"jmcquown" > wrote in
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> Pretty simple, val. "shrimp scampi" is a misnomer. "Scampi" means
> shrimp. Shrimp scampi translates to "shrimp shrimp" when you get
> literal about it. To a lot of people it means shrimp in butter and
> garlic sauce because that's what many restaurant menus call "scampi".
> Not that there's anything wrong with that
>


Scampi has always been 'small lobster'..... like the Pommy langoustine, or
our Marron/Freshwater cray.

Shrimp=prawn.

Shrimp/prawns in butter and garlic, is Garlic Prawns/shrimp.


But on closer checking.......... we see that the US (*and* the Poms) have
*******ised the terms to suit themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scampi

Scampi is a culinary term that is alternately used for a species of lobster
or a method of preparing seafood.

The particular lobster referred to as scampi is the Norway lobster
(Nephrops norvegicus). This lobster is also known—especially in Ireland and
the United Kingdom—as the Dublin Bay Prawn. The French term is langoustine.
[1] It is the plural of Italian scampo, but that form is rarely used in
English. The name is used loosely both in Italy and elsewhere to refer to
other similar species, though some food labelling laws (in Britain, for
example) define "scampi" as Nephrops norvegicus.

The fleshy tail of the Norway lobster is closer in both taste and texture
to lobster and crayfish than prawn or shrimp.

In both the United Kingdom and USA the word has come to define the method
of preparation rather than the ingredient, although referring to quite
different methods in the two countries.

In the United Kingdom, "scampi" refers to a dish of shelled tail meat
coated in breadcrumbs or batter, deep fried, and often served with chips,
peas and Tartar sauce.[1] In the Southern Hemisphere, other species of
lobster are used instead, such as Metanephrops challengeri.

In the USA, "scampi" is often the menu name for shrimp in Italian-American
cuisine. The term "Scampi", by itself, is also the name of a dish of shrimp
served in garlic butter and dry white wine, served either with bread, or
over pasta. The word "scampi" is often construed as that style of
preparation rather than an ingredient, with that preparation being called
"shrimp scampi", and with variants such as "chicken scampi".



Scampi recipe......

http://www.abc.net.au/local/recipes/...30/1087284.htm



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