Why and how do you deveine shrimp?

Answer 1

Forks, Knives, no way, that takes up too much time. I am from Louisiana, right in the heart of cajun country. My family trawls for a living. For those of you that don't know what that means, it is when you go out on a shrimp boat and through out a huge net, drag for a while, pull up the net, and you have hundreds of pounds of shrimp.
If you want your shrimp to peel easy then you need to ice it down for a couple of days. Break off the head and pinch the tail and the whole body shell will come off. Take your thumb nail and pinch in the center of the back and pull the whole black strand out. Make sure you rinse all your shrimp very well before cooking. Marinate in mustard, salt, and cayenne. You can fry it, saute' it, or of course cook it in a gumbo. Then there is jambalaya or fettuccini. Bon Appetite'

Answer 2

I usually put my fork at the head end of the shell, just under the shell (lined up with the vein) and run the fork along it. That usually does the trick. Or you could buy them already deveined. And I know some places sell a deveiner (though it's probably called something else). It looks like a pick the dentist might use on your teeth, except it's usually made of plastic and has a dull point.

Answer 3

Why? the vein is icky and gritty but some restaurants don't devein so apparently everyone doesn't have the same opinion

How? run a knife up the back of the shrimp when you are peeling it - I always run water over it to wash all the little pieces away and make sure I got it all but I'm a lunatic about it

Answer 4

Devein

Definition: [dee-VAYN] To remove the gray-black vein from the back of a shrimp. This can be done with the tip of a sharp knife or a special tool called a deveiner.

On small and medium shrimp, this technique need be done only for cosmetic purposes. However, because the intestinal vein of large shrimp contains grit, it should always be removed.

Answer 5

the terrific shrimp I ever had became into peel & consume shrimp at a tailgate social gathering previously a Kansas city Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium... between the only cases the shrimp did no longer have a rubbery texture.

Answer 6

That is the poop track of the shrimp. Do you really want to eat that? Take a sharp knife and run up the back of the shrimp and pick it out.

Answer 7

I run a tooth pick along the back of the shrimp under cold running water. Shrimp look better that way. The vein is their intestinal tract so it seems cleaner.

Answer 8

take out the **** line on the top and bottom just run a knife over it

Answer 9

DO U WANT TO EAT SAND



TAKE THE BACK AND CUT IN THE MIDDLE

Answer 10

Why? Because it's made of poop and sand! Yum.