"Questions" > wrote in message
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> In all of the Sushi recipes I've read, the instructions say to leave
> the tails on the shrimp.
>
> Is it customary to eat the tails or not? I've tried both, and I really
> would prefer to not eat them. They distract me from the flavor of the
> shrimp.
>

Nobody eats the shrimp tails that come on nigiri zushi whether the shrimp
is cooked or raw.
Shrimp tails, like the heads, are most edible when they have been exposed to
high heat. Probably the best shrimp tails to munch on if you like it, are
the tails
of shrimp tempura.

M