Are all Disney peel and eat shrimp served hot?

[labdogs42]

When I think of "peel and eat" shrimp, I think of chilled shrimp, like in shrimp cocktail. I have always assumed that shrimp served hot or warm will come with their shells off. Why is it that Disney serves hot shrimp in the shell? I encountered this phenomenon twice (once at Cape May buffet and once at Ohana) on our trip this past May and I have been meaning to ask about it ever since. Are there cold peel and eat shrimp anywhere at Disney World? Anyone know why Disney wants me to peel my hot shrimp? Am I the only one who finds this way of serving shrimp weird?

 

[Tiffer]

weird.
Maybe they turn it over so quickly that they don't have time to cool? Do they serve it on ice or in heating tray thing?

 

[n2mm]

I had cold peel and eat shrimp on the salad bars at Chef Mickeys and Trail's End - dinner.

 

[CF'er]

I've never seen warm peel and eat.... I've always seen cold on ice.

 

[labdogs42]

weird.
Maybe they turn it over so quickly that they don't have time to cool? Do they serve it on ice or in heating tray thing?

At Cape May, they were in a pot of hot broth and at Ohana they came to the table in a bowl, hot, with sauce on them -- very messy, but tasty.

 

[Lorix2]

I can tell you that at Boatwright's at POR, the shrimp cocktail appetizer was delish! Cold of course.

Also, at the Crystal Palace buffet (dinner), I had cold peel & eat shrimp with some sort of seasoning on it and that was excellent too....but messy.

 

[disneynewbee]

Well I guess it depends on where you come from- hot peel and eat shrimp are normal here and I like shrimp better hot then cold.

 

[MammaNicholas]

I'm from Louisiana, and I find it very strange when I come across cold peel & eat shrimp. I love hot boiled shrimp, crabs, and crawfish, oooh, with red potatoes and corn on the cob. Now that's good eats.

 

[labdogs42]

I'm from Louisiana, and I find it very strange when I come across cold peel & eat shrimp. I love hot boiled shrimp, crabs, and crawfish, oooh, with red potatoes and corn on the cob. Now that's good eats.

I thought it might be a regional thing. I'm from PA and I've always had cold peel and eat shrimp. The ones at Disney were tasty, I just never had them like that before!

 

[PlutoLuvr]

I agree with other posters that cold (like shrimp cocktail) is fine to peel, as is a southern shrimp boil (just you-peel-em shrimp and maybe some corn/potatoes), but I'm seeing more and more dishes with the shrimps not peeled when they should be. I'm talking about the back half of them, not the whole shell. I had this happen at a local joint where I ordered shrimp scampi over pasta and another place where I ordered soup that had shrimp in it with the back shells still on them.

Maybe when our in-house DISer chefs are done debating the $16 plain pasta, they can give us the scoop on why nice restaurants are making their guests stick their fingers in soup and pasta to get shrimp shells off?

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

I've had 'em both ways, love 'em both ways. What can I say, I'm easily pleased...

 

[TanaL]

gosh, I have never peeled shrimp. I've had the cold shrimp cocktails where they have the tail on and you hold it by that, bite off the other end and dispose of the tail part, is that what you mean? I love it that way and was looking forward to that at Crystal Palace when we go in December. Am I expecting the wrong thing?

My pet peeve is when they don't devein them -- that totally grosses me out. I once had fried shrimp that was not deveined... ew.

 

[bdklein]

You can get cold peel and eat shrimp at 1900 Park Fare at GF.

 

[ittybittykitty]

On the eastern shore of Maryland, we eat our shrimp hot. After they have been steamed with Old Bay seasoning.
The only cold shrimp we ever see are already peeled in a cocktail or on a salad.

 

[Donald is #1]

I definitely think that it is regional. Up here in NH, the peel and eat shrimp is served cold. However, when I have ordered shrimp dishes in Europe (Germany & Italy), the shrimp in the dish were not peeled and even still had the heads on them. The shrimp were very good, just difficult to eat without making a mess.

 

[faindrops27]

I definitely think that it is regional. Up here in NH, the peel and eat shrimp is served cold. However, when I have ordered shrimp dishes in Europe (Germany & Italy), the shrimp in the dish were not peeled and even still had the heads on them. The shrimp were very good, just difficult to eat without making a mess.

Donald you know, if a shrimp had its head still attached. Dinner is over for me , just thinking of how those heads look. Oh no.

 

[MickeyNikki*]

Does anyone know if the peel and eat shrimp at Ohanas is deveined. I don't think I could eat them if the weren't deveined.

 

[Donald is #1]

Donald you know, if a shrimp had its head still attached. Dinner is over for me , just thinking of how those heads look. Oh no.

I can definitely see your point of view and agree with you on many foods. It actually took me by surprise the first time (Germany). But then I realized that if I can eat lobster then I could eat the shrimp.

 

[Sammie]

They used to be cold at Cape May and were on the Salad section. They are now hot or warm in the seafood section.

I prefer the cold.

 

[!@#$%]

Maybe when our in-house DISer chefs are done debating the $16 plain pasta, they can give us the scoop on why nice restaurants are making their guests stick their fingers in soup and pasta to get shrimp shells off?

Personally, I cant STAND to have to fish my shrimp out of a soup and peel them.
Ironically:
If its JUST peel & eat shrimp, I'd RATHER have them with EVERYTHING, INCLUDING the heads!!! To me it says "These are FRESH!" and it looks more professional. If they are already peeled and deveined, it says "These could have came from a bag at Walmart".
Perhaps we are asking the wrong person about this. Anyone seen Bubba Gump? He knows all there is to know about the shrimping business.