Comments on: About Maine shrimp

By: ellaella

ellaella — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:25:44 +0000

Hi, Linda. Yep, I’ve read about servants in Mass complaining in the olden days about having to eat lobster so many days. How times have changed. They were also the ones who got whole wheat bread — here and in Europe — since it was considered inferior to white bread!

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:53:31 +0000

I just found out, there are 2 varieties….one is very very small, but the other is tiny. The very small kind are easier to peel and eat.

It was late Feb when I bought the small ones. But I once saw a big bucket of the tiny ones, shell on, outside a fish market door for 75 cents a pound.

I wonder if that even covers the gas $…? There are lobstermen around here whose wives are working 2 jobs to support their lobstering habit.

Oh well. In the 19th century, the governor had to pass a law that it was illegal for resrot owners to feed lobster to their help more than 3 times a week.

Lobster was just lying around on the beach in those days.

By: ellaella

ellaella — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:42:47 +0000

Hi, Sally. I’ve never seen them out of season like that — or cleaned — so I guess $8/pound isn’t as startling as it sounds. They are luscious and for me, the simpler they’re prepared, the better.

I posted a cocktail sauce recipe just a few months ago that would be great with steamed Maine shrimp. The search box should turn it up quickly. Bon appetit!

By: sally

sally — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:14:57 +0000

I felt lucky to buy them for $8/ pound frozen and cleaned on Monhegan Island in June. ‘09
I had only had them fried at Rye Harbor, NH, when I was younger, and looked here for some inspiration as to what to with them.

By: ellaella

ellaella — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:46:27 +0000

I’ll try that water method, thanks. We never see them this late here.

As for not deveining, I have no desire to eat any shrimp’s intestine and the waste it contains. Nope.