Nancy Young wrote:
> "Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
> ...
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>>Dave Smith wrote:
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>>>Steve Calvin wrote:
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>>>>ok, shrimp cocktail I understand. Presentation and all of that sort of
>>>>thing. But why in the world would you leave the tails on when doing
>>>>something like shrimp scampi, parm, etc??? They don't serve any purpose
>>>>in those dishes except for being a p.i.t.a. to deal with using a knife,
>>>>fork, whatever.
>>>>
>>>>I just don't get it. Nor do I serve dishes like that with the tail shell
>>>>still on.
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>>>Presentation. :-)
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>>As stated (sigh) I understand that for shrimp cocktail.... (see top line)
>>but why in a *hot* dish such as scampi or parm, etc?
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> They lend a lot of flavor to the dish. As bones do to meat dishes.
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> nancy
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>

Yeah, I got that and use them all of the time to make broths for flavor.
I just don't get why they need to stay on and make people fight with
them for a knife and fork.

I guess I'm just not asking the question clearly.

--
Steve

It's not a good idea to squat while wearing spurs.