Mudbugs cookin' in the pot.

Mudbugs are variously known as crawfish, crawdads, crayfish

This is a mudbug

Pick out a nice one to practice your eatin' techniques on...

Notice the two main parts of the mudbug: Head and Tail

Step 1. Pull the head off.

Grasp the mudbug firmly in one hand and pull the head off with the other hand...If you are right handed, I recommend using your right hand for pulling the head off. Makes it easier for Step 2.

Step 2: Suck the head!

This is pretty simple. Some people have trouble with this step, though, because they think it's gross! But the cooking juices are in the head and a little meat, too! Go ahead! Try it!

Step 3: Pull off first two legs.

This is very important to Step 4. You simply grab the first 2 legs (the ones closest to where the head used to be) and pull them off, taking the first section of the carapace (shell) along with 'em.

Step 4: Pinch the tail.

Grasp the flipper between your thumb and forefinger and pinch, as if you were squeezing the end of a tube of toothpaste, kinda. Then take the meat which you exposed in step 3 in your teeth and pull it out!!