On 2014-09-22 8:52 AM, James Silverton wrote:

> You'd think that over a long life I'd get used to eating with my fingers
> but I don't nor do I like eating shrimp that I have to shell. It's a bit
> like having to pick out the bones of other seafood and I don't like
> eating Ethiopian or Indian style trying to pick up food with bread. I do
> like those ethnic foods but give me my fork.


It is a good way to pad out the shrimp. People eat less of it when they
have to take the time to peel them.
We had surf and turf last night and I marinated and cooked the shrimp in
the shell. I usually peel them first but my wife had picked up a bag of
extra large (so they said) that were not just split and deveined, but
had been slit too far down the backs. The last time I cooked those they
were more like butterflied, which I did not want. So I left them in the
shell. There is a subtle difference in flavour when grilled in the
shell. There were just big enough to be able to eat them with a knife
and fork.