I wish I weren't so lazy
I love coconut. I love shrimp. I love coconut shrimp. The only problem with coconut shrimp - or most any shrimp you get in a restaurant - is that they invariably have their tails on, presumably for presentation effect (or maybe the cook is just lazy). I always end up getting messy and looking like i'm playing with my food because I start the meal with both hands, pulling tails off to leave only edible shrimpy goodness that I can then eat like civilized people, with a fork. I could use a knife and fork, and cut the tails off, but then I lose a few grams of shrimpy goodness! Unacceptable losses!
Then today, what should show up in my email but a recipe for coconut shrimp! I could make my own, without tails! Though oddly, the recipe instructs you to leave the tails on after peeling and deveining the shrimp - perpetuating the presentation agenda? Does it really make a difference to the finished product if it is cooked with the tail or without?
I'll never know. They are just too much effort, and I'm not going to buy and find a place to store a deep fryer just for this one culinary addiction. Which is good news for the restaurants I go to for coconut shrimp.
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you mean you remove shrimp tails when you are cooking, or you reach over in a restaurant and remove the tails for him from his meal? the first is considerate. the second is subserviant. I hope your husband is enough of a grownup to remove his own shrimp tails if they are served to him that way...
and m'dear, you can eat whatever you want. :)
Ouch, I was not very clear on that one! Thanks for asking.
I do remove the tails when I cook, not in restaurants, where he deals with his own food. I am sure he would not want me removing the shrimp tails for him before he eats even in our house. Nothing against "subservient" wives, it is their decision, but dear, it's not me, and my hubby said (then and always) that he does not want me to be.
Thanks again for asking, I appreciated that.
you know, i thought about it more, and i suppose a woman removing shrimp tails for her spouse in restaurants could also be totally overbearing and not subserviant, a sign of a weak man incapable of standing up for and taking care of himself...
either way, I'm glad neither is you. being considerate of those you love is all goodness... and tail-less shrimp is also goodness! :)