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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 16:49:18 GMT -5
Helping son make Burmese curry tonight and while cleaning shrimp remembered that my father, who has moved south, told me that down there they don't devein shrimp... Can that be true?
So, devein or not?
Also, I cleaned the chilies and wiped under my nose/ above my lip before washing my hands... Urghaa... Maybe I shouldn't be teaching cooking.
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Post by Bob Ross on Nov 19, 2014 16:51:08 GMT -5
I dunno. Do you enjoy the added kick provided by shrimp shit?  |
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Nov 19, 2014 16:51:34 GMT -5
Alton Brown said on Good Eats once that if you don't mind then you don't have to devein your shrimp. However most people don't want to eat the shrimp's poop shoot.
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Post by The Captain on Nov 19, 2014 16:52:11 GMT -5
Helping son make Burmese curry tonight and while cleaning shrimp remembered that my father, who has moved south, told me that down there they don't devein shrimp... Can that be true? So, devein or not? Also, I cleaned the chilies and wiped under my nose/ above my lip before washing my hands... Urghaa... Maybe I shouldn't be teaching cooking. At least you didn't touch your eyes...  Yes, devein. I don't need to eat grit/shrimp poo with my meal thankyouverymuch! I'm now at a point in my life financially where I can afford shrimp that are already deveined. Heaven... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 16:56:06 GMT -5
Oh, I deveined them! I couldn't quite believe it when he told me. But again, I guess it's what you know, what's in your realm of everyday.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Nov 19, 2014 16:58:39 GMT -5
I de-vein over and under (there are two veins on some shrimp species), but aside from the removal of the innards, doing so also butterflies the shrimp, opening up more surface area for flavoring.
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Post by 973beachbum on Nov 19, 2014 16:58:45 GMT -5
This is one of those things that it depends for me. I started eating at Chinese restaurants. And by Chinese I mean no one in the entire restaurant spoke English except us when we were there. There are some shrimp dishes where they cook them with the shell still on and I asked how they had deviined them. They looked at me like I had two heads and said they just eat them. If it looks like it "needs" to come out I will but if it isn't big or obvious I will just ignore it. For the record they also eat the shell and all for things like salt and pepper shrimp.  |
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Post by swasat on Nov 19, 2014 17:07:16 GMT -5
OT: oped, has your DH seriously joined the board or is someone masquerading as "mroped" ?  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 17:13:37 GMT -5
No, that's him. Apparently I talked about you guys too much and he wanted to play too... I took a week off, lol and he was like what's happening? I told him to look for himself . Maybe I should have given that one more thought... |
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Post by msventoux on Nov 19, 2014 17:17:39 GMT -5
I've had them both ways. I could (barely) get past the thought of eating the crap sac, but the texture does me in. If it was in some dish where the texture wasn't obvious, it wouldn't keep me from eating the dish knowing they hadn't been deveined.
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Post by Abby Normal on Nov 19, 2014 17:22:33 GMT -5
Like Nancy- I do over and under. DS loves shrimp- So I made him do some of the work once by having him help devein.
Now he's really picky in restaurants and will ask if they are deveined before he orders.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Nov 19, 2014 17:27:36 GMT -5
Definately devain shrimp. It's shimp poop and sometimes if you don't get it properly devained it has a "gritty" taste/texture. Or maybe I have super sensitive taste buds. |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Nov 19, 2014 17:35:36 GMT -5
Helping son make Burmese curry tonight and while cleaning shrimp remembered that my father, who has moved south, told me that down there they don't devein shrimp... Can that be true? So, devein or not? Also, I cleaned the chilies and wiped under my nose/ above my lip before washing my hands... Urghaa... Maybe I shouldn't be teaching cooking. Big suggestion....
Wash your hands repeatedly before touching anything else too!
One of the things I've discovered is that when I cut up chilis, even if I wash my hands repeatedly, it burns when I put my contacts in the next morning. It usually takes a day before it goes away. Next time, I'm wearing gloves!!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Nov 19, 2014 17:36:59 GMT -5
Little shrimp (>30/lb) I don't devein. Large shrimp, I do. |
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Post by mmhmm on Nov 19, 2014 17:40:25 GMT -5
I'm in the south and I most certainly buy only deveined shirimp! Gritty shrimp just doesn't do it for me.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 19, 2014 17:50:22 GMT -5
The vein doesn't bother me one way or another. At least the crap in the vein is cooked like the rest of the shrimp. It's not like you are eating a steaming pile of cow manure.
