Peeling and de-veining shrimp is the pits
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116002)
United States
April 5, 2018 5:55pm CST
Well, really it is just the de-veining that is awful. I used to buy the EZ-peel shrimp that was already de-veined but then I read how horrifically gross Asian aquaculture is and I swore off all Asian farm-raised fish and shrimp.
The only domestic shrimp I can find around here is totally intact so you have to peel and de-vein it yourself which is a total pain in the behind. It is really gross too. I mean, I have a pretty solid stomach, but by the time I'm finished de-veining a pound of shrimp I almost don't even want to eat it any longer. 
You have to de-vein shrimp because you are taking the poop chute out along the back. You DON'T want to eat that. (That's why lobsters come split as well when you get a whole one at a restaurant)
Needless to say, I don't buy/prepare shrimp nearly as often as I used to these days. Prepping it just isn't quite the same as it used to be before I became "enlightened". 
You have to de-vein shrimp because you are taking the poop chute out along the back. You DON'T want to eat that. (That's why lobsters come split as well when you get a whole one at a restaurant)
Needless to say, I don't buy/prepare shrimp nearly as often as I used to these days. Prepping it just isn't quite the same as it used to be before I became "enlightened". 10 people like this
8 responses
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
6 Apr 18
I am not so sure it would hurt you, not the amount a single serving would give you.
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
5 Apr 18
I've always eaten shrimps with their "vein", small shrimps of course.
I can't clean them entirely all the time. It's gross but laziness sometimes wins.
At least I peel them. I knew of someone who didn't even peel them. 
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
6 Apr 18
Blech. I'm not a fan of seafood to begin with...I would never be able to stomach de-veining shrimp. (I wish I liked seafood more, because I know it's good for you...but just, blech.)
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@NJChicaa (116002)
• United States
5 Apr 18
I won't eat anything that comes from Asia any longer. Nothing farm-raised even if it is from the US either. It is soooo gross. I wanted salmon like 2 weeks ago and all the store had was farm-raised or a version (I forget the name) that I don't like that was wild-caught. I passed on it.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
5 Apr 18
@NJChicaa I used to walk through Chinatown in Vancouver and the smell was stomach turning. This was in the summer and most of their markets are outside markets. The fish/meat would be sitting in bins outside in the hot sun all day without any ice and it looked and smelled spoiled/ rotted. I couldnt walk through it without holding my breath.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
6 Apr 18
I dont really make much seafood at home, I mostly cook the fish we catch, fresh water, I think Cod was the last sea fish I ate. I do more oysters than shrimp.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
6 Apr 18
i used to have to do that at a job i had..what really sucked is i'm allergic-had to double glove my arms.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Apr 18
Yuck! I think I just swore off shrimp.
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