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So I went out with some girlfriends last night; ....they ordered peel and eat shrimp
Topic Started: Apr 28 2010, 04:12 AM (642 Views)
RosemaryTwo
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And while I occasionally have some seafood, I could not stomach the thought of eating one.

Hello Caesar salad.
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Luke's Dad
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No fears, R2. I can't stomach the thought of eating them either, and it has nothing to do with Kenny's thread or being a vegetarian. Cockroaches of the sea, that's what shrimp are. And now, his tank is filled with them.
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Piano*Dad
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That's funny. The first thing I thought of was Kenny's shrimp as well. :lol2:
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Just curious ... do you eat shrimp dumplings at dim-sum places? :blink:
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John D'Oh
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I love shrimp, and don't mind peeling and eating them in the slightest.

One of my favourite things about Massachusetts is the seafood. I ate raw shellfish for the first time last year (in England you're risking a death sentence) and suddenly realised what I'd been missing all these years.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Usually people who reach your advanced years (aha, ahhhaaaahaaaa, I can't wait for the riposte!), have their tastes pretty well set in stone.

That you decided to subject your system to raw shellfish says a lot about your adventuresomeness, actually. I ate my first raw oyster in New Orleans at age 24. The thought was pretty strange to me, and I had to fortify myself with a couple of scotches before making the attempt. About three dozen later (oysters, not scotches), I think I took a breath. :whome:

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Apr 28 2010, 04:29 AM
Usually people who reach your advanced years (aha, ahhhaaaahaaaa, I can't wait for the riposte!), have their tastes pretty well set in stone.

That you decided to subject your system to raw shellfish says a lot about your adventuresomeness, actually. I ate my first raw oyster in New Orleans at age 24. The thought was pretty strange to me, and I had to fortify myself with a couple of scotches before making the attempt. About three dozen later (oysters, not scotches), I think I took a breath. :whome:

The great thing about living in a different country from where you grew up is that you're pretty much forced to experience new things. I would recommend it to everyone. Ontario and New England are probably as close culturally to the UK as you can get without actually being there, but even here the differences are many and varied, and often surprising.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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RosemaryTwo
Apr 28 2010, 04:12 AM
And while I occasionally have some seafood, I could not stomach the thought of eating one.

Hello Caesar salad.
Can I assume you ordered the Caesar salad sans anchovies?


As for me, I like shrimp but would never order it with the shell on. In fact, I even have my fish monger clean them before bringing them home.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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What? You don't like that extra gritty flavor from the 'vein?' :lol2:
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Apr 28 2010, 04:37 AM
I even have my fish monger clean them before bringing them home.
Why does something that spends its entire life surrounded by water need cleaning?
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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'Cleaning' meaning removal of the shell, etc.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Well, I suppose another 'acid test' of cleaning concerns soft shell crabs. Some people rinse 'em off and sauté them. Me, I make darn sure they have been thoroughly 'cleaned' to remove the innards.
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Prawns (shrimp) with the shells on. No problems, mate. In Australia, they put bowls full of them out like popcorn at parties. I could sit for hours peeling prawns and drinking beer.

When it comes to raw oysters, I remember one Sunday when my wife and I were sitting with another couple at a sidewalk bar overlooking a beach in a small town in Brazil. A grizzled old fellow came up with a bucket holding a damp burlap sack and asked if we would like some oysters. We told him we would buy some if he shucked them. The four of us proceeded to eat all he had as fast as he shucked them and then sent him off to find another bucketful which we also ate.

I also used to have a friend (rest his soul) who would drive to the Maryland shore for a weekend and bring back a couple of bushels of oysters to divvy up with several of us who liked them. We'd meet him at his house on Sunday evening, go through quite a few there together with some of his homemade wine, and then take the rest home for the next evening. Good times.

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Shrimp are great. Kenny'd better keep his locked up.
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Yup. I had kung pao shrimp for lunch yesterday.

Sorry, Kenny.
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Mikhailoh
Apr 28 2010, 05:24 AM
Shrimp are great. Kenny'd better keep his locked up.
+1. Peel-n-eat is okay by me, too.
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Apr 28 2010, 05:26 AM
Mikhailoh
Apr 28 2010, 05:24 AM
Shrimp are great. Kenny'd better keep his locked up.
+1. Peel-n-eat is okay by me, too.
I agree (so I suppose a +2 :) ). Shrimp are very good, both with and without their shell.
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I feel the same way about peel and eat shrimp as I do about Mel's Char Palace, or shucking peanuts for that matter. It's not half the fun of eating for me.

What I really hate is getting a shrimp dish where they've been all sauteed up and are all oily and what not, only to discover the tails are still left on. Now I have to pick 'em out with my fingers and bite 'em off. Finger lickin' good but what's the point?
Edited by Kincaid, Apr 28 2010, 09:41 AM.
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It took me a while to get a taste for seafood, but now I love it. I really love steamed king snow crab legs. When we'd go to Maryland to Assateague, we'd get a bushel or two of blue crabs. My dad would steam them with a ton of Old Bay and beer. Gotta make them happy when they die. :D
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Apr 28 2010, 10:05 AM
It took me a while to get a taste for seafood, but now I love it.
Yeah. I know what you mean (he said, all the while holding himself back from the obvious straight line :lol2: ).

Hey Kincaid... I agree.. TAKE THE TAILS OFF THE DAMN THINGS!!!
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Apr 28 2010, 10:13 AM
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Apr 28 2010, 10:05 AM
It took me a while to get a taste for seafood, but now I love it.
Yeah. I know what you mean (he said, all the while holding himself back from the obvious straight line :lol2: ).
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In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Apr 28 2010, 04:32 AM
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Apr 28 2010, 04:29 AM
Usually people who reach your advanced years (aha, ahhhaaaahaaaa, I can't wait for the riposte!), have their tastes pretty well set in stone.

That you decided to subject your system to raw shellfish says a lot about your adventuresomeness, actually. I ate my first raw oyster in New Orleans at age 24. The thought was pretty strange to me, and I had to fortify myself with a couple of scotches before making the attempt. About three dozen later (oysters, not scotches), I think I took a breath. :whome:

The great thing about living in a different country from where you grew up is that you're pretty much forced to experience new things. I would recommend it to everyone. Ontario and New England are probably as close culturally to the UK as you can get without actually being there, but even here the differences are many and varied, and often surprising.
Interesting. My parents have lived in a lot of places, but both agree that England's culture was the most difficult to adjust to. For me, my world was almost turned upside down. All-girls' uniformed Christian school compared to American public elementary. Fountain pens. I'm pretty sure my right hand was stained blue for a few weeks. One of the hardest things was spelling and pronounciations. I used to get bad spelling grades just because I spelled things the American way. I got a few red marks on papers when I came back to the states for the same reason. So close, but so different. I still find myself spelling things the English way over here.
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For the life of me I can't get the damn u out of behaviour.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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