often raised in rice fields. Because they both have a 2-year growth cycle, it is convenient to plant them both together, as they help each other grow. Makes things cheaper and more nutritious 🍚 🦞
I’m glad they love crawfish I wonder what would happen if they tried American style seafood boil with the sausage,the corn, the potatoes, and sometimes they have Alaskan snow crab legs, lobster claws and crabs along with shrimp and crawfish, and don’t forget the old bay
The Asian KFC and Taco Bell is something to be behold. I feel the brand’s original reputation is holding them back in the states, we know Yum! can be creative based on what they have been doing in Asia, I hope they can do the same with their stuffs in North America. KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut are like among the worst fast foods around now days. The Yum! in China is a completely different beast.
@@xxooxx69 But that doesn't really make any sense. A Karen wouldn't care about stuff like that. If anything you could insult me by accusing me of being with PETA or something. More importantly, is it so weird to be disturbed by living things being fried to death while they're ALIVE? They can die painlessly by being put in the freezer, and then thawed out with no impact on the quality of the food.
I remember in the 90's it was a fad to make them as pets here in the Philippines because of the belief it brings good luck they are being sold as lobsters
I understand ppl like a certain thing but I worry about the access of taking away from nature. Shellfish use minerals to create the exoskeleton right? So its pulling from the water and environment those minerals that aren't put back in to naturally replenish the ecosystem. I think we need to figure out a way to send back the hefty shells of shellfish including crabs, mussels, oysters, clams, etc back into where they came from, albeit the ocean, seas, and rivers, so it can decompose and be the resource minerals for more organisms. This is a thought maybe no studies have been done on the long-term impact of excessive fishing of shellfish.
Crayfish, crawfish, or crawdads? What do you call them, and what do you think is the best way to cook them?
Crawfish,The best way is with loads of seasoning and boiled with corn and potatoes
Actually, I call them " baby lobsters"
Love them in the spicy boil with lemon, corn, andouille sausage and potatoes. Frying them in hot oil might make the shells harder to peel. Wonderful editing on this video!
None. Mudbugs is what you call em
Mud buggs
I'm a proud Louisianan, I do I.T. for a living and I've worked with people from China. THEY ADORE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA CUISINE!
Yeah because it’s legit the heartiest and tastiest cuisine out there 🤣
Louisiana is where you could still find real food.... the coleslaw, fried chicken, seafood, bread... everything taste BETTER than the rest of America.
French Louisianans make the best food in America. Shame the English speakers destroyed the culture, and forced assimilation like that. Thankfully I've seen a lot of interest in relearning French and keepin the culture alive lately. Hopefully the trend continues.
Popeyes fried chicken going to destroy KFC in China
@@JM-nt5ex Cajun Creole is unique and entirely seperate from French as well
There's a joke in China, no invasive species could beat the Chinese stomach.
Catfish, snakehead, carp never been a problem in China as there are 1.4 billion people to feed lol
they regret the day they invaded China. LOL
Invasive animal : let's invade china!
Chinese stomach : well well well..
last month, Some India guys says they will send their angry India tigers to China if Chinese still join the conflict in ladak
I feel salivating when i heard about that.......
that's everyone sayings
That's cray
Did you just?!? 😂🤭👍
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO 😐
Grass XD
Rock đôi
Solid* my types is in viet lol
It’s crazy how crayfish from Louisiana is big in China...I can’t blame them they are hella good with the fixings
Crawfish is the best
I'm not that shocked a lot of southeastern asian are in and around Louisiana and Texas all eat crawfish.
Oh the way the Chinese cook them is great, though. Mala crayfish is out of this world.
Louisiana crayfish is one of the world's best.
I just boil them with paprika, salt, and chili’s then toss them in old bay when they’re done
I lived in china for 4 years. I wouldn't think that crayfish is their 'national' dish. Hugely popular yes. Even I became a fan.
Ya know.... this is how Americans talk.
They would also not hesitate to say "the iphone of California is China's National phone" 😂😂 basically shameless. LOL.
