2007-04-04 20:37:25 · 17 answers · asked by lifeboat51 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Scampi is the tail end of:
The Norway Lobster, also known as Langoustine or Dublin Bay Prawn.
Don't be fooled by some restaurants/pubs serving deep fried scampi (and chips) which is really bits of prawn - the difference is like scrag end and best end of lamb!!
2007-04-04 21:33:52 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The beastie in question is called Nephrops norvegicus, aka Norway Lobster, Dublin Bay Prawn, Langoustine etc. It is a swine to eat whole and most people just eat the tail which someone back in the 60s decided to call scampi. To get the real thing it should be listed as 'wholetail scampi' and not any other phrase, beware 'genuine' or 'local' these term mean very little unless they lead on to 'wholetail'. The rest is mechanically recovered bits, white fish with dye or some other strangeness.
2007-04-06 03:37:30 · answer #2 · answered by neetsoprano 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real Mcoy is the pacific prawn but the what most people in Uk know as scampi is the tail of the Monkfish.In recent years the price of this fish has risen considerably and manufacturers have started using other types of prawn to keep price down.
2007-04-04 20:54:05 · answer #3 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its the tail of a variety of different prawns the most famous is probably the Dublin Bay Prawn which is large and juicy. But beware there are some things which are processed like crab sticks which are not really authentic seafood, just processed bits covered in breadcrumbs etc...
2007-04-04 20:45:51 · answer #4 · answered by Knownow't 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prawns or shrimp - "scampi" is the Italian word for "shrimp"
2007-04-04 20:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by E Yow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in cheap pubs scampi is mashed up prawns, all the ones that are to small to sell individual
2007-04-04 21:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by kirsty v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scampi is a mixture of fish an shrimp ,or you can have a more expensive scampi that is made from lobster but the one i eat is shrimp an fish .
2007-04-04 20:56:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's the tail of a King Prawn
2007-04-04 20:40:44 · answer #8 · answered by Trevor h 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Usually prawn, but some time with other bits of nonesense chucked in.
2007-04-04 20:45:55 · answer #9 · answered by sicoll007 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the end off of a prawn
2007-04-04 20:43:25 · answer #10 · answered by ChocLover 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