Comments on: About Maine shrimp http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/ A lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-4126 ellaella Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:38:25 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-4126 Beebe - That sex-change aspect is rather amazing, isn't it? I think the only way I could describe the taste is sweet. Sweet and clean. That still doesn't do it justice. You must be up to your ears in lobster, though. I can't believe the low prices right now. I can finally understand how it was so plentiful in the 18th C that it was relegated to the help. Thanks for stopping by! Beebe - That sex-change aspect is rather amazing, isn’t it?

I think the only way I could describe the taste is sweet. Sweet and clean. That still doesn’t do it justice.

You must be up to your ears in lobster, though. I can’t believe the low prices right now. I can finally understand how it was so plentiful in the 18th C that it was relegated to the help.

Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Beebe Nelson http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-4119 Beebe Nelson Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:42:04 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-4119 Thank you so much for the post on Maine shrimp. I used to buy them from the back of a truck when I lived in Sudbury, MA. Now I live in Gloucester -- they call them native shrimp here. I just bought some on a trip to Maine and have been experimenting with how to prepare them. A challenge, but very worth it. I have a recipe on my blog, and thanks for yours! I particularly appreciated the info about the sexes. I couldn't figure out how there could be so many females compared to males (that is, how there could be so many with roe). Question: can you describe the flavor, which is so unlike regular shrimp and so wonderful? I can't find the right words... Beebe Thank you so much for the post on Maine shrimp. I used to buy them from the back of a truck when I lived in Sudbury, MA. Now I live in Gloucester — they call them native shrimp here. I just bought some on a trip to Maine and have been experimenting with how to prepare them. A challenge, but very worth it. I have a recipe on my blog, and thanks for yours! I particularly appreciated the info about the sexes. I couldn’t figure out how there could be so many females compared to males (that is, how there could be so many with roe).
Question: can you describe the flavor, which is so unlike regular shrimp and so wonderful? I can’t find the right words…
Beebe

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-2598 ellaella Fri, 09 May 2008 19:12:48 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-2598 I can imagine her reaction! Sometimes when I teach people how to eat hard shell crabs and they find out crabs have eyes... Bon appetit! Thanks for stopping by. I can imagine her reaction! Sometimes when I teach people how to eat hard shell crabs and they find out crabs have eyes…

Bon appetit! Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Linda http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-2593 Linda Fri, 09 May 2008 17:38:59 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-2593 There's a little store front up the street from me that sells them cheap. I only ever ate them in cocktail sauce or breaded and fried - didn't know what else to do with them, or how to peel them- they're so tiny. I'll have to get some --Thanks! (LOL --I once worked in high end restaurant, where a woman nearly took the vapors because her trout almondine was looking at her. She screamed - "Oh - he has a head!" And I thought, "Well, of COURSE he has a head...how's he going to see where he's swimming, without a head...?" <em>Linda's last blog post..<a href='http://lancedutson.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/no-more-negativity-this-means-us/' rel="nofollow">NO MORE NEGATIVITY. This Means Us.</a></em> There’s a little store front up the street from me that sells them cheap. I only ever ate them in cocktail sauce or breaded and fried - didn’t know what else to do with them, or how to peel them- they’re so tiny.

I’ll have to get some –Thanks!

(LOL –I once worked in high end restaurant, where a woman nearly took the vapors because her trout almondine was looking at her.

She screamed - “Oh - he has a head!”

And I thought, “Well, of COURSE he has a head…how’s he going to see where he’s swimming, without a head…?”

Linda’s last blog post..NO MORE NEGATIVITY. This Means Us.

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-1058 ellaella Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:56:14 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2008/01/19/about-maine-shrimp/#comment-1058 <strong>sage!</strong> I wish I could send you some. I hesitated about posting a photo of shrimp that still have heads and eyes, so I'm glad it didn't bother you. Some people are squeamish (I am, sometimes) and I respect that. sage! I wish I could send you some.

I hesitated about posting a photo of shrimp that still have heads and eyes, so I’m glad it didn’t bother you. Some people are squeamish (I am, sometimes) and I respect that.

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