Deepfried breaded shrimp--isn't it supposed to be deveined of the poopvein?

[clovergirl5]

Why did I feel the need to look at this thread?

Yep, thats what I thought when I started eating them

 

[Zandy595]

Poopvein?! Eeewww, nasty. I've never heard anyone call it that. Makes me not want to eat the shrimp I just bought to grill tonight. Thanks.

 

[clovergirl5]

Poopvein?! Eeewww, nasty. I've never heard anyone call it that. Makes me not want to eat the shrimp I just bought to grill tonight. Thanks. :laughing:

how was it?

 

[anniemae]

I don't think it is removed from small "popcorn" shrimp. It is usually removed from large shrimp.

 

[mommy2allyandaveri]

I wouldn't be able to keep eating them, it's like finding a hard thing in my hamburger patty. That's it, I'm done.

 

[Golf4food]

It is commonly left intact in small or medium shrimp, and usually removed in larger shrimp.

That's about the gist of it.


I'd rather eat an un-deveined shrimp than a hot dog knowing what all can or does go into those monstrosities.

 

[NotUrsula]

Shrimper's daughter here. Eating it won't hurt you; it is just tiny sand particles and a bit of nitrogen waste. (Shrimp eat very small things, mostly microscopic things.)

Normally shrimp are only deveined at counts below about 25 shrimp per lb. ("Jumbo" and larger); if they are smaller than that it is not worth the effort because the amount of debris in the digestive tract is miniscule and won't affect texture.

One of the best laughs I ever got in my life was listening to an out-of-towner at a shrimp stand in Louisiana asking to have gumbo shrimp deveined (gumbo shrimp are known elsewhere in the country as salad or extra-small shrimp. They are tiny, normally upward of 60 count to a pound.) There is no way you could devein a shrimp that small without completely destroying it.

 

[clovergirl5]

Shrimper's daughter here. Eating it won't hurt you; it is just tiny sand particles and a bit of nitrogen waste. (Shrimp eat very small things, mostly microscopic things.)

Normally shrimp are only deveined at counts below about 25 shrimp per lb. ("Jumbo" and larger); if they are smaller than that it is not worth the effort because the amount of debris in the digestive tract is miniscule and won't affect texture.

One of the best laughs I ever got in my life was listening to an out-of-towner at a shrimp stand in Louisiana asking to have gumbo shrimp deveined (gumbo shrimp are known elsewhere in the country as salad or extra-small shrimp. They are tiny, normally upward of 60 count to a pound.) There is no way you could devein a shrimp that small without completely destroying it.

Thanks for the explanation! It is a little gross when you see it or think about it, but I can't taste it so I think I will eat them again lol. Thats funny about the salad shimp. I can't imagine deveining them