On Apr 16, 9:43Â*pm, Alexm > wrote:
> On Apr 16, 6:15Â*pm, Sheldon > wrote:
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> > > Today I purchased a package (9 oz.) of frozen SeaPak(R) "Jumbo Breaded
> > > Butterfly Shrimp". �Well, the shrimp were noways near jumbo in size.
> > > The breading is spread out to make them look large but, when the
> > > breading comes off, the shrimp look very much less than medium in
> > > size. �What the heck is going on in this world? �Is nothing any good
> > > any more? �I would suggest that anyone who buys such products take
> > > them back to the store and get a full refund - which is what I am
> > > going to do.
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> > The only accurate way to size shrimp is by "count" per weight.
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> > When shrimp are breaded there is no way to determine size... all you
> > can do is buy a package of breaded shrimp by weight, which includes
> > the shrimp plus the breading.... similarly shimp size cannot be
> > determined for cooked shrimp, size can only be determined for raw in
> > the shell shrimp.
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> >http://www.oceangarden.com/eng/shrimp/sizing.htm
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> Well, I would say without any doubt whatsoever that when the package
> says JUMBO then I should expect something I can sink my teeth into.
> Instead I get breaded shrimp which appear large, because of the way
> the breading is formed, but contain shrimp no bigger than the last
> part of my little finger. Â*When I fill my gas tank with 18 gallons of
> gasoline and later find out I got only 18 pints then without any doubt
> whatsoever I would say I was hoodwinked. Â*It is just that simple. Even
> if the package did not say JUMBO the actual shrimp were so small as to
> be very very disappointing. It is a fair product if you like breading
> but a very inferior product relative to quantity if you like shrimp.


Your gas analogy is dumb... you didn't buy breaded gas.

You didn't buy jumbo shrimp... you bought jumbo *BREADED* shrimp...
and that's exactly what you got, shrimp with jumbo breading.
Hopefully you learned an important lesson, you'll never again buy
breaded shrimp... in fact it's stupid to bread jumbo shrimp...
breading is exactly how commercial establishments make teensy shrimp
look much larger. Breading expensive jumbo shrimp is as idiotic as
breading porterhouse steak... save your bread crumbs for stretching
ground round meat balls. Any time you oder breaded shimp at a
restaurant be assued taht you will receive more brading than shrimp,
in fact many restaurants use small shrimp and slice them in half
before breading... go know.