Hi all.

Have any of you northerners found freshwater crayfish at the markets ?

Thanks guys

Dave

They are more like fresh water shrimps (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). My cousin calls them UN shrimps (Large head - small body) ha ha...

Makro. I saw them today.

Thanks for the replies. Do you think there is much demand for them.

Lots of fresh water prawn farms in Thoeng district - around 60 km east of Chiang Rai - going to Chiang Kham (Phayao province). It now sells for around 250 to 350 Baht per kilo (Live - fresh).

hi.

do you know where to get the stock ( babies...lol )

Not 100% sure yet. Looking into it at the moment. Do you?

Dave

not yet.still looking around.

Ok good luck tmaker see you around

fresh water shrimps have no taste, sea water shrimps are delicious.. Loads of fresh water fish and shrimps in our Mae Sai markets. I do not buy them. grown in brown water,,,,yuck Not a big seller , may be too expensive for general use. Pork and chicken sell well.

Doug the owner of Bourbon Street in Bangkok has them on his menu and I remember years and years ago he had his own crawfish farm......he is a real nice guy so drop in and ask him if your near Bkk.

Thanks im in bangkok on Saturday I might just do that

64

The farm of Bourbon Street is in Kanchanaburi.

You have a lot of wild ones in Nan province, but they are small and you eat the whole lot,

I get used to it after all these years.

Use to be a lot of them in L P, I think they come from the Nam Ou, or Nam Kham, not sure yet with the dam...n

If I not mistaken, best season was June to september, together with the Chanterelles.

Cheers and Bon Appetit!

oh

the one in the picture is called Ouassous in the Carribean, it's a blue legs, not an ecrevisse.

Are you chasing prawns or fresh water Crayfish/ crawfish /marron.

There is a guy on Facebook who is breeding freshwater crays and sends them EMS all over the country. Redclaw Crayfish Thailand is the name

There's a guy in Chiang Mai to who is very helpful too. He's on Facebook as well.