I know kosher salt (and other kosher food) has been discussed to death
here over the years - but I was on a recipe hunt this afternoon and one
of my cookbooks had a recipe that called for kosher shrimp.

Huh?

I have never seen it sold as such here (but then I've never looked for
it). I can understand beef/pork/lamb/poultry having to be blessed
and/or free of banned substances/whatever - but shrimp? Is this because
of all the farmed shrimp one can get these days?

BTW, I marked a couple thouands posts as read 20 minutes ago (tried to
catch up and decided it was futile) - so if this has already been asked
and answered, I apologize in advance.
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy