One way to sort the juveniles is at the site. Instead of a flat surface where they dump the crawfish on that little boat’s table they should install the rollers there with the separation to let the juveniles through as they push the market size ones to the chutes. Underneath the rolled you install a catch basin also with chutes and slides all the way to the water (imagine something like mufflers coming out to the water from the sides. This will not only separate the juveniles at harvest but will also imply less manipulation of the animals (better survival) and easier work. I’m an aquaculture advisor by the way, stumbled upon this video and watched it. Pretty cool operation.
@@fersal72 I think they said they will drain the field after harvesting the crawfish, so the juveniles would die if they were put back in the same paddy. They go in a NEW field to grow as the rice does.
@@UncleKenInAz true. Even easier then, instead of chutes going down back into the water then you put totes under the roller sorter to catch the juveniles sorted and then release them in the new pond. I guess the point is to try and sort at the site to avoid extra handling and labour. Cheers.
I have been friends with the Fruge's my entire life. I went to school with their children, and live in the same town. I cannot say enough of how good of people they are. Glad to see some good people getting recognition for their hard work.
tell them they can auto seed from the sorter ... with a large pipe (about 10 inches) and use water pressure to move them to the filed and then a watering line with a corkscrew like used in a grain silo to move them along the watering line and drop them every so often through holes back into the new pond ... sure they have to setup the pipe track each harvest but that just becomes prep work and the watering line if it stretches across the field doesnt harm the field ... no more retransporting the seedlings . they may want to look into clam farming too or even escargot farming as well ... increase their yield for the same size fields triple and quadruple harvest each plot ...
@@0623kaboom Problem is, that is just one crawfish pond that is close to the crawfish plant. Many crawfish ponds are several miles away from the plant and are not next to each other.
@@0623kaboom I'd assume they have multiple rice fields that span multiple acres. they'd have to have piping everywhere. They could, however, make a machine to attach to a trailer and load in the crawfish and shoot them out. But that'd be a lot of pressure required to spread them. IT could also kill them based on the impact.
Babineaux displaced to Albuquerque can tell you that the biggest mistake Ive ever made was leaving and honestly losing my roots. The most sincere and cool people . Still have great ethics unlike other places Ive been to..
I'm 74 years old and the 4th generation to produce rice and crawfish on our family farm several miles west of the Fruge' operation. This was a very good video. Quite informative and accurate. Before outsiders "discovered" how delicious crawfish were, we had them all to ourselves. In the old days Momma and I waded the crawfish pond with #3 washtubs tied to our belts. We lifted flat square cotton nets baited with beef melt or chicken necks. Momma strapped a 22 cal. pistol to her hip to shoot poisonous snakes. Today we cover hundreds more acres using land-friendly airboats. Our best fields can yield 1,000 lbs per acre in a season.
Dear Sir, Am sorry for can you help teach me. when we put small crawfish to rice fields so how long we can get it back? and how we can catch all of this from rice fields. Many thanks for your help reply
@@sothearithuy4704 We rotate rice and crawfish land-use each year. Mature (mated) crawfish are taken from the crawfish pond and put into the growing rice crop. After the rice field is harvested it is flooded to become next year's crawfish pond. The mature crawfish we had put in the rice field will reproduced to provide the new crop of crawfish to catch. It takes 3 or 4 months for the small, hatched crawfish to be big enough to catch. We repeat this cycle year after year. Crawfish, Rice, Crawfish, Rice, Crawfish, Rice. We use the same traps as seen in this video.
@@dakillstone2650 our farmer/operator has hired his 10 man crew. Most of that family has been working for him for 15 years. I think most of them are from Cabo San Lucas. Very hard-working men we look forward to their return each year. Love to hear those air boats cracking up every morning at 7 AM. It’s a win-win situation for them and for us.
I'm almost 70 now, and I still remember going crawfishing with my Dad and my siblings when we were young. There's Nothing like a good crawfish boil. Food, Family, and Fun!
The great thing about eating crawfish, is that it slows the eating process down. Everyone is kind of forced to sit, eat, and talk. It’s great way to bring ppl together.
@@wulfrache id love to eat them, but im surrounded by lobster and other seafood, 10 mins from where im sitting on the atlantic , so speak for yourself with the cheap subjectivity
@@wulfrache Yeah OK sure dude you’ve probably never had one have you. I thought the same thing until I spent a year in Louisiana, some of the finest food in the fucking world. Le Bonton Roulet
Lousiana never disappoints on eater’ as always they are super patient with people and amicable and willing to teach others and have a laugh along the way
Over 20 years ago my folks brought my brother and I to New Orleans Louisiana and the first place we ate was this craw fish bar that had these huge circular tables with a trash can in the center. They law down newspaper and then dump a few pounds of crawfish on the table all juicy and boiled in Old Bay. One of the most delicious first experiences of my life and I’ll remember that day forever.. All because of people like this farmer.. Thanks for what you do!
@@quinnyque2435 lmao, I live in Florida literally a mile or so from the beach where there are hundreds of seafood restaurants. Not only did they have the crawdads seasoned in old bay but my dad got a shellfish sampler of blue crab, snow crab legs and some soft shell crab was also seasoned in old bay.. been eating that stuff for over 20 years. There’s also dozens of crawdad restaurants in New Orleans in the French quarter alone so how would you even know that? That’s like trying to say they don’t serve water lol. 🙃😁
That was fascinating and kinda genius how it all works. I like that you actually tried to keep up and do every part of the process too, much respect for that. I wish I could get my hands on some crawfish that big! Great video
It does my heart good to see Louisiana becoming stronger, more resourceful and showing off those culinary skills between two industries and making them grow ever better with respect to Mother Nature. This was a prime and delicious example: Rice and Crawfish 🤤
Would be interesting to look at the numbers, I always find it interesting how much flak beef farming gets for its environmental impact when rice farming produces around the same levels of methane without any of the carbon sequestering.
