Live Crawfish from Rouses

Ive bought 2 sacks from Rouses in Mandeville this year. Good size and clean in both sacks.

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$1.99 a lb

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before Mother's Day???

We got a sack from Rouses in Central for Easter, I held them in a cooler overnight as always and when I opened the bag 2/3 were dead. I boil enough to know that sometimes you just get a bad sack, not really bad on them. They did make it right by replacing it but that wouldn't be possible in your case. The crawfish were medium-large and took a little work to clean, nothing to be mad about.

The manager said they get crawfish from six different suppliers which makes quality control more difficult. Not sure I'll buy there again knowing that part.

Open the drain plug, add a layer of ice and a towel, then the sack of crawfish. Prop the lid open to hold overnight, never had any problem.

I can imagine they will have a big variance if getting from 6 different suppliers.

I picked up some at the Rouses on Power last week. They store them in a cooler and when put in a tub to rinse it appeared many were dead. But at closer inspection they were just moving real slow because of being cooler stored. I was actually surprised onyly a few dead and that was due to being crushed.

I did find them to need several rinses to clean them up but nothing too crazy.

A friend of mine used crawfish from Rouses for two boils before Easter this year and had a lot of dead ones both times. That was only four sacks out of the 100s/1000s they sell but based on that experience, I’ll keep buying from the seafood market.

People like their crawfish to be huge but I prefer medium since they are easier to peel and absorb the liquid boil better.

I agree. I like a good medium size.