How do prawns get peeled?

Question

It takes a good minute to peel a shrimp or king prawn by hand but when you buy small peeled prawns there are hundreds of them. Do they get peeled by hand or by machine?

Answer 1

They use both hand and machine, the head is removed by hand and the tip of the tail, then a water jet used to force the body out of the shell, good workers can do 1 every 3 seconds or better.

Answer 2

Cut the prawn down the back and remove the black line; pop into boiling, salted water for a minute if you just want to peel them and add to a dish that requires them to be cooked for a bit more; if not, leave them in the boiling water for about 3 minutes tops! Don't over cook! Tiny shrimp shells are removed by a specially made rubbing machine...

Answer 3

It has to be some sort of machine, surely otherwise they would cost SO much, but it doesn't take a minute to peel but they do take a good 20 seconds or so each, maybe less when you are doing it all day, but even so, am I waffling?

Answer 4

They get taken up to the tower in a crate, wood will do, then you tie them to the biggest bell with blue ribbon.

Then you go downstairs ond pull on the biggest rope.

You're hear a ringing noise above you...There...your prawns are peeled.

Answer 5

Most of them are peeled by poor people.
I prefer to buy them fresh and peel them meself cos the peeled ones usually taste like cr#p after they've sat around waiting to be handled then frozen n whatever.

Answer 6

you ip of the head first, then the leggs then the skin is easier to peel off start from the bottom

Answer 7

I peel and deveined my own, so I know it's done right. There done by hand in the factories.

Answer 8

I always wondered that too, also chickens. Are they plucked by hand or machine?

Answer 9

its done by hand i think, same as gutting fish

Answer 10

Please someone answer the question.

I want to know too!