Lear more about live crawfish!

Learn more about these crustaceans.

The crawfish are freshwater crustaceans, and they’re known by different names, the most common are crayfish, mudbugs, ditchbugs, crawdads, freshwater lobster.

What about health benefits of crawfish?
The crayfish are low-calorie and low-fat great source of lean protein. They also contain a good amount of vitamin B, iron, calcium, selenium, magnesium and zinc. They also contain some dietary cholesterol, but rarely has a great impact on total cholesterol levels, so do some crawfish boils this season!

Remember that crawfish are boiled with Cajun spices, seasonings, corn, potatoes, onions and probably crabs and shrimp, so it may be better just eating the right serving size amount of this culinary staple of outdoor gatherings.

What is a good serving size of crawfish boil?
The average person eats about 3 pounds, which means about 6-8 ounces of meat, but to be honest, if you love these mudbugs, you’ll eat more than 3 lbs. probably 5-6 pounds, which is about 1 pound of crawfish meat.

A serving size of 5-ounce of boiled crawfish meat contains about 115 calories and 25 grams of protein.

How many people can a sack of crawfish feed?
A sack of crawfish weights from 30 to 40 pounds, depending on the size of the mudbugs (see the sizes below), so if you get a 30-lb sack and do the math taking the average that a person eats (3-5 pounds), this sack will be enough to 6-10 people, including adults and kids.

But for crawfish lovers these numbers will be low 

Crawfish size.
There are different sizes when talking about crayfish, from peeler to jumbos they’re also going by numbers.

The grade sizes:

# 1 Jumbo: count 11-12 crawfish / lb.
# 2 Select: count 12-16 / lb.
# 3 Field run: count 16-25 / lb.
# 4 Peeler/Bait: count 25+ / lb.

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