Originally Posted by
nerd
Everything I've looked up on cold water shrimp indicates that they are the tiny critters, about 50-100+/lb, always sold shelled and pre-cooked. Is this correct?
Very small ... shrimp sort of means "very small".
They are either normally shelled and sold like that. .. or more often in the uk they would be "potted" ie they are shelled and mixed with butter and cayenne pepper and put into pots (they are preserved for longer this way and Brits will then spread them on toast - it use to be a sort of Sunday "tea" treat) or sold in their shells. When sold in their shells some shell them (very picky) and some will eat them with their shells on.