@@tdolan500 True.That would be good research for my Econ paper. Thanks for the idea! I think cattle still produce more methane per tonne, but I think there is a way to inhibit the enzyme in cows that’s responsible for methane. As for rice production, farming techniques can reduce methane as well.
Also, the crawdads eat small bugs and larvae of flying insects like mosquitos. This also provides crawdad manure, which feeds the rice and provides a carbon sink. The ducks come in and do the same thing. Other avians also walk through the marshy fields and mash down plant material into the soil enriching the fields. This is called permaculture. The Vietnamese do the same thing but with tilapia, ducks and rice.
In China many farmlands or ricefields are using this way to grow rice and harvest crawfish, which is really effective, it could also enhance the productivity of the rice.
I am 57 years old and I have eaten crawfish my whole life. I can peel a crawfish in just a few seconds, almost like a machine. When you do it your whole life,you get really fast at it.I always like to see someone who has never tried them,eat them for the first time. They start off slow,but when you show them the way to do it they get better at it.
Brain Juice ! Sucking the brain juice is the best;you can't leave that part out. Been eating them for years myself. Gal pal said she'd never eat one, but we wound up at a crawfish fest in Nashville...oh yeah,she wound up eating them..she luved it.
Great ideas about two crops. Many years ago I was trucking and stopped at a restaurant named "Camps". I think. In Buras La. Our first feed of crawfish. As we stumbled through our pound of crawfish, we watched another couple slay a five pound platter and then another before we had finished our one pound. We also were told to crush the head and suck on it. The tail and then the head. Was good. A memorable night in Buras. Won't forget that place!!
@@jacobjohnson8773 they are a good size. crawfish are basically lying to us all the time. You think you want big ones but the bigger they are the thicker the shell. Sacks of crawfish are sold by weight and you end up with a larger shell to meat ratio with large crawfish.
I fell in love with these when I lived in Florida and when I moved back north I cooked them for family and friends.. It was great fun watching them try and figure out how to eat them!
That was very interesting to watch! I breed crawfish in my backyard pond here in Sweden, we love to eat crawfish, now in august we have what we call "kräftskiva" means crawfish party, has been part of Swedish culture for some 100 years.
Most for festivals in Sweden these days were being farmed in Turkey but I heard a while back that was changing because of some EU or human rights violation in Turkey. There are crayfish in your ponds and lakes -- Sweden has the cleanest waterways in the world.
I would have never guessed the climate would be suitable for crawfish in Sweden. How wonderful that you too can enjoy this delicious little treat. Do know what you might call it but I'm wondering if you guys have what we call a "low country boil"? Very popular in the southern states of the U.S. A real treat to be shared with a group of people. You can add a few ingredients, leave out some maybe not familiar to your culture, it's kinda make the main boil then add in as you like. Just don't overdo it, and use Tabasco hot sauce. It's the law here the States. (Not really, but I'm pushing for it.)
@@rondohunter8966 The Swedes boil crayfish up with sprigs of fresh dill. Always al fresco. There are vids on YT of it. The best, imho, is Louisiana or Zatarain's Crab Boil herb & spice packets with an extra bulb or two of garlic. They add fresh corn in the cob & new red potatoes. Fantastic. Louisiana has the finest cuisine in the USA.
@@generalputnam8387 I will not disagree with you on that. The best Cajun and Creole food I ever had was in NO. I just knew that the Swedes would do it differently, their culture being different from ours; I just didn't know what they would do with them. Appreciate the info. Stay hungry!
@@HungMelow I'm from Texas born in Houston but I go to the deep south end to visit friends and I know some people with the confederate flag and they are some friendly people. I'm Nigerian besides you barely even see those type of people anymore because the south has grown to be more friendly in the Christian value.
Very smart operation. Multipurpose their fields. Switched out specialized machines (with fueling, maintenance, and field repairs) for paying some workers to go on a stroll with weird little boats. And it's largely self sustaining with cycling the small ones back to repopulate.
Watch the show "Swamp People" thats been around for over 10 years now. They harvest Aligators. Watch how they work and manage their fields. Crawfish is about the same in many ways, there just about 500 to 700 pounds lighter vs. the Aligators. You have to catch thousands of Crawfish to make a living. Usually around 5 to 8 Aligators a day will make you a decent living.
My cousin's husband introduced me to crawfish cornbread 3 years ago. I asked for the recipe, and have made it for my family every Christmas. The love it.
Brings back good memories. Born in Lafayette Louisiana myself, been back a few times, my wife who is from China loves the crawfish boils. Says that we Louisianan’s eat similar to Chinese, sit and talk and eat slow and it’s an hours long process. These guys remind me of my uncle back in Lafayette.
My first job was boiling at Buddy & Gloria's seafood spot near the Pineville VA in the 90's. It was a blast. 50lb bags of bugs kept me fit with all the fried catfish, boiled shrimp and crawfish I was eating.
Was going to go bed , but how could I resist knowing some random fact my friends don’t know about once again 😂 much love Louisiana , hard workers & honest work amen 🙏🏼
That was fun to watch and really informative. Didnt realize how much work went into crawfish. Thats a lot of catching and putting back. Got a new subscriber. Great video
@@tombrown7449 you its over kill some times..I ate a place in Kansas called RedBeans i bought a bucket of bugs they had cooked and pulled out a a female with a clutch of eggs in her apron i could not eat them for another year it just turned my gut.
So humble them guys and the host is right about the sit their in silence I just got to liking lobster , shrimp and everything in between. Besides the occasional oohhh that's one was spicy...
This is an important crop for rice farmers in SE Texas too. Some even combine crawfish farming with catering. That's proved very profitable. Here in Hawai'i, wet land taro (kalo) farming is also combined with crawfish farming but is not commercialized to any extent as far as I am aware. Troy Labrie Hilo, Hawai'i
I think this is great, the fact that one crop supports another is amazing. I really wish this was actively applied to other crops/products more frequently.