@@creatorsky8764 That would be very incorrect. iPhones are famously unpopular in China.
@@appa609 unpopular???? Apple’s China market share crosses 20% in Q4 2020….is this unpopular?
@@kevenjune3904 look at huawei and xiaomi products. It's much cheaper with good specs
@@DBT1007 thanks, but no..
they're like mini-me versions of lobsters
Thats literally what we call them in Chinese
@Justin Xie Haha, that's not only interesting and informative, it's funny too.
They taste nothing like lobster. I tried it one time and tasted like muddy shrimp.
Crawfish: *invades china*
China: you picked the wrong country fool
You picked the wrong country, food
“Invasive species? It’s free real estate.”
- the Chinese
Species goes from China to elsewhere: *Invasive disaster*
Species goes from elsewhere to China: *Devour it*
Just like Chinese Immigrants
Crayfish did exist in China before the bigger north American species was introduced. Chinese people did eat them.
Meat is meat you western is spoiled rich thats why you crying for small things
Literally no birds in chinese parks… they straight up eat them.
@@Dear_Mr._Isaiah_Deringer shut up. Chicken and ducks are birds too and you probably eat them. Do some research. Western people disgust me with their lack of knowledge.
One thing they forgot to mention is that because crayfish are bottom feeders that like to live in murky water, they can be raised in rice paddies while the rice is being grown at little to no upkeep cost.
indeed
That’s really cool. Killing two birds with one stone.
also they just use pesticides to the max on those rice paddies.. and nothing out of it ever gets tested... so have fun eating ur 'farmed in china' fish and crayfish/shrimp..
@@larsvegas1505 I'm in the States, so our crayfish come from Louisiana, which are also raised in rice paddies. Besides that, it's not _that_ necessary to spray pesticides on rice. The water it grows in does the job to keep most pests off of them.
@@larsvegas1505 Mostly farmed in Lousiana. Nice try incel. :>
"They actually came from Louisiana and the surrounding regions. They were then brought to Japan where they were raised as pets."
What
Japanese people keep house centipedes as pets!!!
@@zammmerjammer rly?
There is a weird side of JP youtube focused on exotic and weird pets
I don’t see what’s wrong, I owned shrimp, crayfish and crab as pets. Cherry shrimp are most common.
@@zakaryloreto6526 Nothing wrong with it lol you do you fam
He tought Marina the slowest possible way to peel crawfish, Just peel the first part of the shell in the tail, then pinch the end, then pull it out.
He didn't know how to pull out I guess
@@marcj3846 What...
Also doesn't help they are using gloves... I bet all the US southerners are laughing their asses off
@@undrachevr I mean I've seen people eat the m with plastic gloves on, but it's still really easy.
I thought there's no peeling or anything like that just eat them with chinese sticks
As a Louisiana native, I would love to try some of these dishes.
you can probably boil it in some coconut milk and ginger too
Same
They are too spicy for you 🦞🌶🔥🥵
"For some women, that's not enough."
Bruh, I know.
It's the an affordable version of lobster and bc it's smaller becomes a nice snacking food for Chinese style dinning - out to eat a long meal and talk with friends/ business partners
I'm from new Orleans and crawfish not crayfish is as common as shrimp. I don't know why it's not popular in other parts of the country. They're very tasty suckers.
Cant beat the ones from Louisiana, they feed off the rice or beans left over in the fields from each planting season. They flood the fields after harvest, and the crayfish add nutrients and prevent crop contamination
China knows that. They know crayfish are bottom feeders that like to live in murky water and can be raised in rice paddies while the rice is being grown at little to no upkeep cost, giving farmers an extra income boost.
As for the comparison, I can't say which is better because I never ate one XD
www.scmp.com/video/china/3102377/breeding-small-crayfish-rice-fields-proves-be-big-economic-boost-chinese
@@JoshuaHoe How do I meet China? He sounds like a pretty cool guy.
@@RCXDerp +1000 Social Credit
Nope. Crayfishes in nature are scavengers so unless you feed them how you want them to taste like they would eat decayed leaves/animal died bodies in natural environments.
