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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 10, 2020 19:04:48 GMT
 klawrencio79 ZolotoyRetriever www.timescolonist.com/life/food-drink/eric-akis-a-sheet-pan-dinner-with-in-season-spot-prawns-1.24150942According to information on the Pacific Prawn Fishermen’s Association website, bcprawns.ca, when buying live spot prawns, look for lively, almost translucent specimens. The tail should be straight in line with the head, and the head should be firm to the touch. When going out to buy live prawns, bring a cooler with ice in it to put them in for the ride home. Once home, refrigerate them until ready to cook. Don’t leave live or recently live prawns for more than a few hours before cooking them or removing the heads. Spot prawns have an enzyme that will permeate into the tail and causes their quality to deteriorate quickly. You’ll know the prawns have started to deteriorate if the head is showing a black colour and is soft or mushy when touched, an unappealing quality the meat will also have. If you need to store the prawns for more than a few hours, you can remove the heads by swiftly turning and pulling them away from the tails. After the heads are removed, the tails should be thoroughly rinsed and, as noted above, kept refrigerated until ready to cook. Spot prawns can be prepared in ways similar to other large shrimp and prawns. I used them in an aromatic, colourful and tasty Cajun-style sheet pan dinner for two.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 10, 2020 19:13:05 GMT
I prefer spot prawns but shrimp are much easier to acquire up here.
If I had my druthers, however, I'm going crawfish 10 times out of 10. My wife and I couldn't make down to the gulf this year which is a shame. Our local fishmonger does get a shipment or two of crawfish every season and we do a boil outside but it's just not the same. There is a place in Brooklyn that opened up last year that did a weekly crawfish boil on Sundays and they were really good. Haven't been able to go this year, obviously.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 10, 2020 19:32:58 GMT
I prefer spot prawns but shrimp are much easier to acquire up here. If I had my druthers, however, I'm going crawfish 10 times out of 10. My wife and I couldn't make down to the gulf this year which is a shame. Our local fishmonger does get a shipment or two of crawfish every season and we do a boil outside but it's just not the same. There is a place in Brooklyn that opened up last year that did a weekly crawfish boil on Sundays and they were really good. Haven't been able to go this year, obviously. ordered spot prawns from santa barbara fish market when i was on the east coast...solid place. haven't had crawfish in a long time!!! man, those boils are tasty.
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Post by NJtoTX on Aug 11, 2020 11:41:20 GMT
Have never heard of "spot" prawns and though I've had a ton of both shrimp and prawns, there always seems to be an argument about which is what.
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 11, 2020 17:28:35 GMT
Any and all!
Lol
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Post by No_Socks_Here on Aug 12, 2020 2:30:09 GMT
Coming from the Gulf Coast my heart will always side with gulf brown shrimp.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Aug 12, 2020 5:06:00 GMT
shrimp
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 12, 2020 18:54:53 GMT
Coming from the Gulf Coast my heart will always side with gulf brown shrimp. ever been to the Pass Christian Po-boy Festival? amazing!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 12, 2020 20:40:35 GMT
I prefer spot prawns but shrimp are much easier to acquire up here. If I had my druthers, however, I'm going crawfish 10 times out of 10. My wife and I couldn't make down to the gulf this year which is a shame. Our local fishmonger does get a shipment or two of crawfish every season and we do a boil outside but it's just not the same. There is a place in Brooklyn that opened up last year that did a weekly crawfish boil on Sundays and they were really good. Haven't been able to go this year, obviously. ordered spot prawns from santa barbara fish market when i was on the east coast...solid place. haven't had crawfish in a long time!!! man, those boils are tasty. Back in my Tulane days, we used to have huge boils right out on the quad on Friday afternoons. Stunk the whole place up but it was such a great time.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 13, 2020 14:01:51 GMT
Coming from the Gulf Coast my heart will always side with gulf brown shrimp. ever been to the Pass Christian Po-boy Festival? amazing! At Jazz Fest two years ago (maybe 3? time has no meaning any longer), I had a fried soft shell crab po boy that was so good, I shudder to think it may have been the best po boy I've ever had. It's crazy, normally I'd scoff at someone for even suggesting that anything at a festival was the best of whatever it is, because it's impossible, but by golly I stand by it. I had one on Friday and it was so good, I needed another one on Saturday to see if I was correct in my assessment. And I was!
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