[Sca-cooks] OP: shrimps

[Olwen the Odd]

>Ok, why _are_ large shrimps (prawns for non-US people) served with their
>stupid little tails still on? And is there a polite way to remove them? I
>am an absolute pig about shrimp and hate to cut the shrimp off with my
>knife before the tail joint (which is often a messy process anyway), but I
>suspect that that's the way Miss Manners says to do it.
>
>-- Jadwiga, agreeably full of Pad Thai with Shrimp

I don't know but we all have a good laugh when we recall the many times I 
have made marzipan shrimp and the folks would politely leave the tails on 
the plate!

Olwen, who else?

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