Whats it mean when crawfish tail meat is missing or mushy?

Nah, it means overcooked. Unless they're smashed up dead, it really doesn't matter. Straight tail could just be from how they settled in the pot.

quote:

---

Nah, it means overcooked

---

Probably something else.

If overcooked it would apply to the whole batch. I usually find a couple everytime I eat crawfish. Like he said, the meat is soft (mushy) and the meat comes apart when trying to pull it out. Meanwhile all the other crawfish meat is firm.

But I don't know what causes it. Maybe diseased?

ETA: I'm going with they were already dead theory. A bad sack like a bad bag of potatoes that sat around to long. I imagine some get caught dead in the trap and are already starting to decompose.

It means you purchased them from Rouses. I'm not sure how they consistently mess up crawfish, but they do.

quote:

---

I'm not sure how they consistently mess up crawfish, but they do.

---

because they put them in ice chests when they dump them out of the boil pot and the residual heat cooks them even more.

And if you don't think that, you don't know shite about how residual heat, confined in an insulated space can continue the cooking process.

It means they were dead. Probably for days.

You’d have to boil them for an hour for this to happen.

quote:

---

You can tell a true crawfish eater when someone at a crawfish boils says don’t eat the dead ones and you know what they mean.

---

FIFY

Dead