Olive-Oil-Roasted Crayfish

Perth, Australia’s westernmost seaport, looks inland across a rich belt of sheep-farming country. It is hot and arid, so farmers dig out huge holes in the ground and dam them to capture the infrequent rains, making water-holes for the sheep. They then seed these water-holes with yabbies, freshwater crayfish that have the dual advantage of keeping the water clean and oxygenated while providing the ‘cockies’ – as the farmers are called locally – with a welcome and delicious shellfish crop. Ot