On Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 12:16:04 PM UTC-5, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> Bruce > wrote:
> > On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 08:42:35 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Bruce > wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:16:54 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Bruce > wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:58:55 -0700, graham > wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2020-01-30 6:16 p.m., Bruce wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:39:45 -0500, S Viemeister
> >>>>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 1/30/2020 7:17 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Shrimp scampi, another American *******isation of a European food
> >>>>>>>>> name. Shrimp are one kind of animal, scampi are another kind.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Prawns fit in there somewhere, too.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Yes. I think English and Australians distinguish shrimp (small) and
> >>>>>>> prawns (big). And Americans call both shrimp? Is that so?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sometimes referred to as "Jumbo Shrimp"!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Then I wonder what Americans call a prawn, unless that's a word they
> >>>>> never use.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Im American, and for me, prawns are prawns, and shrimp (of any size) are
> >>>> shrimp - popcorn shrimp, cocktail shrimp, jumbo shrimp, etc. To be clear,
> >>>> jumbo shrimp are not prawns, and prawns are not jumbo shrimp.
> >>>
> >>> But what is a prawn to you then, if it's not a big shrimp? Do you ever
> >>> eat prawns?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Call them what you will, but theyre technically not the same animal. I
> >> dont eat shrimp or prawns, but I do cook them.
> >
> > Sorry for insisting, but when you cook a prawn, how do you know it's
> > not a shrimp? What's the difference?
> >
>
> If youre buying them whole in their shells, there are distinguishable
> differences (claw count, legs, exoskeleton formation, etc).

I feel much safer buying frozen shrimp. That way I know how long they've
been sitting after defrosting. Of course, it's kind of a crapshoot as
to what happened to them before I bought them, but if the IQF shrimp
are buried in frost it's a no-go for me.

Cindy Hamilton