jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Shrimp cocktail?
>
> I never did like shrimp cocktail. When I was a child it was a
> presentation appetizer at Thanksgiving. Cold peeled shrimp (with
> tails), decoratively hanging off the side of parfait type glasses
> containing some cocktail sauce for dipping.
>
> Did your holiday dinners ever include shrimp cocktail?
>
> Jill

Only when eating out or on shipboard. On shipboard, that's one of the
easy sides even if you've been underway a long time to make up from
frozen shrimp and canned tomatoes plus seasonings. I remember it more
for 4th July and Christmas meals when at sea.

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