@@GyacoYu Louisiana crawfish are way better but you’re right in that they eat basically anything they can.
It is nice to know that crayfish are so loved all over the world, and to understand that I am starting an actual business
People from the south:
*It’s pronounced “CrawFish”
Crawdad*
True
As a person who lives in New Orleans I can confirm they are crawfish
Which south?
@@rrsharizam louisiana, mississippi, alabama, can confirm CRAWFISH
That fish cray, but I've always said crawdads. I'm not from Louisiana, just your boring variety of southerner who recognizes that Louisiana makes the best food in the United states.
But still the poorest state in USA.
Not just Louisiana, specifically French Louisiana 😂 It's called Acadiana, cher
@@JM-nt5ex I'm from Louisiana and disagree. It's not just the Acadiana region that has good food. Good food can be found all over the state- New Orleans, Natchitoches, even dare I say it, Alexandria.
@@JLDReactions New Orleans food also comes from the Louisiana French through the creoles, I tend to include that area even if most people separate em, and I do forget there are some creoles even up north. Good point, I tend to forget that it ain't all in South Louisiana, lmao
@@JM-nt5ex Yes, south Louisianans tend to do that forgetting that Natchitoches and Alexandria are also French Louisiana. Natchitoches is older than New Orleans.
The moment I heard the guy say Crayfish in Cantonese, in actual translation it's " little lobster" so no shet Chinese people be crazy for it.
And "lobster" in Chinese is "dragon shrimp", so "crayfish" is literally "little dragon shrimp".
Xioa Long Xia, Yao bu Yao Chi Wo De Xiao Long Ma?
@@jonathanng138 卧槽，开车狂魔。
alternative translation: bruce lee shrimp
@@CaptainPopo sht this makes my day
I only know crawdads because me, my sister, and her friends went crawdad catching at a creek. The only scary part is that there are snakes.
Edit: In a rural area in North Carolina.
No, I am not there for vacay, I am basically raised there.
I live in nc. Why would people think u werent raised there? Creek crayfish catching is life here
The cajun in me is getting really hungry. I guess this the reason they’ve gotten so expensive. I remember when you could buy them for a couple bucks a pound.
Well they don’t exactly import from US, they raise them locally
More about where you’re buying them, Importing cray can be expensive but buying from local sellers/farmers can be cheap
Before they were considered bottom feeders that are prone to parasites in the wild and not fit for human consumption, used mostly as bait. Now they are a specialty food that’s consumed in mass and raised in farms under cleaner conditions.
Also oil spills have contributed to that
@@trifflin7553 Crayfish has never been an import/export thing like Lobster. Crayfish is popular nowadays in China but not as a high end seafood.
How underrated this channel can be!
Interesting! I did not know my favorite dish in China is actually from Louisianan! Good to know!
Because they're delicious. This has been my TED talk.
2:32 no you don't eat crayfish when it is raw unless you want parasites in your stomach. In the picture, the crayfish is red, which means it is cooked. The crayfish is simply cold served.
some race of crawfish are red un-cooked.
@@Francois_Dupont I just googled! they look so cool
@@空调22 no problem, Thank You!
Native Louisianian. Crawfish is delightful. Respect to the chef peeling with gloves on, because it's a lot easier without them.
I bet you they take them off when the camera stops rolling.
@@sigmaprime4307 nah it's common to peel crawfish with gloves. You don't want your finger to smell like crawfish for days.
@@jingyaowen5660 if you cook crayfish almost everyday, I doubt it matters if your hands smell like crayfish or not.
@@CardSearcher911 yeah your entire body smells like crawfish haha
I never peel them just pinch the tail end and pull on the exposed meat.
This is crazy I'm from Louisiana and we eat 5lbs of crawfish as a kid. You get tired of peeling before you get full .
I had crawfish for the first time when I was 5 or 6 yo. Back then, crawfish was already popular in my hometown province that has a similar climate to Louisiana. We use simply garlic, cinnamon, purple perilla, hot pepper, and ginger. I am having a watery mouth right now.....
