Ok, which one would you eat? And why? All Louisians and wolfdog, don’t say anything.

Me me pick me!!! Lol I ain't saying

I think i know but ill wait to see if im right

I have no clue

Don't eat ol' white eye!

Curved tail are fresh, they say the straight tail ones been dead. I do not no for sure but what I’ve always heard

OK I'll play. As you can see I'm not from the south, but I love crawfish!!

My guess is the one on the left isn't the one you want to eat. Why? Under cooked?

It's one of the two

I'm not sure but based on looks I'd eat the one on the right that other fella looks to have been dead a bit too long

LSU experimented with cooking dead and live crayfish and found that both had the same amount of tail curl when cooked.

https://cajuncrawfish.com/can-you-eat-straight-tail-crawfish/

Straight tails are mostly the result of cooking crayfish packed tightly together.

Keith

Eat the one on the right. Don't eat crayfish or crabs that were not alive when you threw them in the pot of boiling water.
I don't know about that LSU study, but I don't think you can go wrong with the curled tail.

If crawfish are like shrimp, they are almost always over cooked.

I'd say the one on the right just because it looks like it was boiled "properly". Have no idea otherwise. Leave the right or wrong for awhile though!

The one on the left was dead when it hit the pot. The one on the right was a live one. yum good eats right there.

They all eat!

Right one because that's a flat cajun one 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Y’all are right! The straight tail, means it was dead before boiling. The curled tail means, it died while boiling. I don’t worry what LSU says. Don’t eat the straight ones!

Over cooked!! That means you are not drinking enough beer!

Dead right.
Dump off water as soon as the tails float; pacific shrimp anyway. Segregate into at least two sizes before boiling if you have big ones mixed with smaller ones. Otherwise if over-cooked they get a little rubbery.