Do you ever/often eat shrimp with the shells on?
Apr 15, 2010 | 9:07 pm
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Apr 15, 2010 | 9:19 pm
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Apr 15, 2010 | 9:34 pm
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I have tried it, especially after reading about it being done in Texas, but really don't like it, they get stuck in my teeth and I don't like the crunchy with the soft.
Apr 18, 2010 | 9:52 am
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The first time I came across this problem was many years ago on a train in Spain. The shrimp was served over rice in a tomato sauce. It never dawned on my to eat the shells, so I struggled with a knife and fork to peel them. 
Apr 19, 2010 | 5:04 pm
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I came across some at a Chinese buffet one time. I thought the chef was just being lazy. How well does the body digest these things?
Neither do I, even large shrimp. Some claim there can be grit in the intestinal tract, but I've never noticed it.
Neither do I, even large shrimp. Some claim there can be grit in the intestinal tract, but I've never noticed it.
Apr 20, 2010 | 12:15 pm
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Any good cook knows that when you discard the head and tail of shrimp, you throw away half the flavor. I do, at least, shell them before putting them in my mouth. It's probably healthier if consumed whole - fiber and all that!
Apr 20, 2010 | 4:00 pm
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In Seattle, I went to a sushi restaurant that served a live shrimp, shell removed from the body, antennas twitching . After you ate the body, the chef deep fried the head and you ate it as well. My wife thought the whole thing barbaric and was likely right, but it was delicious.
Apr 20, 2010 | 9:43 pm
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Nope. Don't think I will. Don't like the vein, the tail, the head, the shell. Come to think of it, I prefer using shrimp for bait to eating them.
Apr 20, 2010 | 11:58 pm
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My dining companion last night was slightly offput when I chomped
through my shrimp heads, but she already knows what to expect
and didn't offer much comment.
through my shrimp heads, but she already knows what to expect
and didn't offer much comment.
Apr 21, 2010 | 8:24 am
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