@@emarokan Chickens have a very limited number of taste receptor. They completely lack the one of capsaicin. But if I had to guess adding spices to their diet its probably beneficial (healthier chickens).
no job is fun in the summer when you are a teenager.... is it!. hell!!, no job is fun for a adult either!.... and this is just a shitty job, you are in the water sun beating down on you!, you can wear a hat but the sun reflects off the water burning you twice as fast!, lifting heaving baskets and gettign wet.. no thx!.
Crawfish is one of my top 3 favorite seafood of all time. There was a seafood buffet I used to go and I always go straight for the crawfish instead of the king crabs and lobsters. I was literally the only person eating the crawfish.
@@sophiadilworth885 you like them to….to what? To sing to you? To cause you an upset stomach? To die holding hands with their bestie? You can’t just stop mis sentence and leave us hanging.
We used to buy a 50 pound sack and dump it in the bathtub...run some water, dump in salt to purge the mud, then get to cooking...first you had boiled crawfish. Then we would peel the rest and bag them for the freezer, then we would be able to enjoy fried crawfish, crawfish gumbo, and crawfish etoufee and sautéed crawfish for many suppers...man, I miss living in Louisiana.
That's the only bad thing about crawfish...I never really get full just eventually my fingers and mouth hurt haha...then you gotta spend an extra hour peeling so grandma can make crawfish pie, etoufee, etc. Wouldn't have it any other way though.
THIS IS THE PERFECT SYBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP...& SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION!! EAT MORE RICE, & CRAWDADS THANK YOU TO THE LOUISIANA FOLKS, & THEIR GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY FOR ALLOWING US TO SEE HOW THIS FARMING IS DONE!! ♡☆♡
I remember when my friend and I saw our first crayfish (we call them crayfish, not crawfish) as kids. We were playing around in a small creek in London, Ontario and we pulled up a rusty old pail from a pool and a little lobster looking thing was flopping around inside. As we got older we knew crayfish were great bait for bass fishing and we used to hunt for them in the shallow parts of the Thames river flipping the rocks over and catching them with a net as they swam backwards. This video makes me want to visit Louisiana. I keep hearing about the delicious food, and I know the music. Sounds like a great trip within North America.
It’s stuff like this that remind me why I love my state so much. We have so many things that make us unique, from food, culture, accents, crops, and our people are so warm, and vibrant❤️ I do love some perfectly boiled crawfish, too😍⚜️
Wow that was an awesome video!!! That's duplex farming at it's best. Love to see dual use with land/water, and dual use with plants/animals. Amazing stuff
Stuff like this is so amazing to me. From a sort of marveling at technology perspective, I just find modern agriculture to be impressive on the level of something like a nuclear power plant. Both using human ingenuity to create something huge and valuable on a scale that is hard to imagine.
I had a siamese cat and gave him a live crawfish. after he was done playing with it he wanted it cooked then he ate it . he loved them. you all work very hard at it and it was nice to know that rice and crawfish work together. i learned a lot thank you.
Wow, very cool to watch hard working people also invent and create an industry that minimizes waste. I own a flooring store and I totally get it. Good job, you guys. Very impressive.
Odd question, but I saw your comment and figured I’d ask. Do you do anything with your leftover cutoffs after installing a laminate floor? I do about one every two weeks (in addition to drywall, paint, etc) and hats just throwing the leftover stuff in the trash
We catch all the time here in Northern Maine. My son and his friend put 2 traps out in the river the other night and by 10am the next morning they had 86 in just 2 traps lol.
One small seed crawfish to another one on leaving the sorter: “ Hey Fred, that amusement park was awesome, and how about the roller coaster ride at the end ??? “ “ Heck yeah Joe ! What a blast ! I hope we can come back again next year !!! “
If you've never been to a real Louisiana crawfish boil, you are missing one of the best meals on the planet. We put everything from crawfish and sausage to mushrooms, corn, and Brussel sprouts in the boil. And everything in between. But the secret is the seasoning. And then of course all the beers you can drink. If you get the chance, don't pass it up.
That was awesome to watch. We have a all year round canal here in Utah I frequent with traps and make a fest of these tasty critters. 😋 Thanks for sharing this video. I enjoyed it.
In my area of south Louisiana, we don't sprinkle the seasoning on after they're boiled, we season the water, but ooooh cher.....dem Ecrivisse is ç'est si bon!!!!🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love turning over a rock, catching a crawdad, hookin it thru the tail, casting it into a ncie deep pool in the river and pullin out a ncie bass or trout. Fish also think theyre are tasty little bugs.
It was neat seeing how the two crops are worked together. I think the first time I had crayfish was in the early 80s in the Philippines. Some friends and I went to a fancy (for the small town we were in) steak and lobster place. The "lobster" were so small I'm pretty sure they were crayfish. LOL! It was fine though because it was tasty and very affordable.
In Dominican the saltwater crustacean they sell in restaurants as ‘lobster’ is actually a langoustine, pretty disappointing when you’ve grown up on real Atlantic lobster. On the other hand crayfish are freshwater animals and in my area are about an inch long, lol.
I freaking love crawfish. Id love a tour of that place. Charge me 20-30 bucks let me see the place and do a little work then have big crawfish boil and some drinks with some friends, family, and other crawfish lovers. This should be a thing.
The trap he described has been in use by local fishermen in west Africa for centuries. It’s fascinating how different people in different walks of life are somehow united by similar inventions
In Virginia we would use a piece of cheesecloth with a chicken liver tied to a string. Them greedy fellers wouldn't let go even when you pulled them out of the water. We just shake or pick him off into 5 gallon bucket. Half the time we used them for bait to catch bigger fish.
This is cool, chinese farms have been doing things like this for centuries where rice farmers would set out traps while the rice grew to collect fish or crab protein
@@racerman3734 You would think so. But ain't they growing rice in Louisiana? I also had some rice packaged with the claim "Product of USA". I don't know where they grown it and picked it. But by God it tasted horrible.
