Memo to the World #1: Remove the Tails from the Shrimp!
Posted By admin on October 21, 2009
Mini-article #0903
They say that form is supposed to follow function, but too many food designers haven’t read the original memo.
Time and time again, I order a shrimp dish, drenched in sauce, and the tails are on! I know there is meat under that shell-of-a tail, but there is no delicate way to get to it. I have to cut the shrimp tails off and maneuver them to the side of the plate.To worsen matters, I have trailer-park ways. Most of the time, those tails sit on the edge of my plate calling to me and I can’t resist cracking them open and rescuing the half-inch of meat that would otherwise go to waste. This procedure is difficult to do with a knife, so, I look furtively about, scanning for the etiquette police, then I use my greedy fingers to remove the tails and get to the meat. How uncouth!
Eating shrimp with the tails on is awkward, messy, and hard work!
Restaurateurs: Leave the tails on these delightful crustaceans when they are to be eaten with the fingers … as with shrimp cocktail. Take the tails off when the shrimp are to be eaten with a fork.
Form follows function. ‘Nuff said. I expect this memo to go out, be read by all, and the problem be fixed by the time I order my next scampi. Don’t putz with me. I mean it.
Shrimp Recipes: Shrimp Alfredo; Garlic Shrimp; Jumbo Shrimp with Herb Butter Sauce; Shrimp Scampi.
I so agree. I think shrimp with the tail on is cheaper and they just don’t want to have to use the man power to remove those bothersome tails.
Thanks. Now I have a shrimp craving.
Gather your family ’round a shrimp dinner made from the recipes provided. Notice that each recipe uses fully-peeled shrimp?