On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:26:15 -0700 (PDT), aem >
wrote:

>On Jul 13, 10:10*am, wrote:
>> It's been too hot to and I haven't felt like cooking. So when I
>> finally felt like cooking I took some shrimp out of the freezer and
>> marinated them in some soy sauce with a healthy drizzle of olive oil
>> and a few drops of sesame oil, some garlic and ginger

snippage

>>
>Very fusion of you: soy and sesame and ginger from the asian kitchen,
>olive oil and butter from the western kitchen. Last time I did shrimp
>I stayed western: white wine and salt marinade, sauteed in butter,
>removed, shallots into butter along with the reserved marinade, red
>pepper flakes, lemon juice, boiled down, cold butter swirled in at
>end, served with angel hair.
>
I've done something similar but this sounds much better than what I've
been doing. Thanks for posting it.

>Time before was fried in tempura batter but none of the rest of the
>meal was tempura or Japanese.
>
>These were both with TJs frozen raw shrimp, which are only just okay.
>I'm going to get some big fresh ones next time I go to the
>fishmonger. When I do, I'd like to grill them. Anyone got a great
>marinade for grilled shrimp? -aem

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