On 2020-02-01 10:15 a.m., 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). Also, shrimp
> mostly come from sal****er sources but prawns only come from freshwater.

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FFS read the Wicki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn