Crawdads, Anyone?

First, I need to say that the local Freeman family has deep roots in Louisiana, where jumbalaya reigns supreme. And crawdads are a delicacy. Now, onward. On Facebook, Linette Freeman has a coupla photos of her cousin, Mike’s, 41st birthday celebration in Post Falls this weekend, an event that included 75 pounds of crawdads purchased from the Louisiana Crawfish Co. Mike, for those keeping score at home, is co-owner of  Caruso’s Deli in Post Falls. Some call these lobster-looking critters “mud bugs.” Seems you pull the meat out of the tails. And then, the true Louisianan sucks the heads. Linette, who was born and raised in Coeur d’Alene, couldn’t go the second route.

Question: Have you ever eaten a crawdad?