Richard Wright > wrote:

>On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:32:37 GMT, "TOliver" >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Max" wrote ...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Does anyone know anything about the origins/history of the
>>> prawn/shrimp cocktail dish?
>>>
>>> Any info gratefully received!
>>>
>>I suspect the lack of answers is evidence not of a lack of interest, but due
>>to a question for which there may be no definitive answers.

>>
>Well, there is a bit more to a prawn (or shrimp) cocktail than eating
>cold prawns just as there is a bit more to a hamburger than eating
>hot beef.
>
>Mid 19th century in US? What's the source? The Oxford English
>Dictionary does not record the phrase in the USA until 1939:
>
>1937 America's Cook Bk. 180. "Lobster or shrimp cocktail . . . Chill
>thoroughly and serve in cocktail glasses."

My 1937 copy of the Boston Cooking School Cookbook has shrimp cocktail
in it (Allow 1/4 to 1/3 cup canned or cooked shelled shrimps for each
person. Remove intestinal vein. Chill. Break in pieces and serve in
cocktail glasses with any cocktail sauce or Mayonnaise.)


jenn
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