crawfish

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Government data shows crab landings down on previous years but catches of lobster, crawfish and scallops stable.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

When Kelsey Barnard Clark won the sixteenth season of "Top Chef," set in Kentucky, she clinched victory with a dish that defied fine dining expectations: cornbread and buttermilk with crawfish, boiled peanuts, cucumber and watermelon.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

The Clesies said their menu will include the dirty rice as well as boiled crawfish, crawfish etouffee and something called a “messi clesi,” which is a combination of the dirty rice and etouffee.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

The soil where crawfish burrow to lay eggs dried out leading to a dismal harvest this season.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

In the small creek that wormed its way down through our fields, I caught crawfish with my bare hands.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls