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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
11785 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
15054 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
38946 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
13914 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
846 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
909 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
16996 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:04 pm to
Never
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
11785 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

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.

Your mom sounds like a count that you should have told to eat shite
Posted by LSUmomma
Member since Sep 2007
7902 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:54 pm to
quote:

you should have told to eat shite


Well, that was basically the message when the food hit the table
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
31075 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 4:57 pm to
Yes. I bought the Toadfish defining tool which works well. It’s the one thing I can catch, because I sure as hell don’t catch any fish.
Posted by CrawfishElvis
Member since Apr 2021
467 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
4867 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:13 pm to
no
Posted by marcus3000
The nice part of Gardere
Member since Jan 2018
846 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:31 pm to
quote:

Your mom sounds like a count that you should have told to eat shite



Hah, no. We had a complicated relationship but she definitely knew how to make a point.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21913 posts
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
21913 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
245 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 the crue
Chackbay-Thibodaux
Member since May 2008
3967 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:57 pm to
quote:

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.
same here
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
28229 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.
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