Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R) "Jumbo Breaded
Butterfly Shrimp". Well, the shrimp were noways near jumbo in size.
The breading is spread out to make them look large but, when the
breading comes off, the shrimp look very much less than medium in
size. What the heck is going on in this world? Is nothing any good
any more? I would suggest that anyone who buys such products take
them back to the store and get a full refund - which is what I am
going to do.

Alexm

On Apr 16, 3:33*pm, Alexm wrote:
Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R) "Jumbo Breaded
Butterfly Shrimp". *Well, the shrimp were noways near jumbo in size.
The breading is spread out to make them look large but, when the
breading comes off, the shrimp look very much less than medium in
size. *What the heck is going on in this world? *Is nothing any good
any more? *I would suggest that anyone who buys such products take
them back to the store and get a full refund - which is what I am
going to do.

Alexm

And I just went back to the store and got the total refund!

Alexm

Alexm wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:09:53 -0700 (PDT):

A On Apr 16, 3:33 pm, Alexm wrote:
?? Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R)
?? "Jumbo Breaded Butterfly Shrimp". Well, the shrimp were
?? noways near jumbo in size. The breading is spread out to
?? make them look large but, when the breading comes off, the
?? shrimp look very much less than medium in size. What the
?? heck is going on in this world? Is nothing any good any
?? more? I would suggest that anyone who buys such products
?? take them back to the store and get a full refund - which
?? is what I am going to do.
??
?? Alexm

A And I just went back to the store and got the total refund!

Are there standards for those descriptions? I don't know what
"jumbo" means but it seems to imply large-sized but it may not
have a legal definition. However, much the best way to buy
shrimp is to patronize stores that give the average number per
pound. Whole Foods, Giant and Balducci's in my area do so.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

James Silverton wrote:
Alexm wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:09:53 -0700 (PDT):

A On Apr 16, 3:33 pm, Alexm wrote:
?? Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R)
?? "Jumbo Breaded Butterfly Shrimp". Well, the shrimp were
?? noways near jumbo in size. The breading is spread out to
?? make them look large but, when the breading comes off, the
?? shrimp look very much less than medium in size. What the
?? heck is going on in this world? Is nothing any good any
?? more? I would suggest that anyone who buys such products
?? take them back to the store and get a full refund - which
?? is what I am going to do.
??
?? Alexm

A And I just went back to the store and got the total refund!

Are there standards for those descriptions? I don't know what "jumbo"
means but it seems to imply large-sized but it may not have a legal
definition. However, much the best way to buy shrimp is to patronize
stores that give the average number per pound. Whole Foods, Giant and
Balducci's in my area do so.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

But what is wrong with a little creative marketing? Two of my favorites
are a nearby housing development where they advertised LARGE half acre
lots and the used car lot that has "ABSOLUTELY NEW!!!!!" placards on
most of their cars.

James Silverton wrote:
Alexm wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:09:53 -0700 (PDT):

A On Apr 16, 3:33 pm, Alexm wrote:
?? Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R)
?? "Jumbo Breaded Butterfly Shrimp". Well, the shrimp were
?? noways near jumbo in size. The breading is spread out to
?? make them look large but, when the breading comes off, the
?? shrimp look very much less than medium in size. What the
?? heck is going on in this world? Is nothing any good any
?? more? I would suggest that anyone who buys such products
?? take them back to the store and get a full refund - which
?? is what I am going to do.
??
?? Alexm

A And I just went back to the store and got the total refund!

Are there standards for those descriptions? I don't know what "jumbo"
means but it seems to imply large-sized but it may not have a legal
definition. However, much the best way to buy shrimp is to patronize
stores that give the average number per pound. Whole Foods, Giant and
Balducci's in my area do so.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
that's the only way they're sold at fish markets here in Louisiana. It's
called the "count", sixteen count to the pound, twelve count to the
pound, etc. Jumbo's are usually twelve count or less. Gumbo shrimp may
be thirty-six to the pound.

George

"Alexm" wrote in message
...
Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R) "Jumbo Breaded
Butterfly Shrimp". Well, the shrimp were noways near jumbo in size.
The breading is spread out to make them look large but, when the
breading comes off, the shrimp look very much less than medium in
size. What the heck is going on in this world? Is nothing any good
any more? I would suggest that anyone who buys such products take
them back to the store and get a full refund - which is what I am
going to do.

Alexm


Below are the generally accepted guide lines. Based upon that you should
have had from 6 to 8 shrimp. How many were there?