My parents used to live on a rice farm. I remember the crawfish POURING out with the water the first time I saw a field drained. I would beg the owner to let me know when he drained the fields so I could come and gather some crawfish. He would never remember! Oh well, there was always the river to drop a trap into.
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One way to sort the juveniles is at the site. Instead of a flat surface where they dump the crawfish on that little boat’s table they should install the rollers there with the separation to let the juveniles through as they push the market size ones to the chutes. Underneath the rolled you install a catch basin also with chutes and slides all the way to the water (imagine something like mufflers coming out to the water from the sides. This will not only separate the juveniles at harvest but will also imply less manipulation of the animals (better survival) and easier work. I’m an aquaculture advisor by the way, stumbled upon this video and watched it. Pretty cool operation.
Cool story! I love the symbiotic farming. Did not know this existed!
@@fersal72 I think they said they will drain the field after harvesting the crawfish, so the juveniles would die if they were put back in the same paddy. They go in a NEW field to grow as the rice does.
@@UncleKenInAz true. Even easier then, instead of chutes going down back into the water then you put totes under the roller sorter to catch the juveniles sorted and then release them in the new pond. I guess the point is to try and sort at the site to avoid extra handling and labour. Cheers.
I have been friends with the Fruge's my entire life. I went to school with their children, and live in the same town. I cannot say enough of how good of people they are. Glad to see some good people getting recognition for their hard work.
tell them they can auto seed from the sorter ... with a large pipe (about 10 inches) and use water pressure to move them to the filed and then a watering line with a corkscrew like used in a grain silo to move them along the watering line and drop them every so often through holes back into the new pond ... sure they have to setup the pipe track each harvest but that just becomes prep work and the watering line if it stretches across the field doesnt harm the field ... no more retransporting the seedlings
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they may want to look into clam farming too or even escargot farming as well ... increase their yield for the same size fields triple and quadruple harvest each plot ...
@@0623kaboom Problem is, that is just one crawfish pond that is close to the crawfish plant. Many crawfish ponds are several miles away from the plant and are not next to each other.
@@0623kaboom I'd assume they have multiple rice fields that span multiple acres. they'd have to have piping everywhere. They could, however, make a machine to attach to a trailer and load in the crawfish and shoot them out. But that'd be a lot of pressure required to spread them. IT could also kill them based on the impact.
Babineaux displaced to Albuquerque can tell you that the biggest mistake Ive ever made was leaving and honestly losing my roots. The most sincere and cool people . Still have great ethics unlike other places Ive been to..
do you get free crawfish sometimes?
I'm 74 years old and the 4th generation to produce rice and crawfish on our family farm several miles west of the Fruge' operation. This was a very good video. Quite informative and accurate. Before outsiders "discovered" how delicious crawfish were, we had them all to ourselves. In the old days Momma and I waded the crawfish pond with #3 washtubs tied to our belts. We lifted flat square cotton nets baited with beef melt or chicken necks. Momma strapped a 22 cal. pistol to her hip to shoot poisonous snakes. Today we cover hundreds more acres using land-friendly airboats. Our best fields can yield 1,000 lbs per acre in a season.
Dear Sir, Am sorry for can you help teach me. when we put small crawfish to rice fields so how long we can get it back? and how we can catch all of this from rice fields. Many thanks for your help reply
@@sothearithuy4704 We rotate rice and crawfish land-use each year. Mature (mated) crawfish are taken from the crawfish pond and put into the growing rice crop. After the rice field is harvested it is flooded to become next year's crawfish pond. The mature crawfish we had put in the rice field will reproduced to provide the new crop of crawfish to catch. It takes 3 or 4 months for the small, hatched crawfish to be big enough to catch. We repeat this cycle year after year. Crawfish, Rice, Crawfish, Rice, Crawfish, Rice. We use the same traps as seen in this video.
1 thousand lbs x acre: WOW.
Very prosperous.
Greetings from North Texas.
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@@dakillstone2650 our farmer/operator has hired his 10 man crew. Most of that family has been working for him for 15 years. I think most of them are from Cabo San Lucas. Very hard-working men we look forward to their return each year. Love to hear those air boats cracking up every morning at 7 AM. It’s a win-win situation for them and for us.
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I'm almost 70 now, and I still remember going crawfishing with my Dad and my siblings when we were young.
There's Nothing like a good crawfish boil. Food, Family, and Fun!
time flys when your having a good time!
The great thing about eating crawfish, is that it slows the eating process down. Everyone is kind of forced to sit, eat, and talk. It’s great way to bring ppl together.
And the worst part is that your eating crawfish, basically the cockroach of the sea.
@@wulfrache id love to eat them, but im surrounded by lobster and other seafood, 10 mins from where im sitting on the atlantic , so speak for yourself with the cheap subjectivity
@@wulfrache Your favorite food is ramen noodles. 💀💀
Just like 👍🏻 God & Jesus intend it to be…
@@wulfrache Yeah OK sure dude you’ve probably never had one have you. I thought the same thing until I spent a year in Louisiana, some of the finest food in the fucking world. Le Bonton Roulet
Lousiana never disappoints on eater’ as always they are super patient with people and amicable and willing to teach others and have a laugh along the way
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
@@VeniViciVeritas “Let the good times roll” right? Love from HTX y’all
The 7 years i lived in Southern Louisiana were some of the best years of my life
We treat everyone the same down here. We all in this together.
Louisiana has some good food...
Nice farm. Honest hard working folks. I respect the presenter too 10:18 he sure deserved some of that, the guy worked hard.
Hard working yes.... No one in the south is honest...
Your reputation precedes you, Mr. Social..
@@MatthewMaughan " I find your reply VERY OFFENSIVE"
Im a woman.
@@blush-n-bashful4790 you seem to have trust issues....your papi left you?
@@blush-n-bashful4790 you're living up to your handle, so go away and be unsociable summer's else.
Great video. I wasn't aware crawfish were being farmed. It's great that it's more sustainable with the rice harvest.
