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When buying "side of the road" shrimp, is bleach used to preserve them?
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:03 pm
I have been told by people that this is getting to be common. Trying to settle a conversation that this is pretty common
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 7:35 am
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Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:09 pm to LSUvegasbombed
What is bleach shrimp?
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:10 pm to JasonL79
I've had quite a few the last couple years with light blue synthetic substance in them.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:17 pm to LSUvegasbombed
Very common
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:21 pm to Martini
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I've had quite a few the last couple years with light blue synthetic substance in them.
I've noticed a thick, light blue vein in some shrimp when I'm cleaning them. Is this a result of bleach?!
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:23 pm to Darla Hood
I was told it was a disperse meant from the spill. I don't know about that but I do know I have peeled a hell of a lot of gulf shrimp in my lifetime and never seen it before then. Some batches have more, some only a couple, some none.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:34 pm to Martini
Guess he is talking about this. We used to call them milk shrimp. It's also called cotton disease.
Cotton/Milk shrimp disease
Cotton/Milk shrimp disease
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:36 pm to Martini
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I don't know about that but I do know I have peeled a hell of a lot of gulf shrimp in my lifetime and never seen it before then.
I've seem it before in the past (5-10+ years ago) but it seems to be a lot more common now.
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:39 pm to JasonL79
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I've seem it before in the past (5-10+ years ago) but it seems to be a lot more common now.
Same here
Posted on 4/16/14 at 9:42 pm to JasonL79
But it's not what you posted. I've seen blue synthetic. It's plastic and it's not a parasite. It's man made.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 7:25 am to Martini
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But it's not what you posted. I've seen blue synthetic. It's plastic and it's not a parasite. It's man made.
Not sure if I have seen that. Need some pics.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 7:49 am to LSUvegasbombed
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When buying "side of the road" shrimp, is bleach used to preserve them? I have been told by people that this is getting to be common. Trying to settle a conversation that this is pretty common
My family was in the seafood business for 30+ years (my dad and brother are still in it) and I haven't seen or heard of anyone using household bleach.
The two chemicals I've seen used are sodium bisulfite or shrimp powder (sort of like a bleaching agent- it removes the black off of them) and sodium tripolyphosphate (helps shrimp and all other meats retain weight/water). Tripolyphosphate also makes the flesh of scallops/fish/shrimp more translucent and rubbery. Sodium bisulfite is mainly used on ice boats out for weeks at a time. Day skiffs do not use this and they don't need to. I think it is probably used less now that most of the gulf shrimp fleet has moved to large IQF boats instead of ice boats. The IQF boats flash freeze their shrimp on the boat which allows them to travel further and stay out longer than an ice boat.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 7:52 am to JasonL79
Not sure why this seems to be an "urban legend" with a lot of folks but it is.
I only ask because my shrimp guys are setting up on perkins and Kenilworth for the first time this year. I plan on buying some tomorrow on my way home from work. I personally don't think they do it because they sell out very quickly and they are good people.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 8:03 am to LSUvegasbombed
You have changed your OP/title a few times now so responses might seem a little off, but I think one would smell bleach if it was used on side of the road operations.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 8:16 am to Martini
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I was told it was a disperse meant from the spill
of course thats what it is that is the go to for everything
"dude a seagull shite on me!"
"mahhnnnn dats from dat damn BP spilll mahn"
Posted on 4/17/14 at 8:18 am to Martini
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disperse meant
Did you mean disbursement?
This post was edited on 4/17/14 at 8:23 am
Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:11 am to JasonL79
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Guess he is talking about this. We used to call them milk shrimp. It's also called cotton disease.
Cotton/Milk shrimp disease
This, I've always seen. There are usually a couple per pound. I've never really thought about it, and wash it out/off when peeling and de-veining. If boiling whole, I've never really noticed it.
The blue vein someone else mentioned is the little one that runs along the bottom of the tail. I've seen those for as along as I can remember, and think it's just a vein.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:15 am to Trout Bandit
Thanks JasonL for the info on the cotton/milk disease. I think I'll toss those shrimp if I see it again, they don't think it's a threat to humans, but why take the chance.
Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:22 am to LSUvegasbombed
if you smell bleach, don't get em, not even for catfish bait
Posted on 4/17/14 at 9:28 am to LSUvegasbombed
Bleach is used to mask the smell of rotten/ing seafood when you go to buy it. Even in grocery stores the odor of the seafood dept. smelling like Clorox should tell you to "walk on by" and hit up the other kinds of meats or seafood(IQF) from the freezers.
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