Dimitri


http://www.epicurious.com/tools/food...=16&submit.y=7

Keeping that variance in mind, the general size categories into which shrimp
fall a colossal (10 or less per pound), jumbo (11-15), extra-large
(16-20), large (21-30), medium (31-35), small (36-45) and miniature (about
100). In the United States, jumbo and colossal shrimp are commonly called
"prawns," though the PRAWN is, in fact, a different species.

On Apr 16, 4:33�pm, Alexm wrote:
Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R) "Jumbo Breaded
Butterfly Shrimp". �Well, the shrimp were noways near jumbo in size.
The breading is spread out to make them look large but, when the
breading comes off, the shrimp look very much less than medium in
size. �What the heck is going on in this world? �Is nothing any good
any more? �I would suggest that anyone who buys such products take
them back to the store and get a full refund - which is what I am
going to do.

The only accurate way to size shrimp is by "count" per weight.

When shrimp are breaded there is no way to determine size... all you
can do is buy a package of breaded shrimp by weight, which includes
the shrimp plus the breading.... similarly shimp size cannot be
determined for cooked shrimp, size can only be determined for raw in
the shell shrimp.

http://www.oceangarden.com/eng/shrimp/sizing.htm

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:15:21 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:

On Apr 16, 4:33?pm, Alexm wrote:

When shrimp are breaded there is no way to determine size... all you
can do is buy a package of breaded shrimp by weight, which includes
the shrimp plus the breading.... similarly shimp size cannot be
determined for cooked shrimp, size can only be determined for raw in
the shell shrimp.

http://www.oceangarden.com/eng/shrimp/sizing.htm

I have a freind who used to be a shrimp farmer. He told me that those
tiny shrimp you get in junky shrimp salads? Those are the floaters.
They died and floated to the top of the tank and are sort of fresh but
dead, so I now avoid all tiny shrimp. Rather have them fresh frozen
than floaters who later becaome frozen.

aloha,
beans
roast beans to kona to email
farmers of Pure Kona

On Apr 16, 6:15Â*pm, Sheldon wrote:
On Apr 16, 4:33�pm, Alexm wrote:

Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R) "Jumbo Breaded
Butterfly Shrimp". �Well, the shrimp were noways near jumbo in size.
The breading is spread out to make them look large but, when the
breading comes off, the shrimp look very much less than medium in
size. �What the heck is going on in this world? �Is nothing any good
any more? �I would suggest that anyone who buys such products take
them back to the store and get a full refund - which is what I am
going to do.

The only accurate way to size shrimp is by "count" per weight.

When shrimp are breaded there is no way to determine size... all you
can do is buy a package of breaded shrimp by weight, which includes
the shrimp plus the breading.... similarly shimp size cannot be
determined for cooked shrimp, size can only be determined for raw in
the shell shrimp.

http://www.oceangarden.com/eng/shrimp/sizing.htm

Well, I would say without any doubt whatsoever that when the package
says JUMBO then I should expect something I can sink my teeth into.
Instead I get breaded shrimp which appear large, because of the way
the breading is formed, but contain shrimp no bigger than the last
part of my little finger. When I fill my gas tank with 18 gallons of
gasoline and later find out I got only 18 pints then without any doubt
whatsoever I would say I was hoodwinked. It is just that simple. Even
if the package did not say JUMBO the actual shrimp were so small as to
be very very disappointing. It is a fair product if you like breading
but a very inferior product relative to quantity if you like shrimp.

Alexm

Alexm wrote:

On Apr 16, 3:33*pm, Alexm wrote:
Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R) "Jumbo Breaded
Butterfly Shrimp". *Well, the shrimp were noways near jumbo in size.
The breading is spread out to make them look large but, when the
breading comes off, the shrimp look very much less than medium in
size. *What the heck is going on in this world? *Is nothing any good
any more? *I would suggest that anyone who buys such products take
them back to the store and get a full refund - which is what I am
going to do.

Alexm

And I just went back to the store and got the total refund!

Must have been the corner Quickie Mart for you to make it there and
back in 30 minutes. Did they also refund your time and gas?

-sw

On Apr 16, 7:45*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:15:21 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
wrote:

On Apr 16, 4:33?pm, Alexm wrote:

When shrimp are breaded there is no way to determine size... all you
can do is buy a package of breaded shrimp by weight, which includes
the shrimp plus the breading.... similarly shimp size cannot be
determined for cooked shrimp, size can only be determined for raw in
the shell shrimp.

http://www.oceangarden.com/eng/shrimp/sizing.htm

I have a freind who used to be a shrimp farmer. *He told me that those
tiny shrimp you get in junky shrimp salads? *Those are the floaters.
They died and floated to the top of the tank and are sort of fresh but
dead, so I now avoid all tiny shrimp. *Rather have them fresh frozen
than floaters who later becaome frozen.

aloha,
beans
roast beans to kona to email
* farmers of Pure Kona

The tiny "salad shrimp". as they a called, remind me of little
worms. I good salad should have LARGE shrimp.

