The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-09-30

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while alive as they are after being
boiled. This is not the case with the |
other members OF the crustacean fam
lily. When very young the craw is al
most white, like Il shrimp. Then he
is great bait for bass and pickcrel.
After lie gets old and dark fish will
not strike at him, but the meat of his
tail will attract perch and crappie
when even live minnOws are unavail-
ing.
Catching crawtish is even better
sport for lazy man than shooting
frogs. All the apparatus needed is
few yards Of twinc, chunk Of liver
raw meat OF any kind will do, hut
liver is preferablc), and IA few light
sticks "A yard long. Tie two and
half feet Of string TO the end of a
stick, fasten piece Of liver to the
other end of the string; let the liver
lsink into the water two feet; jab the
butt end of your threc.foot rod into
the bank; then fix another tackle and
do likewise.
One fisherman can attend to half a
dozen lines. No hooks are needed.
The craw6sh sezcs the bait firmly
with one claw and proceeds to tear off
chunksof liver with the other and
proceeds to feed himself The motion
of the line tells when you have a bite.
Free your rod from the bank and raise
the crawtish gently and steadily up
ward. He will cling to the liver until
lie is dropped into your basket, pro-
vided you handle yourlne so as not to
jostle him. or course If you want to
be "A hog and take all chance Of escape
away from the craw, you can use a
landing net, but the true sportsman
sc0rns such an advantage. If you are
a pothuntcr you can catch craWs by
the wholesale with almost no trouble
Bait basket with refuse aud sink il
| in the water where crawtish cOngre
gate. Let it remain few hours, ther
/. lift it out. 1t will be half full OF
craws fighting for the food. But that
method of catching the simple but
: succulcnt member OF the genus Cam
$ barus cannot be too severely condemn
+ Cd
: After you get your crawflSh yoi
= probably wont know what to do Will
t them. / you are verscd in the lore
n of the kitchen you first put KEITH
y Of water on the fire to boil. Put in
j. handful of salt and plenty of pepper
n Cayenne is good, but real artists pre-
t fer Mexican pods. While tie kettl
& is coming to fierce boil, wash you
n craws in cold, clear water.
Il Now comes that part Of the opera
'e ton which is wrongfully, almost Grim
inally neglected by cooks who prepar,
!. craws for public sale. Grasp you
IS craw firmly by the body and claw
Il with your left hand. so that he canno
n pinch. You will find that he has fly
Il legs, one of which grows out Of hi
q body in the solar plexus region. Twis
% this off. Then break the tip OF TIL
n tail and pull it off. it will bring wit
n it a black string. This is the craw'
n intestine, and should always he re
p moved before the craw is cooked. A
soon as this is done, toss the craw int
h the boiling water, which has alread
# been seasoned to suit the taste. l
m five minutes he is done and ready t
4. be served. Of course, If you are fa'
is tidious, you can skin the tails an
IN serve only the white meat with 1res:
@, ing. or brown them in the oven.
to Most people eat only the sweet
y. white flesh concealed under the she
N Of the tail and in the claws OF til
I'd crawflsh. Others like the dark COZ
I'd tents of the body. George lI0rner,
4. the Louisville & Nashville railroa
at and Artist John Cunningham go
". for this portion OF the craw with grea
zest, and when you see one Of them
80, Il crawilsh lunch you may feel assure
= there will be no waste.
:, The craw tastes like lobster, bl
=, is more delicate. One person can Il
=, ish 100 at a sitting and not feel owe
!, loaded. They are sold at ID cents
W dozen by the itenerant venders.and Il
mr. few high-class restaurants that ket
:, " them charge trfle more.
To a person who knows how crawtls
a, should be prepared, the practice
or boiling them before they are cleant
al and serving them without rcmOvlI
nd the intestine Is revolving, but the fr
~ quenters of the summer gardens dor
=, seem to know the difference.
~ The Colorado Republicans met
convention the other day, killed O