Omelet wrote on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:53:58 -0500:

??>> Thanks, all, for some good information and advice. I think
??>> I'll go back to the farmed. But first, I'm off to Ireland
??>> for a spell. Ever had Dublin Bay prawns?
??>>
??>> BTW, I should have mentioned that my cooking method was
??>> the same with both, so that wouldn't have accounted for
??>> the toughness. I follow someone's advice (Fruge, perhaps?)
??>> that one not cook shrimp, but just threaten them.
??>>
??>> Felice

O> I agree with that advice.
O> I cook them until they JUST turn pink all over.
O> Hard rubbery overcooked shrimp are a waste.

You certainly don't want to eat them overcooked. After all,
Japanese eat them raw ("sweet shrimp") as one type of nigiri
sushi.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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