Really appreciate this form of content, showing us the innerworkings of businesses. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Agreed! This was great
Over 20 years ago my folks brought my brother and I to New Orleans Louisiana and the first place we ate was this craw fish bar that had these huge circular tables with a trash can in the center. They law down newspaper and then dump a few pounds of crawfish on the table all juicy and boiled in Old Bay. One of the most delicious first experiences of my life and I’ll remember that day forever.. All because of people like this farmer.. Thanks for what you do!
They taste like dirt 🤮
Louisiana brand or Zatarain's Crab Boil -- local style -- far superior. Add an extra garlic pod.
@@Moose803 get fresh ones and season the water properly and they will be fine
It wasn’t boiled in old bay if you was in New Orleans
@@quinnyque2435 lmao, I live in Florida literally a mile or so from the beach where there are hundreds of seafood restaurants. Not only did they have the crawdads seasoned in old bay but my dad got a shellfish sampler of blue crab, snow crab legs and some soft shell crab was also seasoned in old bay.. been eating that stuff for over 20 years. There’s also dozens of crawdad restaurants in New Orleans in the French quarter alone so how would you even know that? That’s like trying to say they don’t serve water lol. 🙃😁
Dan Does has to be one of the most humble journalists on this channel. Always honest and willing to put in the work. Mad Respect!
He sounds like a woman. Can't stand his voice.
I'm so super hungry watching this especially towards the end
You are all over youtube
That was fascinating and kinda genius how it all works. I like that you actually tried to keep up and do every part of the process too, much respect for that. I wish I could get my hands on some crawfish that big! Great video
I just love the way the man said it ain't moving very fast but faster than you are. Hahaha
It does my heart good to see Louisiana becoming stronger, more resourceful and showing off those culinary skills between two industries and making them grow ever better with respect to Mother Nature. This was a prime and delicious example: Rice and Crawfish 🤤
The narrator is excellent and really adds depth to the content. Their voice is a perfect match for the video.
Whatever you're using, someone had to grow it, ranch it or mine it. Thank you for showing people who do this for our food supply. Great video.
Yet many of the most profitable companies don't really make anything. It makes no sense.
The whole demeanor changed to when the food was ready. LoL. Them boys were focused.
Awesome video. Being allergic to shrimp after eating it for 25 yrs, I found crawfish to be a super replacement. Thank you guys for all the hard work.
They have different allergic responses? Interesting
@@joshuakuehn thats what I was thinking. You'd think it was basically the same
@@joshuakuehn I wonder if it's because of the differences in their diets. One a plankton feeder and the other a bottom feeder.
@@joshuakuehn I found the same thing with oysters - I come up in hives if I eat oysters, but I can eat oyster sauce with no problem.
Cool video. I like how the host was genuinely into the whole thing. I'd really like to try some someday
So glad to see they’ve gotten a process down to make sustainable farming. Best part is crawfish are available year round now!
Would be interesting to look at the numbers, I always find it interesting how much flak beef farming gets for its environmental impact when rice farming produces around the same levels of methane without any of the carbon sequestering.
@@tdolan500 True.That would be good research for my Econ paper. Thanks for the idea! I think cattle still produce more methane per tonne, but I think there is a way to inhibit the enzyme in cows that’s responsible for methane. As for rice production, farming techniques can reduce methane as well.
Correct but not live.
its seasonal. its over now
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Extremely ingenious. Love the method, love crawfish. Respect to all the people that make this possible each year.
This is amazing, 2 crops in one field at the same time.
Then duck hunt the fields in winter
Permaculture.
Also, the crawdads eat small bugs and larvae of flying insects like mosquitos. This also provides crawdad manure, which feeds the rice and provides a carbon sink. The ducks come in and do the same thing. Other avians also walk through the marshy fields and mash down plant material into the soil enriching the fields. This is called permaculture. The Vietnamese do the same thing but with tilapia, ducks and rice.
In China many farmlands or ricefields are using this way to grow rice and harvest crawfish, which is really effective, it could also enhance the productivity of the rice.
This is how you do sustainable crops. And it's beautiful
I am 57 years old and I have eaten crawfish my whole life. I can peel a crawfish in just a few seconds, almost like a machine. When you do it your whole life,you get really fast at it.I always like to see someone who has never tried them,eat them for the first time. They start off slow,but when you show them the way to do it they get better at it.
Crawdaddies are 🍷👌🏾👌🏾 cheers, good eating many more crawfish
I found they always get better when they discover how good they taste.
Brain Juice ! Sucking the brain juice is the best;you can't leave that part out. Been eating them for years myself. Gal pal said she'd never eat one, but we wound up at a crawfish fest in Nashville...oh yeah,she wound up eating them..she luved it.
You are the crawlfish demon you have eaten over a million
That's nothing to be proud of. Go vegan!!!
Great ideas about two crops. Many years ago I was trucking and stopped at a restaurant named "Camps". I think. In Buras La. Our first feed of crawfish. As we stumbled through our pound of crawfish, we watched another couple slay a five pound platter and then another before we had finished our one pound. We also were told to crush the head and suck on it. The tail and then the head. Was good. A memorable night in Buras. Won't forget that place!!
Another good place to get crawfish at is a little town called Welsh off of I-10 in Southern Louisiana
Those things are huge. I lived in Louisiana for ten years and still feel a connection. I have enjoyed seeing this so much. Thank you
theyre not huge tf kinda crawfish you eatin
@@jacobjohnson8773 they are a good size. crawfish are basically lying to us all the time. You think you want big ones but the bigger they are the thicker the shell. Sacks of crawfish are sold by weight and you end up with a larger shell to meat ratio with large crawfish.
I fell in love with these when I lived in Florida and when I moved back north I cooked them for family and friends.. It was great fun watching them try and figure out how to eat them!
That is a meal well earned. Thank you farmers for all that you do. Let us cook.
That was very interesting to watch! I breed crawfish in my backyard pond here in Sweden, we love to eat crawfish, now in august we have what we call "kräftskiva" means crawfish party, has been part of Swedish culture for some 100 years.
