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Curmudgeon wrote: [mumbles] STILL didn't get no damn shrimp. [/mumbles]

You can have mine. I have never been a fan of seafood...unless the cheddar biscuts from red lobster count

aussiesmg wrote: Prawns you damn heathens, they're called prawns

Hey, it was your home country's tourism commission (and Paul Hogan?) who made the most famous reference to them as "shrimp" ever...

Oh man... My local Mexican restaurant does a carne asada with bacon-wrapped shrimp (Vallarta shrimp on the menu) plate that's awesome.

Plate, shrimp, plate of shrimp. I digress...

Roaches of the sea...

Seriously, how is it even possible that you can hate shrimp? I should ban all y'all shrimp-haters...

Margie

The only thing I don't like about shrimp is that I am out of shrimp.

Shrimp = roaches with scuba gear

EastCoastMojo wrote: The only thing I don't like about shrimp is that I am out of shrimp.

This times 1000.

Anti-stance wrote: Shrimp = roaches with scuba gear

Hehe, I haven't heard my wife mention her desire for lobster since I told her it was basically a giant, underwater cockroach.

Salt water crawdads are tasty.

I was thinking that Prawn Stars would be a good reality show. It could be about gulf shrimpers catching blind, lession covered, undersized shrimp that have nothing at all to do with the BP oil disaster. Or it could be a cooking show where they have to always make a shrimp dish. Or it could be about some surprising talented shrimp family who travel the country side putting on shows. Who knows, but I like the name.

T.J. wrote: Salt water crawdads are tasty. I was thinking that Prawn Stars would be a good reality show. It could be about gulf shrimpers catching blind, lession covered, undersized shrimp that have nothing at all to do with the BP oil disaster. Or it could be a cooking show where they have to always make a shrimp dish. Or it could be about some surprising talented shrimp family who travel the country side putting on shows. Who knows, but I like the name.

The bolded part gets my vote.

Shrimp are best served cold, hot, boiled, fried, sauteed, baked, broiled...take your pick, don't knock it until you try it.

"Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. There's, um, shrimp kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp and lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp in potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That's, that's about it."

No. You forgot Shrimp Scampi.

I hate all seafood. But stick some Maryland blue crabs in front of me and I will peel them for like a champion for you.

ThePhranc wrote: I hate all seafood. But stick some Maryland blue crabs in front of me and I will peel them for like a champion for you.

Damn, Maryland's too far to go for a pro crab peeler that doesn't like crab.

It would be tempting though.

slefain wrote: Ideailly, SEO bait I'd think. See those display ads around the site? Those are usually sold on a per-impression basis. Keep conversation civil and fun, but hopefully the Off-Topic pageviews help reduce overall site overhead.

That makes about the most sense. Thanks.

For the rest of you, no, I was not looking for the thread to be reopened. Really don't care.

Is it so wrong to actually be interested in the real answer to my question?

Thanks Margie, though the shrimp were a little...small.