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Default Jumbo Shrimp - so called


"kilikini" > wrote in message
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> cybercat wrote:
>> > wrote
>>> I have a freind who used to be a shrimp farmer. He told me that
>>> those tiny shrimp you get in junky shrimp salads? Those are the
>>> floaters. They died and floated to the top of the tank

>>
>> eyyuuuuuuu! I dont eat these, anyway. They always tasted weird when I
>> did. Now I know why.
>>
>> I love ice cold steamed shrimp, peeled, with fresh coctail sauce. To
>> me they are better this way than any other way. (Though I love shrimp
>> egg foo yung, too.)

>
> I used to LOVE egg foo yung, until I realized that I was allergic to eggs.
> Bah humbug! It's okay. though, I found a work-around. I still make a
> similar gravy and pour it over shrimp, bean sprouts, peas, carrots, and a
> pad thai kind of pasta. It works for me.


This might be better than regular foo yung.