I don’t really like Crawdads, but the way it’s cooked in China I really want to try it. Especially the 13 spices.
asian style crab pot restaurants are pretty popular in the states, they offer crawfish pots.. still not same as a real cajun crawfish boil, which everyone must try at least once.
One of my favorite items anytime I am at a Chinese buffet. Since the whole pandemic, buffet restaurants are still not allowed to open in my city. I feel sorry for taking buffet for granted.
I'm from Tennessee and we never this many Crayfish, it's amazing to watch!
A mate exclaimed to me once, “Crayfish?! Cockroaches of the sea you mean...and I love them!”
You should tell your mate, crayfish don't live in the sea. He is confusing them with shrimps. :)
@@walden6272 exactly!
Imagine telling Chinese people that crawfish invasion is bad.
Chinese: how it too good to be bad
Good for sitting outside in the summertime at night with beers
It's same like in India, when you got to feed 1.4 billion hungry mouths you got to innovate and often adapt to different sources of food. What the West may consider as invasive species/inedible are a delicacy in Asia.
However in India we have a huge chunk of population are strictly vegetarian because of religious practices and thus the source of nourishment has traditionally been from plants.
I'm from Shanghai. When my family came to US to study in the late 1980s, there was no crawfish in China. Not even in the 90s. So I first ate and loved crawfish studying at UT-Austin (crawfish is big in Texas too). Then during my periodic visits to see my relatives in China in the 2000s I saw people eating crawfish. I was surprised since even many northern Americans never had crawfish. And from the people spoke with, most Chinese don't know crawfish eating came from Louisiana.
I’m glad you like crawfish I wonder
growing up in east Texas was awesome. my family loves crawfish we eat them every season. there is a big Vietnamese population here and they have cajun style boils but use stuff like lemon grass and Thai chilis. Love that stuff!!! wish i could try Chinese style !
I've had the Chinese version, and to be honest.... it's awesome. (And I'm from Cajun country)
Vietnamese crawfish is the best , if you you n Houston go to The Crawfish Pot ; Cravin Cajun, Crafty Crab and The Famous Crab
I've never seen anyone eat the head before. I always thought you're supposed to suck the juices out of it.
Awesome editing Hanley. Your comments are usually pretty hilarious, thanks for adding to the live episodes!
Crayfish is a walk in the park for any Asian seafood eater, I think. You'll love it!
Report back!
Crayfish:
Chinese: *Oh, you're approaching me?*
Short story, they grow best in shallow slow moving ponds... aka rice paddies
Forest Gump: ahah Mama told me not to bring my pet crayfish to China when I was playing Ping Pong over there...
Same sort of thing happens in the fall in Maine. Turns out the tradition in France is to eat Lobster ao New Year's eve, and Maine is the #1 supplier of lobsters in the world.
When I lived in China, the crayfish restaurant was outside my apartment compound. I didn't know the crayfish was not from China
When I was 9 years old (22 years ago), I met this spice for the first time in my south west China home,10 years later ,it became the one of the most popular dish ……I even still not try the 13 spice of crayfishes…..that’s how new ,and changing how fast for me…..
they are also called mudbugs 😍
Edit: if the crawdads are cooked rite all you have to do is pinch the end of the tail and the meat will pull rite our just remember pinch tail and suck the head lol
I think Chinese eat Crayfish as snacks. Friends eat crayfish, drink beers and chat together. a joyful time. That's why Chinese always bring friends for eating crayfish
"If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it."
H.R.H. Prince Philip
My dad said too😂
one of his many racist remarks if you ask me....Utilizing your food resources in hard times is genius move and should never be made fun of.
I get what you are trying to say though.
@@shirokisasaki3233 that’s how Covid is born by utilizing the surroundings. Thought you would know that by now.
