As a matter of principle. Am I the only one who simply will not boil crawfish...

In westwego there is, or used to be, a booth that sells live crawfish by the pound….if that helps you out.

Next week they will be $3.50 or under I will wait a week.

I'm in your camp on this. I just told the wife I will boil all the shrimp she wants, but until crawfish prices come down a good bit more than they are now, I'll do without them.

To get 1 lb. of crawfish tail meat, you'd have to pick through around 8 lbs. of boiled crawfish, and at damn near $5 a lb., that works out to $40 a lb. for the tail meat.

For that price I'll buy 8 lbs. of shrimp, boil them and eat on them for a few days-------or a nice thick prime ribeye, grill it in about 5 minutes and share it with her and not have all the mess to deal with like you do with a boil.

At this point there has to be guaranteed trim involved

I am a big fan of food from Louisiana but I don't think there's any food item more overrated than boiled crawfish, especially if it's expensive

Yeah it’s not always about the price but at some point you realize there are many better options for a big group at half the price.
Crawfish is aight but give me a big fat piece of meat on the grill a salad and lots a great sides and that’s all I need.

Yeah that's a tough call. I've hit that with steak over 10 dollars if it isn't dry aged or special somehow.

Boiling crawfish has been a family tradition on Easter Sunday my entire life. Not going to let a few hundred dollars change that.