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Louisiana crawfish invade ponds across the globe
New Orleans Times-Picayune ^
| April 14, 2003
| Mark Schleifstein
Posted on 04/14/2003 3:13:12 AM PDT by sarcasm
Edited on 07/14/2004 12:59:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Giuseppe Sargentini's aquatic flower business in Viareggio, Italy, was almost wiped out by an invading army straight from Louisiana.
These attackers moved overland in 1995 from a staging area in scenic Massaciuccoli Lake, not far from the city of Pisa. Soon the ponds where Sargentini was growing lotuses for worldwide export had become a battlefield, and the delicate plants were vanishing, seemingly overnight.
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posted on
04/14/2003 3:13:12 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
To: sarcasm
I wish these guys would invade Colorado. Crawfish are the only thing I miss about my homestate. Got a boiling pot ready to go.
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posted on
04/14/2003 3:31:11 AM PDT
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To: sarcasm
In Italy, this can be easily cured:
Crawfish Scampi
Crawfish Parmesean
Crawfish with Marinara
Crawfish Alfredo
Crawfish Anitpasto........
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posted on
04/14/2003 3:43:05 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: sarcasm
"How y'all are? Dis be jus da start of my plan to take over da world, I garontee."
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posted on
04/14/2003 3:59:03 AM PDT
by
TomB
To: sarcasm
They should dump a truckload of crawfish boil into that pond of his, rig up some sort of heat source, and mmmmmm.....
LQ
To: drstevej
invasion ping
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posted on
04/14/2003 4:21:12 AM PDT
by
Wrigley
(Naw.)
To: TomB
I was gonna suggest that the afflicted locals import some Cajuns to deal with the crawfish infestation. Then I realized that unless the local girls were REALLY (and I mean REALLY) ugly they would soon have a plague of coonasses to replace the plague of crawdads. NOT a big improvement.....:-)
For the humor impaired...I cannot think of a place that would not be improved by some hard working hard partying Cajuns. Except maybe Louisiana. They have plenty and should share with the rest of us.
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posted on
04/14/2003 4:38:11 AM PDT
by
Rifleman
To: Wrigley
Don't blame me, we boiled 2500 pounds of these rascals last night at church! Many of them had their heads sucked!
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posted on
04/14/2003 4:45:04 AM PDT
by
drstevej
To: sarcasm
"In east Africa, people hate crawfish," Lodge said. "The thought of eating them absolutely repulses them."
They would rather have roasted human served over a bed of steamed rice and served with a goblet of warm blood. For desert, a pile of squirming grubs topped with cow dung. Now, that's what I call eating well!
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posted on
04/14/2003 4:56:34 AM PDT
by
DH
To: Rebelbase
You beat me!
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posted on
04/14/2003 7:01:28 AM PDT
by
ffusco
("Essiri sempri la santu fora la chiesa.")
To: Rifleman
LOL!
12
posted on
04/14/2003 7:02:59 AM PDT
by
ffusco
("Essiri sempri la santu fora la chiesa.")
To: sarcasm
Soon, they'll be yelling "AAIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!"
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posted on
04/14/2003 7:07:01 AM PDT
by
al_c
To: Rebelbase
Why can't they teach crawfish to eat kudzu?
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posted on
04/14/2003 8:52:29 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: TomB
Justin Wilson is about as authentically Cajun as Al Gore.
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