The critters in this picture are:

[BikeWriter]

Poll question: The critters in this picture are:

Inquiring minds want to know what you call them.

[usedtobesick]

1. mud bugs

the proper "southern" term or at least in the big easy.

[BikeWriter]

3. Yep, I've called 'em that a zillion times.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Something I wish I was eating right now...

Mmm...I think the crawfish fest isn't until August. Damn it.

[BikeWriter]

6. Unfortunately, I don't have crawfish, but...

I am eating some cold boiled shrimp. They're yummy, too.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

16. Yes they are.

Now I'm all tempted to go out for some sushi. That Ellio's pizza just didn't cut it. This house has a definite lack of food.

[BikeWriter]

20. I know that feeling. I'm glad I brought these shrimp from a wedding.

[haf216]

4. I call them crawfish now that I live in Louisiana, but

When I was growing up in Ohio we called them crayfish. Ans we did not eat them.

[BikeWriter]

11. Do you eat them now?

[haf216]

31. Yes,

But I'm not as crazy about them as the people who grew up eating them are. I eat them about once a season. To me it's a whole lot of trouble for not a lot of meat.

[nickinSTL]

5. crayfish...but I selected the "nasty little crustacean" option

not that there is any form of crustacean I'd eat :puke:

They're just aquatic bugs...why would anyone want to eat bugs?

(no offense intended to anyone whose diet consists partially of bugs)

[BikeWriter]

8. Good, that leaves more for me. ;-)

[LeftyMom]

7. Dead.

Poor things. :(

[BikeWriter]

17. Yep, they're dead critters, but they taste good.

[Deja Q]

9. Delicious

:9

[BikeWriter]

15. Umm hmm!

[Kerrytravelers]

10. I always heard crawfish.

[BikeWriter]

21. Crawfish's used most of the time here in Texas.

[joneschick]

12. red

they are definitely red.

[BikeWriter]

23. Yeppers.

[mwooldri]

13. Why did I think "cockroaches"???

I know they are not but hey that's what it looked like to me before I scrolled down to see the choices.

Mark.

[BikeWriter]

22. I don't think I'd like those.

[nickinSTL]

30. why not? they're both arthropods...

crayfish are really just aquatic bugs, so why wouldn't you think cockroaches would taste good? :evilgrin:

:hide:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Crawdaddies

:-)

[BikeWriter]

25. Yes'm, Crawdads is used a lot around me, too.

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. First basemen

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

19. I don't think ANYONE expected to see THAT PARTICULAR response...

[BikeWriter]

29. Uh, don't tell me, you're into baseball?

:shrug:

[Guava Jelly]

24. Anyone who has been to New Orleans knows they are MudBugs

enough said :hi:

[BikeWriter]

26. Hee hee hee! Ah, an expert!

:hi:

[Arugula Latte]

32. Ah, yes, how appetizing...

Giant insects that live in the slimy crud washed down by the Mississippi for hundreds of miles ... :9


;)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Crayfish.

But I won't eat them.

[BikeWriter]

28. Good, I get your share. ;-)

[NMDemDist2]

33. the top three. I have lived in places that call them one of those

and they are yummy dang suckers too, whatever you call them

I usually call em crawdads (which confuses my Louisanan step mom who insists on Crawfish)