I wonder why it never took off in France. They would've had access for a long time and they don't mind exotic food (even today).
another reason is Chinese cuisine or style
We used u share multiple dishes and have meals together unlike western cuisine focus on single person at a time, u don't cut up and distribute to multiple peoples from a single slice of steak
And the ways of cooking also play a major role
As a Chinese living on the east coast of China, my family and I hate crayfish because there are parasites in crayfish and there is very little meat in crayfish. Of course, lobster shops are very common in my village, usually opened by Sichuanese and Guizhou people. The reason why some people cannot refuse is also very simple, because Sichuanese use various spices and chili. At night, it is difficult for people to resist the smell.
cray fish are supposed to be cleaned and raise properly so they don't get parasites, like any other meat
I'd love to see a huge crayfish boil/cookoff with a bunch of Louisana and Chinese people and have them try all the different dishes.
The world would be a much better place if we replaced all the politicians with foodies
I wondered why when I went to my local place selling crawfish in Mississippi, I saw a Chinese student from the local university eating a big batch of these.
I can eat 2 kg crawfish easily, but it’s pretty expensive
we absolutely love a well-seasoned crayfish..
I went to an All-you-can eat Buffet once and it was owned by a Chinese man. They actually serve crawfish and my cousin and I basically ate the entire thing. LOL Was so darn good. I left a big tip to him because no way he made much money off of us. lol
plot twist: they were Chinese American and you were just racist lol
Chinese found out they weren't from Japan so they decided they were ok to eat LOL.
Lol any kid in the American south can shell crayfish twice as fast as that chef
Desmond DeBerry This is true. I was thinking I could probably do better; I come from India and grew up eating fish like the pearl spot (etroplus maculatus), it actually tastes like crab meat....soooo delicious!! But has bones literally everywhere, only fingers can do the job of deboning.
I'm from deep south Louisiana I cringed when i saw him peal 🤣. The trick is putting your thumb sideways to the scales and you peal a large section they were peeling small sections. Then you have old timer pros here who peel or can suck the meat 1 go 🤣 I can do it sometimes, but not consistently like my aunts/uncles.
I went to a crawfish plant here, and some vietnamese ladies worked there they were crawfish peeling terminators 🤣.
Look at the way they cook the crayfish. So much variety.
When I lived in Ningbo, China it was a big deal when the crayfish season came. Every restaurant would cook them. I ate them a few times but, I considered it a lot of work for a tiny bit of meat! 😉😉😉
That's what she said.
The way they peeled that crawfish! OMG, they need to learn more
Love crawfish! Would love to try the 13 spices version.
Don’t forget crawfish butter. There is a small yellow stuff near the head that taste fantastic like shrimp.
Brought to japan as a pet and the chinese ended up eating them. Sounds about right.
Louisianan can easily eat(without shell) 3-4 crawfish a minute. We don’t pell it, we cut the head, suck and eat all the goodies in the head. Then squeeze the body(from tail to head) so the shell kind of cracks, bite and suck while pulling(slowly) the tail, that should remove the entire body out of its shell quicker than peeling it. Try it next time.
It may be invasive animal in there but in sydney where I lived this food is so expensive last time i tried for $40 per kilo 😅
But the crayfish in aussie is huge yes? Like a lobster but without the claw?
@@angcil88 Australia have crayfish that are basically lobster but they also have smaller freshwater species that are about 3 times the size of these little ones. The freshwater variety are called Marron.
an English speaking German girl in China eats American crayfish
We will wait until lionfish to be next favorite chinese dish
Lionfish actually taste good
In Sweden we love crayfish and every year in august there are lots of crayfish parties where people get together and eat crayfish. So Sweden has been a big importer of Chinese crayfish over the years.
Guess that explains why I saw crayfish at Ikea.
@@magic1wizard Yep, that's correct. Ikea has always tried to export different culinary traditions from Sweden of which most famous probably are the Swedish meatballs.
@@notbugs Grew up in China, and I love the Swedish meatballs! I lived by an Ikea store and my mom always goes there just for the meatballs!
13 spices!? Colonel Sanders has something to say about this.
KFC only got 11 herbs & spices on their chicken.
You don't have to peel it off segment by segment. Remove the first segment, put pressure near the end of the tail and pull. If it's cooked correctly, you can suck it out with the pressure on the tail. However, I like to do it the first way so I can dip the tail meat in the sauce.
