Do you ever/often eat shrimp with the shells on?
Apr 14, 2010 | 9:11 pm
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Nah, piece of cake! Especially easy if they're grilled or fried. Nice crunch.
I'll even eat the heads sometimes, if battered and fried. Sushi restaurants will give them to you if you ask when you order a shrimp tempura roll.
I'll even eat the heads sometimes, if battered and fried. Sushi restaurants will give them to you if you ask when you order a shrimp tempura roll.
Apr 14, 2010 | 9:13 pm
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The head after grilled and fried has a nice crunch and lots of flavor inside. I am one of those shrimp eaters who leaves no evidence.
The head after grilled and fried has a nice crunch and lots of flavor inside. I am one of those shrimp eaters who leaves no evidence.
Apr 14, 2010 | 9:16 pm
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Ah, now that you say that, you're right. I have had shrimp shells! Fried shrimp in Asia..
Apr 14, 2010 | 9:18 pm
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Apr 14, 2010 | 9:22 pm
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I remember my first time having it. First, I couldn't believe I did it, then I couldn't believe more people didn't do it. It was an explosion of flavor between those beady little eyes. The old Jackson Cafe in Chinatown San Francisco. Head, shell, tail, legs... the whole enchilada (so to speak).
Apr 15, 2010 | 1:01 pm
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me: yes, everything but not as often as I'd like as I do all the cooking in our household and Mrs Sweet Willie does not eat the shells, and despises the restaurant practive of leaving the last bit of tail on for presentation. Happy wife Happy life.
Apr 15, 2010 | 3:51 pm
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I once had a friend who ate the entire shrimp, head and all. I thought he was strange because of that.
There is a Vietnamese sandwich shop that I frequent that has shrimp egg rolls. I used to order (and enjoy) those until I dissected one and found that it contained a whole shrimp! I have never ordered one since.
I think eating the whole shrimp just freaks me out.
There is a Vietnamese sandwich shop that I frequent that has shrimp egg rolls. I used to order (and enjoy) those until I dissected one and found that it contained a whole shrimp! I have never ordered one since.
I think eating the whole shrimp just freaks me out.
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Apr 15, 2010 | 4:14 pm
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I once had a friend who at the entire shrimp, head and all. I thought he was strange because of that.
There is a Vietnamese sandwich shop that I frequent that has shrimp egg rolls. I used to order (and enjoy) those until I dissected one and found that it contained a whole shrimp! I have never ordered one since.
I think eating the whole shrimp just freaks me out.
There is a Vietnamese sandwich shop that I frequent that has shrimp egg rolls. I used to order (and enjoy) those until I dissected one and found that it contained a whole shrimp! I have never ordered one since.
I think eating the whole shrimp just freaks me out.
Apr 15, 2010 | 5:28 pm
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What size of shrimp are we talking about here? In Spain I had some very tiny (3-5cm long) whole fried shrimp in a tapas bar. I can't imagine eating a prawn with head and shell intact.