That explains the U.S. IKEA special all-you-can-eat crawfish buffet they had every year.
Most for festivals in Sweden these days were being farmed in Turkey but I heard a while back that was changing because of some EU or human rights violation in Turkey.
There are crayfish in your ponds and lakes -- Sweden has the cleanest waterways in the world.
I would have never guessed the climate would be suitable for crawfish in Sweden. How wonderful that you too can enjoy this delicious little treat. Do know what you might call it but I'm wondering if you guys have what we call a "low country boil"? Very popular in the southern states of the U.S. A real treat to be shared with a group of people. You can add a few ingredients, leave out some maybe not familiar to your culture, it's kinda make the main boil then add in as you like. Just don't overdo it, and use Tabasco hot sauce. It's the law here the States. (Not really, but I'm pushing for it.)
@@rondohunter8966 The Swedes boil crayfish up with sprigs of fresh dill. Always al fresco. There are vids on YT of it.
The best, imho, is Louisiana or Zatarain's Crab Boil herb & spice packets with an extra bulb or two of garlic. They add fresh corn in the cob & new red potatoes. Fantastic. Louisiana has the finest cuisine in the USA.
@@generalputnam8387 I will not disagree with you on that. The best Cajun and Creole food I ever had was in NO. I just knew that the Swedes would do it differently, their culture being different from ours; I just didn't know what they would do with them. Appreciate the info. Stay hungry!
Southerners seem like genuinely warm people. I’d love to travel to that area.
Most are good easy going. Turn around when you see a confederate flag though. lol
I lived in Atlanta and worked the Deep South for a while.
Outside of politics, they are friendly people.
There's no place like south Louisiana the best people in the world
@@HungMelow thats not always the case. Is there bad ones?! Absolutely. But not all of them.
@@HungMelow I'm from Texas born in Houston but I go to the deep south end to visit friends and I know some people with the confederate flag and they are some friendly people. I'm Nigerian besides you barely even see those type of people anymore because the south has grown to be more friendly in the Christian value.
Very smart operation. Multipurpose their fields. Switched out specialized machines (with fueling, maintenance, and field repairs) for paying some workers to go on a stroll with weird little boats. And it's largely self sustaining with cycling the small ones back to repopulate.
watching this video makes me want to work there!
Agreed. Awesome operation all around.
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Watch the show "Swamp People" thats been around for over 10 years now. They harvest Aligators. Watch how they work and manage their fields. Crawfish is about the same in many ways, there just about 500 to 700 pounds lighter vs. the Aligators. You have to catch thousands of Crawfish to make a living. Usually around 5 to 8 Aligators a day will make you a decent living.
The Size of the Aligators determnes your income.
My cousin's husband introduced me to crawfish cornbread 3 years ago. I asked for the recipe, and have made it for my family every Christmas. The love it.
The only thing better than a crawfish dinner is five crawfish dinners
I'm in Australia we don't do crayfish boils, they look so good, I Def wanna try it one time, we catch yabbies here pretty sure there a similar species
Bourbon Bowl!
oh man and maybe a side of catfish filet and you got yourself a feast
@@onojRX3 We don't do CRAYFISH boils in Louisiana, either.
@@oscarbanks hes also from australia and they dont eat shrimp there they eat prawn
Brings back good memories. Born in Lafayette Louisiana myself, been back a few times, my wife who is from China loves the crawfish boils. Says that we Louisianan’s eat similar to Chinese, sit and talk and eat slow and it’s an hours long process. These guys remind me of my uncle back in Lafayette.
Wow... I worked at this farm in my undergraduate, great place, glad to see them get some publicity.
My first job was boiling at Buddy & Gloria's seafood spot near the Pineville VA in the 90's. It was a blast. 50lb bags of bugs kept me fit with all the fried catfish, boiled shrimp and crawfish I was eating.
Was going to go bed , but how could I resist knowing some random fact my friends don’t know about once again 😂 much love Louisiana , hard workers & honest work amen 🙏🏼
That's fantastic! I love the idea of the Crawfish growing along with rice. Genius!
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What an amazing business! So agile and creative. Very impressive. Thanks for showing us this.
From a guy who lives up north this is very informative. great video
I could listen to these men read the phone book and feel content.
Simp’s down bad 😔
That was fun to watch and really informative. Didnt realize how much work went into crawfish. Thats a lot of catching and putting back. Got a new subscriber. Great video
The whole idea just makes so much sense. I am really happy that it's working out so well, for everyone!!! ;-)
Super cool. Didn’t know they integrated rice and crawfish. Learn something new everyday. Thanks for the video
Really a brilliant, I live in MS and the mud bug is in major desire down here. Nothing like a bucket of bugs and some spicy sausages and potatoes.
Im from Aus and that sounds like damn good eating there!!
😜💜💛💚👊🏽
Brandon,MS here, I also love the mud bugs. I don't like the seasoning spread on after the boiling. very few people will understand iiieee
@@tombrown7449 you its over kill some times..I ate a place in Kansas called RedBeans i bought a bucket of bugs they had cooked and pulled out a a female with a clutch of eggs in her apron i could not eat them for another year it just turned my gut.
🤤🤤😋😋😋👍👍👍👍👍
What a trip for the crawfish. This some straight up alien murder machine.
Interesting outlook I do agree what if these were passed humans who are now living as crawfish. There is some idea to reincarnation
@@meditative82 😂... 😳.. never thought of it that way
Yea well imma mean alien reincarnation eating machine so f ćkem & pass me a beer
Sheep led to the slaughter we must be really bored
So humble them guys and the host is right about the sit their in silence I just got to liking lobster , shrimp and everything in between. Besides the occasional oohhh that's one was spicy...
It’s that Southern etiquette ❤️
This is an important crop for rice farmers in SE Texas too. Some even combine crawfish farming with catering. That's proved very profitable.
Here in Hawai'i, wet land taro (kalo) farming is also combined with crawfish farming but is not commercialized to any extent as far as I am aware.
