"alan" > wrote in message
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> Hey All -
>
> With the holidays around the corner, I finally need to get a good tool
> or hopefully some great advice on how to devine shrimp.
>
> Checked out the Shrimp Butler, but it had so-so reviews.
> My biggest gripe is for example, one time I deveining 3 lbs of shrimp
> expect that the vein was super soft/thing and it was just a horror
> pulling it out. Slicing *the top* of the shrimp was just a bloddy mess
> as the shrimp, still raw, just felt like it was breaking up in my
> hands.
>
> I look forward to your advice or suggestions.

Here in the Carolinas (we eat a bunch of shrimp) we use a 99 cent red curved
thingie sold at almost every seafood place.

http://www.usangler.com/product.cfm?...einer&manu fa
cturer=Jeros%20Tackle&CFID=182437&CFTOKEN=64134130