Thread: Is cray fish overrated or am I cooking it wrong?

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

heathens heathens both of you - firstly to freeze crayfish - way better to cook then freeze - cook cool wrap well in glad wrap then at least 5 layers of newspaper - defrost slowly - frozen crays are no where near as good as fresh - fresh boil for 8 mins for a smaller cray 10 mins for a big bugger - drop cray into boiling water - as soon as time is up add cold water lots and stop any further cooking - your cray Russin me old mate was likely dried out in freezing not your cooking - but they are the finest seafood anywhere and yes scampi a close second yummy

Agree with you mostly. But scampi takes some beating, mind you the price of it can be eye watering if you have to pay for it here in NZ.