Troy Labrie
Hilo, Hawai'i
Great video. Fascinating seeing the actual work and the process involved. Those 2 owners also seem like down to earth guys.
"give him corn"
I think this is great, the fact that one crop supports another is amazing. I really wish this was actively applied to other crops/products more frequently.
Yeah I don't think so. If your vegan this isn't so good just contaminating natural already vegan products.
@@addieme6362 the crawfish implement natural pest control, do you think crawfish just live on good intentions? And it's "you're".
Problem is finding out ways to do it
The waste shells and heads of the crawfishes can be fed to the free range chickens. as a source of calcium.
Nice
And natural fertilizer
oh but will the seasoning be bad for animals to eat?
@@emarokan doubt it
@@emarokan Chickens have a very limited number of taste receptor. They completely lack the one of capsaicin. But if I had to guess adding spices to their diet its probably beneficial (healthier chickens).
Those plates at the end looked sooo good. I like that this is a great way to produce two foods together.
I’m from Louisiana and I wouldn’t know how to live without crawfish it’s that important it’s always very important when crawfish season starts
Tbh even with how hard of work it is this looks like an enjoyable job
Hey looks like a fun summer job for teenagers.
@@RRRIBEYE You said it! Getting those phone and game controllers out of their hands is a big challenge.
no job is fun in the summer when you are a teenager.... is it!.
hell!!, no job is fun for a adult either!....
and this is just a shitty job, you are in the water sun beating down on you!, you can wear a hat but the sun reflects off the water burning you twice as fast!,
lifting heaving baskets and gettign wet.. no thx!.
@@SDeww good lord have you ever been outside in your life?
teenagers....you mean the people who play video games all day long and havent ever thought of working before.
@@SDeww Well for each his own. But if you’re an outdoors person it could be the job.
I thought I seen stalekracker for a minute!!! But he'd been sayin, PUT THAT ON A KRACKER DUUUUUDE!!!! THAT'S MONEY!!! 🤣😅🤣
I met one of the farmers during a wedding
It was so interesting how he explained how it all worked
Blessing couple id love to hang out with again
The process is simple. The backbreaking back and joints are usually what the problem is with the life long fisherman.
It is a very tough jobl
As an asian seeing a rice field in US soil seems to be surreal. Feels like home
im in south Louisiana, we have a ton of rice and sugar cane fields yeah, depends on where yat
We got lot of sugar canes and rice fields if you want watch a good show watch queen sugar
Rice fields in Spain and Italy too.
We like rice too
You guys love animal cruelty
Crawfish is one of my top 3 favorite seafood of all time. There was a seafood buffet I used to go and I always go straight for the crawfish instead of the king crabs and lobsters. I was literally the only person eating the crawfish.
I like them to
@@sophiadilworth885 you like them to….to what? To sing to you? To cause you an upset stomach? To die holding hands with their bestie?
You can’t just stop mis sentence and leave us hanging.
@@JulieWallis1963 exciting life you must live eh
@@Tiddyliterature lol. Yep, she's a right Karen.
@@JulieWallis1963 🙄
Had no idea that there was such a synergistic relationship between rice and crawfish farming. Very inventive.
We used to buy a 50 pound sack and dump it in the bathtub...run some water, dump in salt to purge the mud, then get to cooking...first you had boiled crawfish. Then we would peel the rest and bag them for the freezer, then we would be able to enjoy fried crawfish, crawfish gumbo, and crawfish etoufee and sautéed crawfish for many suppers...man, I miss living in Louisiana.
Me too
That's the only bad thing about crawfish...I never really get full just eventually my fingers and mouth hurt haha...then you gotta spend an extra hour peeling so grandma can make crawfish pie, etoufee, etc. Wouldn't have it any other way though.
Same bruh
Always used an ice chest with a drain to purge
Grew up in Eunice La. some of the best crawfish ponds in all of Louisiana!
THIS IS THE PERFECT SYBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP...& SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION!! EAT MORE RICE, & CRAWDADS THANK YOU TO THE LOUISIANA FOLKS, & THEIR GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY FOR ALLOWING US TO SEE HOW THIS FARMING IS DONE!! ♡☆♡
Hill billy
I remember when my friend and I saw our first crayfish (we call them crayfish, not crawfish) as kids. We were playing around in a small creek in London, Ontario and we pulled up a rusty old pail from a pool and a little lobster looking thing was flopping around inside. As we got older we knew crayfish were great bait for bass fishing and we used to hunt for them in the shallow parts of the Thames river flipping the rocks over and catching them with a net as they swam backwards.
This video makes me want to visit Louisiana. I keep hearing about the delicious food, and I know the music. Sounds like a great trip within North America.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind doing this for a living.
Let’s see you after doing that for a week 😂
Drive on down and ask for a job. Lots of places are looking for help right now! The only thing stopping you is YOU!
Except the wages are so low you barley live. :)
@@justdoingitjim7095 calm down motivational mike, it's not that DEEP!
@@Lewis.... motivational Jim *
It’s stuff like this that remind me why I love my state so much. We have so many things that make us unique, from food, culture, accents, crops, and our people are so warm, and vibrant❤️ I do love some perfectly boiled crawfish, too😍⚜️
The crayfish and the rice end up with each other in a nice porcelain plate!🍛
So cool! I’m too old to change careers, but what a wholesome honest way to make a living. We can’t live without food.
Wow that was an awesome video!!! That's duplex farming at it's best. Love to see dual use with land/water, and dual use with plants/animals. Amazing stuff
Stuff like this is so amazing to me. From a sort of marveling at technology perspective, I just find modern agriculture to be impressive on the level of something like a nuclear power plant. Both using human ingenuity to create something huge and valuable on a scale that is hard to imagine.
I recently got into production warehouses coming from normal warehouse. Love it 👍 I would love to work in a farm like this
I had a siamese cat and gave him a live crawfish. after he was done playing with it he wanted it cooked then he ate it . he loved them. you all work very hard at it and it was nice to know that rice and crawfish work together. i learned a lot thank you.
