Victor’s Crayfish Cocktail

Let’s eat crayfish instead of shrimp more often. They have become a real nuisance in our local waters—and besides, they are delicious! These days you can buy them in most good supermarkets, peeled and ready.

These cocktails used to be my father’s favorite starter. Often, when we had something to celebrate, he would prepare them for us. So this is pretty much his recipe. In my mind I can still see his face lighting up the moment he began digging in. He would, by the way, never wait f