They do not know how to de-shell them, that's a trick they need to make their way back to louisiana to learn lol.
Was thinking that same thing. I lived in NOLA for a while and at my first boil the cook showed me how to devour an entire crawfish in like 8 seconds flat lmao.
Looks like too much work to eat. Figured you peeps can open them cray fast
Crayfish is a relative of the marine lobster. No problem making the switch. If you are used to eating crabs or lobsters, eating crayfish is not anymore messy.
Now i know why they have crayfish at my local Chinese buffet in cleveland ohio
I like th edited part at the end, thanks man!
Sichuan style crawfish is quite good
And here I was thinking this famous Chinese rich crayfish was actually from China not USA like many things that are from USA but people think it’s from other countries just because those countries use it a lot and USA doesn’t get the credit it rightly deserves like always
I’m pretty sure crawfish are also popular because they are often raised in rice fields. Because they both have a 2-year growth cycle, it is convenient to plant them both together, as they help each other grow. Makes things cheaper and more nutritious 🍚 🦞
Same for hairy crabs
Delicious
What are the 13 spices, is beer one of them?
that’s not sashimi. It is cooked crayfish on the ice.
What;s the song you used in the intro?
I love crawfish! 😋
I’m glad they love crawfish I wonder what would happen if they tried American style seafood boil with the sausage,the corn, the potatoes, and sometimes they have Alaskan snow crab legs, lobster claws and crabs along with shrimp and crawfish, and don’t forget the old bay
I'd love to know what Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut serve crawfish!!!
Only in China､Only in PRC!
The Asian KFC and Taco Bell is something to be behold. I feel the brand’s original reputation is holding them back in the states, we know Yum! can be creative based on what they have been doing in Asia, I hope they can do the same with their stuffs in North America. KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut are like among the worst fast foods around now days. The Yum! in China is a completely different beast.
what kind of crayfish is that?
Interesting information, I kinda like the guy in the end of the video lol never had crawfish 🦞 and definitely not gonna try the sashimi 😂
In Louisiana they cook Cajun style and in China they cook Sichuan style.
Louisiana has crawfish! Try and keep up!
C'est vrai. Best food in the us down in Acadiana. Hope y'all keep your French alive!
"This is her first time trying crayfish..."
Eight hundred thousand tonnes later... 🤣 🤣 🤣
I love spicy crawfish!
I have at my home.
But I don't know if it is same with the kind in this video.
Somebody should teach that chef how to shell a crawfish
couldn’t hold my laugh when I heard it was a pet in Japan lmao
Damn, those dudes got fried alive in boiling oil. Brutal.
Hello Karen !
@@xxooxx69 But that doesn't really make any sense. A Karen wouldn't care about stuff like that. If anything you could insult me by accusing me of being with PETA or something.
More importantly, is it so weird to be disturbed by living things being fried to death while they're ALIVE? They can die painlessly by being put in the freezer, and then thawed out with no impact on the quality of the food.
the tip of head is cut off already
@@GMMesmerize Theres no replicating freshness Reppuken
Unfortunately here in US @ least in NYC it’s nearly impossible to find them on any Chinese takeout.
I call it "kräfta" (kräftor) 🇸🇪
I remember in the 90's it was a fad to make them as pets here in the Philippines because of the belief it brings good luck they are being sold as lobsters
I understand ppl like a certain thing but I worry about the access of taking away from nature. Shellfish use minerals to create the exoskeleton right? So its pulling from the water and environment those minerals that aren't put back in to naturally replenish the ecosystem. I think we need to figure out a way to send back the hefty shells of shellfish including crabs, mussels, oysters, clams, etc back into where they came from, albeit the ocean, seas, and rivers, so it can decompose and be the resource minerals for more organisms. This is a thought maybe no studies have been done on the long-term impact of excessive fishing of shellfish.
Crawfish are an invasive species in China...
Tip: Break off the side of the shell by pressing down and then just pull out the meat.