Wow, very cool to watch hard working people also invent and create an industry that minimizes waste. I own a flooring store and I totally get it. Good job, you guys. Very impressive.
Odd question, but I saw your comment and figured I’d ask. Do you do anything with your leftover cutoffs after installing a laminate floor? I do about one every two weeks (in addition to drywall, paint, etc) and hats just throwing the leftover stuff in the trash
We catch all the time here in Northern Maine. My son and his friend put 2 traps out in the river the other night and by 10am the next morning they had 86 in just 2 traps lol.
One small seed crawfish to another one on leaving the sorter:
“ Hey Fred, that amusement park was awesome, and how about the roller coaster ride at the end ??? “
“ Heck yeah Joe ! What a blast ! I hope we can come back again next year !!! “
Yeah,, thats quite a machine they got; what kind of Rube Goldberg mind designed that? Kinda like a cotton gin for crayfish, perhaps....
"I havent seen my parents since then"
Anxious to taste them and neighbors toooooo. This gal must travel from Vermont to Louisiana.
Hawks Restaurant in Rayne, LA. You’ll be hooked!
Growing rice and crawfish together in a sustainable way. Love it.
Rice is never sustainable really
"Oh sorry I should have helped you"
"Yep"
hahahahaha.
Man this makes me hungry. I love our Cajun brothers & sisters. Some of the best cooks in the world. peace
I love the idea of sitting with everyone having a good meal and good time and just enjoying being out there. That's nice :)
Hawks Restaurant in Rayne, LA!! Awesome crawfish!! Highly recommended!!
If you've never been to a real Louisiana crawfish boil, you are missing one of the best meals on the planet. We put everything from crawfish and sausage to mushrooms, corn, and Brussel sprouts in the boil. And everything in between. But the secret is the seasoning.
And then of course all the beers you can drink.
If you get the chance, don't pass it up.
The host always adds to the entertainment of the show, this video very fun to watch.
I'm glad Conan got a job right away after his show ended at TBS. Great hosting as usual. Very informative narating.
N A R R A T I N G... 🤣
i drove truck for awhile the people in the south were the nicest and friendliest people sure miss them thanks ya all lol
The owners seem like really nice people. Humble as can be
That was awesome to watch. We have a all year round canal here in Utah I frequent with traps and make a fest of these tasty critters. 😋 Thanks for sharing this video. I enjoyed it.
In my area of south Louisiana, we don't sprinkle the seasoning on after they're boiled, we season the water, but ooooh cher.....dem Ecrivisse is ç'est si bon!!!!🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That was the part that made me cringe seeing that. Also not enough water in the pot and no talk about soak time.
Yea that was the one part i disagreed with.
For real! How you gonna be so good at growing and harvesting them, and then boil them like that?! WTH?
337 does some rachet stuff...
@@vinyl37246 not 337 that’s my area code and no we season then water and let them soak for a bit
I love turning over a rock, catching a crawdad, hookin it thru the tail, casting it into a ncie deep pool in the river and pullin out a ncie bass or trout. Fish also think theyre are tasty little bugs.
It was neat seeing how the two crops are worked together.
I think the first time I had crayfish was in the early 80s in the Philippines. Some friends and I went to a fancy (for the small town we were in) steak and lobster place. The "lobster" were so small I'm pretty sure they were crayfish. LOL! It was fine though because it was tasty and very affordable.
well in Korea we call lobsters "Sea crayfish", may be filipinos do the same 🙂
In Dominican the saltwater crustacean they sell in restaurants as ‘lobster’ is actually a langoustine, pretty disappointing when you’ve grown up on real Atlantic lobster. On the other hand crayfish are freshwater animals and in my area are about an inch long, lol.
Hydroponics is amazing
"tree mill-yon pons of crawlfesh, one hundered pons of meet"
And while we wait, you know what we going to do? WE HYDRATE.
And then we will hydrate some more. But very soon those crawfish are going to regret ever pulling this sorry sh….
Lol
That’s money dude.
this was a pretty satisfying video
I freaking love crawfish. Id love a tour of that place. Charge me 20-30 bucks let me see the place and do a little work then have big crawfish boil and some drinks with some friends, family, and other crawfish lovers. This should be a thing.
facts. esp if you know your eating what you just took up...
The trap he described has been in use by local fishermen in west Africa for centuries. It’s fascinating how different people in different walks of life are somehow united by similar inventions
Its been used in fishing for alot longer than a few centuries
When I lived in LA. We used liver in the trap
In Virginia we would use a piece of cheesecloth with a chicken liver tied to a string. Them greedy fellers wouldn't let go even when you pulled them out of the water.
We just shake or pick him off into 5 gallon bucket.
Half the time we used them for bait to catch bigger fish.
That's technology for you
It's a good design that comes up often. The first thing I thought of was bug traps. Although, I guess crawfish are essentially just water bugs
For someone who is fairly new to enjoying some good crawfish this doc was great.
This is cool, chinese farms have been doing things like this for centuries where rice farmers would set out traps while the rice grew to collect fish or crab protein
Yet Asian rice tastes good.
I hardly consume American rice because they taste bad
@@littlehorseyhorsey I don't think American rice is a thing
@@racerman3734 You would think so. But ain't they growing rice in Louisiana? I also had some rice packaged with the claim "Product of USA".
I don't know where they grown it and picked it. But by God it tasted horrible.
Funny how they "stumbled upon this idea"
@@littlehorseyhorsey Idk lol maybe they made rice.
FedEx driver knows me by name since he drops off my sack of mudbugs here in Indiana from Louisiana Crawfish Company every 3rd Saturday. Love 'em.
My parents used to live on a rice farm. I remember the crawfish POURING out with the water the first time I saw a field drained. I would beg the owner to let me know when he drained the fields so I could come and gather some crawfish. He would never remember! Oh well, there was always the river to drop a trap into.
this is a good program about crawfish and rice plants (who knew?). I like the host, he's funny and re-explains each process very well!