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Default Shrimp Scampi, ...and what else?


"Helpful person" > wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:07:41 PM UTC-4, Pico Rico wrote:
>> "Helpful person" wrote in message
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>> > On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:38:06 AM UTC-4, sf wrote:

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>> >> Scampi, shrimp, prawn and gamba are all the same thing. Italians call
>> >> it scampi

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>> > Don't think so. Shrimp in Italian is gamberetto and prawn is gambero,
>> > the difference I believe being size.

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>> Think again. Scampi is one Italian word for prawns.

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> Scampi is a method of cooking prawns.


ok, so you have thought again.