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

I'm with you. We have 3 couples/families that have gotten together 4 times already this year and split the cost. When they were more expensive, we were each around $100 a family for the crawfish and fixings. They have since come down. We would have spent at least that if we would have all gone out to eat. We rather eat all the crawfish we care to eat and hang out on the patio.