"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article <FjgGi.2684$282.485@trnddc01>,
> "James Silverton" > wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> Indeed.
>
> Oddly enough, it's difficult (at least around here) to get
> them totally
> raw as sashimi/sushi. Most of the shrimp "sashimi" is still
> very lightly
> cooked.
>
> Yes, I know that sashimi is supposed to be raw and I have no
> trouble
> getting raw tuna, salmon, octopus and even quail eggs, but the
> shrimp
> has never appeared to be totally raw. Wrong color and texture.

Actually, my favorite sushi places around here have them both
cooked and raw. Nigiri sushi does not always use raw fish.
Octopus is cooked, Japanese omelet is common and Spam is used
in Hawaii!



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Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland