Crayfish worms/parasite
Submitted by Paul_86 on Tue, 2015-11-24 18:42
Gday everyone,
I just received this photo from a mate. Seems like some kind of worm of some sort has come out of the crayfish. He said the cray looked normal before he dropped it in the pot, boiled it whole for 8 mins, strained the hot water out of the pot, filled it back up with ice water and left to cool down. Come back 5 minutes later and all that crap was floating on top of the water.
Any ideas?
He said the flesh looked fine and presumed it has come out of the head of the cray. I've done some googling myself but couldn't come up with anything
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JoRn
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i just threw up my craytail
i just threw up my craytail haha
thats spun out
uncle
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ha ha thats why
I only boil tails
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Paul_86
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Have you seen this before
Have you seen this before uncle? Or you just referring to the other smelly gunky crap that fills the pot when boiled whole?
ranmar850
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I think I have seen this before.
Just something they exude after cooking, don't think it's a worm or parasite. In fact, I have never seen anything of that sort infest a cray, only that fungus that was around in the nineties(?) then disappeared. Thinking back, it may actually be part of the gills ( yes, they do have gills) which comes away when cooking?
Eat on and report back
Paul_86
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Thanks for the reply, yeah
Thanks for the reply, yeah being a part of the gills makes sense. That explains how they are all clustered together.
Yeah my mate ate it coz he said the flesh looked fine, that was this morning and he is still alive so all good haha.
Notorious
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is this the mustard
is this the mustard magnified?
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Paul_86
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Sorry not sure what the
Sorry not sure what the mustard is? That 1st pic is in a 30cm pot for reference
Notorious
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Mustard coloured stuff thats
Mustard coloured stuff thats in the cray head - thats what it looks like to me. It must have seeped out of the body.
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Paul_86
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ah yeah ok cool, cheers.
ah yeah ok cool, cheers. Looks like it's harmless then.
Cheers fellas
Jim
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Had plenty of mustard all
Had plenty of mustard all over my back working at the kailis processing factory years ago.
Bend over
Notorious
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What actually is that
What actually is that mustard substance? its not its poo I know that much.
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Tarpon
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Combined liver/pancreas, the
Combined liver/pancreas, the hepatopancreas
Craig J
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You've got to love the hepatopancreas thats the best part !
Put a straw in behind the head shell and suck it out while it's still warm...
ranmar850
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Sick b*st*rd^^