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Why not shrimps?
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High sodium, high cholesterol. That said, I eat them a lot!
Yup, I know people who avoid them because of cholesterol, but they have existing cholesterol problems. I do not have this issue, and I love them and buy frozen shrimp whenever they are on sale.. because yes, they are a little more expensive as a source of protein.0 -
i love shrimp! the price isn't that bad, but I've always leaved pretty local to the ocean (east and west coast) so that's not really a problem. I haven't eaten it as much lately, but thats because I have a bag of peeled,deveined tail on that take too long for me to cook for lunch (ie: really quickly) and not everyone in my house likes them as much as I do and I cook for three adults. So...shrimp on! I was thikning i'd have pizza for lunch today...BUMP that! Shrimp it is!0
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^^^^^This is so funny, but so true!! I love me some shrimp!!! I eat it almost daily. YUMMY!!!High sodium, high cholesterol. That said, I eat them a lot!0 -
My local supermarket has cooked cocktail shrimp at $6.70 a lb. Might be hitting it more often. Just open the container and eat. Cant beat that.0
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A lot of people have shellfish allergies. When giving that advice, you don't know.0
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My daughters and I love shrimp! But I don't eat it as often as chicken or turkey.0
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I eat ALLLL the seafoodz...one of the many benefits to living in Maine! I have friends who lobster so I get 'em right off the boat!0
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Probably because it's high in cholesterol and sodium. But I think it would be ok if you don't have personal health problems that would make you watch these things.0
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There ain't no shrimp hate here. Just shrimp price hatin'.
I'm tempted to do some blue crabbing though. That'd be free.0 -
BTW...the plural for shrimp is shrimp. With that said and who really cares, I grew up on a coastal area and ate fresh shrimp often. Now living this far inland...it's sorta OK and rather expensive. Also, at my age...the sodium, cholesterol comment applies. However, when back on the coast, I eat em boiled and chilled...
But I do like short people.
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They're expensive, they're high in cholesterol, they're not very easy to use to make something in meals..0
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They're expensive, they're high in cholesterol, they're not very easy to use to make something in meals..
dietary cholesterol has little to no bearing on blood serum cholesterol or LDL levels. I had high blood serum and LDL cholesterol. I eat two whole eggs per day (very high in cholesterol) and often eat shrimp...at least once per week. I no longer have high LDL and my ratio of HDL to LDL is excellent.
Cholesterol issues are, in my experience, far less about what you're eating and much more about what you're not eating and what you're not doing...i.e. getting enough fruits and veg and exercise.0 -
They're expensive, they're high in cholesterol, they're not very easy to use to make something in meals..
Au contraire...
"Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. There's, um, shrimp kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp and lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp in potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That's, that's about it."
Add to it one of my favs...shrimp tacos...and the list goes on and on...0 -
Um...because like lobster and crab, they are actually BUGS.
Seriously, friends. Ew.
Nobody I know takes a fist full of spiders or scorpions, throws then into a pot of boiling water watching for their backs to pop open, waiting with the melted butter, to serve.
Anywho.
That said...I just may make some scampi this weekend...=^x^=
Arthropod
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods are members of the phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον árthron, "joint", and πούς pous (gen. podos), i.e. "foot" or "leg", which together mean "jointed leg"[2]), and include the insects, arachnids, and crustaceans.
Arachnida – spiders, scorpions, etc.
Merostomata – horseshoe crabs, eurypterids (extinct), etc.
Pycnogonida – sea spiders
Subphylum Myriapoda
Chilopoda – centipedes
Diplopoda – millipedes
Pauropoda – sister group to millipedes
Symphyla – resemble centipedes
Subphylum Crustacea
Branchiopoda – brine shrimp etc.
Remipedia – blind crustaceans
Cephalocarida – horseshoe shrimp
Maxillopoda – barnacles, copepods, fish lice, etc.
Ostracoda – seed shrimp
*Malacostraca – lobsters, crabs, shrimp, etc.*
Subphylum Hexapoda
Insecta – insects
Entognatha – wingless
Incertae sedis
Camptophyllia (extinct)
Class Marrellomorpha
Marella (extinct)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustacean0 -
Taste, frankly. The shrimps I've found in the US are just blend and not worth the high cost, compared to what I used to have in France.0
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Do you know how much of a pain it would be to raise good eating spiders?0
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Same here. I know the reasons not to do it too often, but I do love my shrimps...High sodium, high cholesterol. That said, I eat them a lot!0 -
Do you know how much of a pain it would be to raise good eating spiders?
Win.
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Really any sea food is going to be high protein. Shrimp, scallops, crab, fish. Even canned tuna is amazing for protein.
I feel like it''s one of those treat foods. IDK. I eat seafood at least 2X a week. 0 -
wish i could have shrimp and lobster but got a severe shell fish allergy0
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Um...because like lobster and crab, they are actually BUGS.
Seriously, friends. Ew.
Nobody I know takes a fist full of spiders or scorpions, throws then into a pot of boiling water watching for their backs to pop open, waiting with the melted butter, to serve.
Oh. Should I stop doing that?0 -
IDK why people don't talk about it. But I eat shrimp pretty regularly. It's one of my favorite foods.0
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Some people don't like those cockroaches of the sea. I
em'. I make Mexican Shrimp cocktails every now and then. They're definitely a splurge at the supermarket along with salmon filets. I never attempted cooking lobster. For that, I just go to Red Lobster. 0 -
OMG now I want shrimp! I think as everyone else said, price. I don't mind frozen shrimp, though, which is less expensive. It's actually fairly easy to cook shrimp, I think anyway. Although it's not healthy, my favorite way to cook them is in a ****load of butter with spicy seasoning, old bay, and minced garlic. Nom nom nom.0
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Mmmm, I don't know but I shrimp. 0
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Um...because like lobster and crab, they are actually BUGS.
Seriously, friends. Ew.
Nobody I know takes a fist full of spiders or scorpions, throws then into a pot of boiling water watching for their backs to pop open, waiting with the melted butter, to serve.
Um, people all around the world incorporate differing forms of "bugs" (spiders and scorpions aren't insects, you know) into their cooking. Sorry you're locked into your western box.0 -
Um, people all around the world incorporate differing forms of "bugs" (spiders and scorpions aren't insects, you know) into their cooking. Sorry you're locked into your western box.
Um, duh. Sorry you didn't read ahead to where I declare my intent to prepare scampi in the coming days, and instead, decided ignorant personal insults were the way to go.
You know nothing of me. Or, apparently, of irony.
Nemaste, friend.0 -
Um, people all around the world incorporate differing forms of "bugs" (spiders and scorpions aren't insects, you know) into their cooking. Sorry you're locked into your western box.
+1! Boo ethnocentrism!!!0 -
BTW...the plural for shrimp is shrimp. With that said and who really cares, I grew up on a coastal area and ate fresh shrimp often. Now living this far inland...it's sorta OK and rather expensive. Also, at my age...the sodium, cholesterol comment applies. However, when back on the coast, I eat em boiled and chilled...
But I do like short people.
LOL I was wondering when someone would point out the plural of shrimp is shrimp. Not disappointed, it happened on page 2.0 -
LOL I was wondering when someone would point out the plural of shrimp is shrimp. Not disappointed, it happened on page 2.
Both forms are correct.0
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