On (23 Jan 98) Bob Gearhart wrote to George Harper...
 BG>  Don't forget to tell him to remove the little black strip that runs
 BG> the  length of the crawdads tail after shelling.
 BG>  I forgot whether it was the liver or guts,
 BG> pulling it out first, did improve the taste tremendously.
     It's referred to as a "mud vein", Bob. Shrimp and lobster have
  one too.
     Craw dads live and get their food from the muck at the bottom of
  the bayou. I'm not an expert on their anatomy, but the vein acts as
  a filtering system.
     Before they are boiled, craw dads are placed in saltwater, which
  makes them belch a lot of the mud out of their system. It looks as
  gross as it sounds, but man, are they good eatin'!
  -- Ed --
  stimac@hal-pc.org
--- PPoint 2.05
---------------