Sweden's crayfish party tradition

"I hope you had a good time at your Seafood Festival," came the text.  He was, of course, referring to the crayfish party that I managed to snap out of my antisocial funk long enough to attend.  Crayfish parties are a very Swedish celebration of life/the end of summer/alcohol.  They involve games, drinking, and decorations resembling Chinese new year’s lights.  Oh, and crayfish.  Which are like lobsters in their color, shape, and beady angry boiled alive eyes; but unlike lobsters in their size and willingness to provide accessible meat. I’ve pulled some quotes from Wikipedia for you: “It is culturally correct to suck the juice out of the crayfish before shelling it.” “The alcohol consumption is often high,...

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