Can somebody explain the difference between a "shrimp" and a "prawn?"
c.i.
Sure. Shrimp is what Americans call prawns.
dlowan, Evidently, you have never heard the song; "The Shrimpboats are commin."
c.i.
and who can ever forget that forrest, forrest gump was a shrimpin' boat captain.
so there!
Aren't there official definitions for those darn crustaceans - i think in the shrimp/prawn line they're defined by number of critters per pound or somethin' like that.
They must be different cuz :
Quote:
United States Freshwater Prawn and Shrimp Growers Association
USFPSGA
Mission
This is the official website of the United States Freshwater Prawn and Shrimp Growers Association.
The Association was formed on January 22, 2002 for the purpose of providing information to its members pertaining to permitting, licensing, spawning, hatching, producing, harvesting, transporting, stocking, management, and marketing of farm -raised prawn and shrimp and to assimilate and disseminate information to its members together as a business league for the mutual exchange of ideas; to encourage and promote educational programs pertaining to farm-raised prawn and shrimp production and management; to encourage and promote the establishment of sound farm-raised prawn and shrimp production and marketing operations; to promote the development of farm-raised prawn and shrimp production as a thriving commercial development for the benefit of the individual members and for the economic benefit of the citizens and people of the U.S.
of course that doesn't tell us anything yet
Those shrimpy things are all US-isms. Here the shrimp boats are called prawn trawlers. As Deb says, you put prawns on the BBQ.
Shrimp is almost always a derogatory expression in Oz!
apparently this is a drawing of a prawn
good lord
i found some hardcore prawnography here
***** PRAWNOGRAPHY ALERT *****
There's an Australian saying:
Don't come the raw prawn!
Translation: don't tell me that rubbish! Prawnography, indeeed!
Didja check out Benny Brill, the fishy flasher?
I'm still RingOTFFLMFAO
But margo, the Japanese eat "raw" prawns.
c.i.
Dear goddess - I knew SOMEBODY was going to go there.....
c.i. - I don't need to know that!!!
dem prawns is a barrel of laughs! especially "helga"!
margo, Just getting you prepared in case you happened to walk into a Japanese restaurant with a sushi bar for a meal.
c.i.
c.i., I've certainly done that, regularly, but the prawns look cooked - they're pink, rather than the green / clear colour of raw prawns that you see at the fish markets.
margo, Not all restaurants serve raw shrimp/prawns for sushi, because they must be very fresh. c.i.
ok - on prawns. Spoke to Setanta about this. The prawns of australia and the shrimp of the u.s. are the same critters. However, there are other critters also know as prawn in Great Britain/Canada. They look like lobsters, rather than shrimp (or the australian prawn) and are about half the size of a lobster. I suspect this could cause confusion if you were using a Brit prawn recipe in Australia - the quantities would be all off if it wasn't done by weight. I'm guessing that if you saw a recipe asking for 2 prawn, you'd know it was a European recipe.
What's with this recipe bit???
You buy your prawns. You take them down to the beach with your beverage of choice. You eat them.
The alternative can be - you buy your prawns. You take them home, and turn on the cricket. Select beverage of choice. Eat them.
Seems pretty simple to me.