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Post by Baby Fawkes on Nov 19, 2014 18:24:29 GMT -5
Doesn't bother me either way. I'm that person that isn't afraid to eat things that others consider awful.
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Post by Abby Normal on Nov 19, 2014 18:28:48 GMT -5
Now if you really want to argue....
shrimp or prawns??
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Post by kittensaver on Nov 19, 2014 18:32:19 GMT -5
Now if you really want to argue.... shrimp or prawns??
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Post by The Captain on Nov 19, 2014 18:50:02 GMT -5
Ok...I will take one for the team and offer to put any debate to rest once and for alll...just send me you best shrimp, prawn, langiston dish and I'll sacrifice my taste YUM buds...
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 19, 2014 18:54:02 GMT -5
Ok...I will take one for the team and offer to put any debate to rest once and for alll...just send me you best shrimp, prawn, langiston dish and I'll sacrifice my taste YUM buds... How many pounds of each will it take to complete your taste test? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 18:55:03 GMT -5
Helping son make Burmese curry tonight and while cleaning shrimp remembered that my father, who has moved south, told me that down there they don't devein shrimp... Can that be true? So, devein or not? Also, I cleaned the chilies and wiped under my nose/ above my lip before washing my hands... Urghaa... Maybe I shouldn't be teaching cooking. I buy shrimp that are already peeled and deveined so heck yeah devein....who wants to eat shrimp poop? |
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Post by cronewitch on Nov 19, 2014 19:59:07 GMT -5
I don't like shrimp so when I buy some they are for ISO, I just ask him to take the legs off for me. He didn't used to devein them but now does, I did some for him and told him he should so now he learned. I don't think he cares but he does gross things like eating live oysters or sardines from the can without cleaning them first. I liked sardines as child but after finding they don't clean them well I won't eat them, cleaning them is too much trouble.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 20:00:49 GMT -5
I don't like shrimp so when I buy some they are for ISO, I just ask him to take the legs off for me. He didn't used to devein them but now does, I did some for him and told him he should so now he learned. I don't think he cares but he does gross things like eating live oysters or sardines from the can without cleaning them first. I liked sardines as child but after finding they don't clean them well I won't eat them, cleaning them is too much trouble. my shrimp also come without legs or heads..... |
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Post by The Captain on Nov 19, 2014 20:23:27 GMT -5
Ok...I will take one for the team and offer to put any debate to rest once and for alll...just send me you best shrimp, prawn, langiston dish and I'll sacrifice my taste YUM buds... How many pounds of each will it take to complete your taste test? Depends . . . are you offering to assist in case of a tie and how much wine are you bringing? |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Nov 19, 2014 20:30:36 GMT -5
Speaking of which, is anyone else seeing ridiculous prices on shrimp? The grocery had 16-20s for sale for $17/lb! I live on the freaking coast!
16-20s sold for around $8/lb last year.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 19, 2014 20:35:22 GMT -5
How many pounds of each will it take to complete your taste test? Depends . . . are you offering to assist in case of a tie and how much wine are you bringing? As much wine as you would like and heck yes on being the tie breaker. Some day I will move to Apalachicola, Florida. Fresh shrimp off the boat almost year round and at a fraction of food store prices along with some of the best fresh oyster eating direct from their bay. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 20:50:34 GMT -5
That is where tonight's shrimp was from, although they were frozen, compliments of my father, so 0$... Yum.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 19, 2014 20:54:51 GMT -5
That is where tonight's shrimp was from, although they were frozen, compliments of my father, so 0$... Yum. Yea for dad.  |
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Post by wvugurl26 on Nov 19, 2014 22:23:37 GMT -5
I do for the big ones. Not much shrimp for me lately as I learned the hard way twice that I no longer tolerate a common preservative in frozen shrimp. It sucks because I can't really order shrimp dishes in a restaurant now.
If I'm paying $17/lb I will be getting big scallops not shrimp!
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