What could be better on a hot summer day than a mug of cold fresh beer with large boiled crayfish ! However, many people are wondering how to properly eat crayfish, so as not to violate the rules of etiquette at the table . Yet these arthropods can not be attributed to everyday dishes, so not everyone knows how to eat crayfish properly.
The main thing - crayfish should be fresh, that is, cooked alive. The quality of the product is easy to determine: the tail of fresh, correctly welded crayfish is bent under the abdomen. But a straight tail says that its owner got into boiling water not alive. Do not economize on your health and decide whether it is possible to eat cancers of the dead or undercooked, pale pink. Since in the body of these arthropods decomposition processes go very fast, stale cancers are easily poisoned. If the quality of the product suits you, proceed. They eat these arthropods with their hands, since their shell is rather soft, unlike lobsters, so tweezers and other cutlery will not be needed, although in restaurants they are usually brought. In the process of cutting cancer, usually a certain amount of broth follows, so it is worth tying a napkin. To begin with, arthropods are separated by claws and feet. If the crayfish are quite large, there will be some meat in the paws, the small limbs simply suck. From the claws remove the meat with a fork or simply press them with their teeth, so that it slips into the mouth.
Next, separate the tail, for this, the cancer is taken in the left arm with the shell down, head towards him, and with his right hand pull the tail towards him. It turns out two parts: a shell with a head and entrails and what is called a "cancer cervix".
What can be eaten by crayfish in the shell - it's not easy to determine, you need experience, so it's better just to drink a small amount of very tasty broth, which remains in it when cooking.
At the end, the most delicious part is eaten - white meat. The tail is cleaned easily, the fin can be bitten off or trimmed. If there was something yellow when separating the neck, do not worry, it's caviar. Do not hesitate whether it is possible to eat caviar of crayfish, it is definitely not poisonous, but not always tasty. Just try it.