On Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 2:48:16 AM UTC-4, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> When it comes to shrimp cocktail of course the shell is left on the tail
> as a handle, but shrimp in soup or risotto? How are you supposed to eat
> shrimp like that in soup? You have to pick it out and shell it, then
> drop it back in the soup to eat it? That is disgusting and ridiculous.
> I just had this problem with risotto in a pretty good restaurant and
> it's happened before with soup. They could just as easily have removed
> the whole shell. What say you?

You're right, they should have removed the shell. However, in your
situation I would cut off the tail, sadly discarding the meat within.

I rarely get shrimp at such nice places, nor with such complex
preparations. I usually just separate the "fin" part of the tail
from the rest, and that last section of carapace slides off
pretty easily. This, of course, presupposes a plate on which
to perform the surgery.

Cindy Hamilton