re: Best shrimp size for boiling?

Anything from 20-30 is fine by me.

In Abu Dhabi, the 30-40 shrimp are awesome and good for boiling, gumbo, jalalpeno poppers, etc. And I use them a lot for also making shrimp cakes, even though I chop those up. I made 10 crab cakes and 10 shrimp cakes yesterday.

Crawfish Supply
3 days ago I boiled 5 pounds of some awesome crawfish to eat and the other 10 pounds I made a crawfish bisque with some and the others I peeled for tail meat to make an Etouffee later. I have a live supply of Louisiana crawfish Red Claw species which are harvested in Egypt then one supermarket brand brings them in live about 4 times per week. I'm paying less for Louisiana crawfish here in the Middle East than they are paying in Louisiana.

39 AED per kg. sometimes 49, but that is just an excuse for them to charge more for supposed larger crawfish, but they are all the same of a nice mix of medium to large. I buy so much they charge me 39 all the time.

For a $ per pound figure is as follows: 39 AED/3.67 = $10.63/2.205 = $4.82 per pound live!