"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
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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.
>
> --
> Steve
>
Japanese think these tail shells help prevent bowel cancer. Go to a
Tepanyaki table with Gaijin and Japanese seated around it, and when they get
to the fried Prawns, the Westerners discard the prawn tails and the Japanese
will take them if you offer them and crunch the tail shells up joyfully!!
And yabber away at how stupid we are to discard the best bit! They taste
like crap, but if you keep telling yourself "this is doing me good", you
get to swallow!

Not really answering the original Question! Suspect they are just handles
for finger eating, no matter what the dish is.

Frenchy