This One’s for Annie
Ah, peel ‘n eat shrimp, the no-brainer food of the seafood world. These days you don’t even need to clean shrimp before cooking them because they’re sold frozen, split down the back and cleaned. All you need to do is defrost them and give them a quick bath in boiling water. And to create this classic Eastern Shore preparation, you add a little butter to the cooked shrimp and some Old Bay Seasoning. Serve them and let your dinner companions do the work to take off the shells.
Requested by Annie, it’s one of her favorite foods. If I was in the mood to feel guilty today, this would do it. Instead, all I can say is: Way to make your mom’s life easy kid – Thanks!
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Did you make any cocktail sauce or was the Eastern Shore preparation satisfying enough?
Nope. You don’t eat these with cocktail sauce, they’re plenty flavorful from the Old Bay Seasoning. Plus, they’re served warm, not like shrimp cocktail.
Ahhh… a bowl of shrimp. A lot more appealing to me than a bowl of chickpeas.
But do you like hummus?
I agree Zoogirl (!) the chick pea soup hmm? And yes I do like chick peas. The shrimp look yummy. Donna where do you get your shrimp? I have read so many awful articles about the contamination issues with these little critters. Convince me and I might have to indulge again some time soon.
I purchase the frozen, wild caught shrimp at Whole Foods. I believe you’re usually safest with wild caught seafood. I think the seafood that is farmed is the type you need to avoid.
No, I’m not a big fan of hummus or anything beanie.