I often eat shrimps with this red sauce at Las Vegas buffets. Sometimes the back of the shrimps are cut. There is no black stuff and it is easier to peel the shrimps. When they are not cut, there is like a black stripe. It is liquid and has no taste. Can you eat this? What is this black stuff? Is it shrimp poop?
2006-12-20 17:46:27 · 17 answers · asked by Kay 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Its s#!t!
2006-12-20 18:19:55 · answer #1 · answered by wjb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The black is the vein, when a shrimp is cleaned the shell is split and that vein is removed.
When a shrimp is sold with just the head removed the shell and vein stay in place.
2006-12-20 17:55:43 · answer #2 · answered by George 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The black stripe (often called a vein) is actually the shrimp's digestive tract.
2006-12-20 17:51:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shrimp POOP!
2006-12-20 18:14:40 · answer #4 · answered by Papa WILL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is NOT poop or the intestine.
It is a vein, and it does no harm to eat it, just looks ugly. You can devein them by cutting (very shallow cut) along the back and rinsing it out.
2006-12-20 17:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by floormee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahahahaaaaa yes it is a shrimp intestine...I must ask you.. Did it taste like shrimp poop?
2006-12-20 18:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by DeDe x 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is the stuffing in their little gut and anus extending from their little mouths. the black stuff is just what you should expect shrimp poo. another shrimp my dear. a big one?
2006-12-20 17:51:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's the waste of the shrimp. I don't think it's harmful, gross, but not harmful.
2006-12-20 17:48:05 · answer #8 · answered by zimmiesgrl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You got it. Shrimp poopy.
2006-12-20 17:48:39 · answer #9 · answered by Daniel R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vanes
2006-12-20 18:30:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what I always heard. so I'd say yep, bingo. Do we have a prize for 'em Johnny?
2006-12-20 17:50:26 · answer #11 · answered by summera76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