Alenm

Alexm wrote:


The tiny "salad shrimp". as they a called, remind me of little
worms. I good salad should have LARGE shrimp.

I lady I met last week told me a funny story about shrimp. She had lived in
Zambia for a while and one of the domestic workers pointed out a cluster of
caterpillars in a tree. and told her that they are waiting for them to get
bigger and then they will gather than and eat them, claiming they are
delicious. When harvest day came along he scooted up the tree with a pail
and gathered up all the creepy crawlies and took them to his wife to prepare
them. Then he came back with a plateful for her. She made up an excuse
about realizing how much he treasured this delicacy and they were hardly
enough for his own family.

The next week, the guy was helping out in the kitchen as they were preparing
for a cocktail party. She showed him how she wanted the cocktail shrimp
arranged on the canapés. The guy was absolutely grossed out that they would
eat something as disgusting looking as a shrimp.

wrote:

I have a freind who used to be a shrimp farmer. He told me that those
tiny shrimp you get in junky shrimp salads? Those are the floaters.
They died and floated to the top of the tank and are sort of fresh but
dead, so I now avoid all tiny shrimp. Rather have them fresh frozen
than floaters who later becaome frozen.

I've seen salad shrimp being removed from a large frozen can
(yes, some canned food is frozen, presumably because it was
never sterilized) which was clearly marked as coming from
Alaska. I don't believe they farm shrimp in Alaska.

However that was maybe 20 years ago. As I understand it,
the Alaskan shrimp fishery has since collapsed.

On Apr 16, 9:04*pm, Dave Smith wrote:
Alexm wrote:

The tiny "salad shrimp". as they a called, *remind me of little
worms. *I good salad should have LARGE shrimp.

I lady I met last week told me a funny story about shrimp. She had lived in
Zambia for a while and one of the domestic workers pointed out a cluster of
caterpillars in a tree. and told her that they are waiting for them to get
bigger and then they will gather than and eat them, claiming they are
delicious. When harvest day came along he scooted up the tree with a pail
and gathered up all the creepy crawlies and took them to his wife to prepare
them. Then he came back with a plateful for her. *She made up an excuse
about *realizing how much he treasured this delicacy and they were hardly
enough for his own family.

The next week, the guy was helping out in the kitchen as they were preparing
for a cocktail party. *She showed him how she wanted the cocktail shrimp
arranged on the canapés. The guy was absolutely grossed out that they would
eat something as disgusting looking as a shrimp.

Yes, very true. It depends on what you are brought up on to a large
extent. When I was a child I was fed raw live oysters and also raw
live little neck clams on the half shell. But never squid. And never
mussels - which were looked down upon as being inferior.

Alexm

On Apr 16, 4:16*pm, "James Silverton"
wrote:
*Alexm *wrote *on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:09:53 -0700 (PDT):

*A On Apr 16, 3:33 pm, Alexm wrote:
*?? Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R)
*?? "Jumbo Breaded Butterfly Shrimp". *Well, the shrimp were
*?? noways near jumbo in size. The breading is spread out to
*?? make them look large but, when the breading comes off, the
*?? shrimp look very much less than medium in size. *What the
*?? heck is going on in this world? *Is nothing any good any
*?? more? *I would suggest that anyone who buys such products
*?? take them back to the store and get a full refund - which
*?? is what I am going to do.
*??
*?? Alexm

*A And I just went back to the store and got the total refund!

Are there standards for those descriptions? I don't know what
"jumbo" means but it seems to imply large-sized but it may not
have a legal definition. However, much the best way to buy
shrimp is to patronize stores that give the average number per
pound. Whole Foods, Giant and Balducci's in my area do so.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

These were prepared breaded shrimp. Apparently the word "Jumbo"
refers to the breading and not to the enclosed shrimpy shrimp.
"Jumbo Breaded Butterfly Shrimp" may or may not have been cleared by a
team of lawyers. It did not state it as "Breaded Butterfly Jumbo
Shrimp". Clever, clever, clever. If you stick a shrimp inside a loaf
of bread that would really be jumbo.

Alexm

Alexm