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Do y'all devein shrimp?

Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:01 pm
Posted by andouille
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Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:01 pm
I don't do it if I'm boiling a few pounds for peeling and eating, but if they are larger than 24# and I'm doing in a dish such as shrimp Creole, I always take the time. I notice most people and a lot of restaurants don't do it. I presume the restaurants frequently buy them already deveined and they cost more that way. Smaller shrimp it is too time consuming and the veins are tiny.

My wife thinks it a waste of time, but I'm pretty quick, so I don't mind. I think the larger shrimp can get gritty if you don't.
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
12838 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:11 pm to
Never.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:13 pm to
It depends on the preparation. I wouldn't do it for boiled or bbq shrimp. I would do it for other preparations if I didn't buy them already deveined. We order quite a bit of deveined shrimp from Biloxi Shrimp for salads or other dishes calling for peeled shrimp. We buy fresh head on shrimp for boiled or bbq.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15451 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:16 pm to
Depends on how I'm using them. For instance, if I'm butterflying them, then the back is going to be slightly slit open exposing the vein and I'll remove it in that instance.

But for most other dishes, I don't bother with it.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39195 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 2:18 pm to
Absolutely.

Only savages don’t.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14079 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 3:31 pm to
I devein except for boiled or other shell on preparation.

Posted by marcus3000
The nice part of Gardere
Member since Jan 2018
848 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 3:34 pm to
Always. In high school I was lazy and didn't clean the shrimp for a shrimp creole. My mom explained to me in front of everyone at the table, by dissecting each shrimp's colon as she came across it over the course of that meal, that people don't want to eat dirty shrimp.

I'm long out of high school now and I'm still lazy, but I also won't eat constipated shrimp. Calandro's sells pre-cleaned shrimp so I just buy those; it's a win win.
Posted by Mister Bigfish
Member since Oct 2018
977 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:03 pm to
I will for the extra large and jumbos. If I boil one of these sizes I will use a pair of shrimp scissors to devein them while keeping most of the shell intact.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
17311 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:04 pm to
Never
Posted by CrawfishElvis
Member since Apr 2021
537 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:00 pm to
It’s doesn’t really bother me. I hardly ever do.
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
5079 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:13 pm to
no
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:32 pm to
DP
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 7:06 pm
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
22012 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:55 pm to
I only devien if I'm frying big shrimp and that's so they cook more evenly.
Posted by labguy
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2020
251 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:21 pm to
I definitely devein shrimp when cooking with them. Only time I don’t is when boiling or barbecuing them. I would not serve a shrimp dish if they weren’t deveined. Wouldn’t eat them in my house.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
29045 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:43 pm to
Same here. Not for boiling or steaming, but for some dishes like BBQ Shrimp I will. Leave shell on, but cut shell with scissors and devein slight butterfly.
Posted by pbro62
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2016
11640 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 12:29 pm to
Yes
Posted by CouldCareLess
Member since Feb 2019
2718 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 3:04 pm to
Shrimp = no and Crawfish = no
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
9850 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 3:35 pm to
Boiled = no
Fried shrimp = yes because they are usually 21/25.
Smaller shrimp for things like fettuccini and gumbo = no.
Anything larger than a 36/40 count, my wife is going to devein if she is cooking.
Posted by Sixafan
Member since Aug 2023
673 posts
Posted on 4/19/24 at 8:51 pm to
Do NOT serve shrimp to Yankees unless they are deveined. Worse than making them use the outhouse. Keep the flavorful natural shrimp for yourself and serve them the bleached, big, chewy, deveined crap.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50289 posts
Posted on 4/19/24 at 9:17 pm to
Depends on the dish. Large shrimp in a Sauce Piquant…yep.
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