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AKA Prawn in UK. Over here Shrimp are smaller but look the same.picture of a shrimpView attachment 28934
(Incidentally, neither are red until cooked.)
AKA Prawn in UK. Over here Shrimp are smaller but look the same.picture of a shrimpView attachment 28934
AKA Prawn in UK. Over here Shrimp are smaller but look the same.
(Incidentally, neither are red until cooked.)
So...do prawns have a similar flavor and texture to shrimp? I don't think I've ever eaten prawns (grilled at least).
Shrimp shrimp must be small shrimp, as opposed to jumbo shrimp.Then there is "scampi". That's an Italian word for "shrimp", so saying you are having shrimp scampi is the same as saying your are having shrimp shrimp.
Yes, they do. Anything you can cook with shrimp, you can cook with prawns. Even though they are different animals, they have very similar taste and texture. That is probably why there is so much confusion about shrimp and prawns.
CD
I went into a fish monger's place in Florida on the coast. Was buying some shrimp for supper. the display case was amazing in the different shrimps,etc available.
I saw some that were quite large and very pink and asked what was the best way to re-heat them... she looked a little shocked and said
"oh my dear, these are raw not cooked!" I was so thankful I had asked!
Couldn't imagine what my face would have looked like had I bitten into a raw shrimp!
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Casey - I don't know if you read all of the Wiki references, but prawns and shrimp ARE the same thing, just by different names in different regions.
Essentially, prawns are just shrimp with a high opinion of themselves.
Both shrimp and prawns are Decapod crustaceans, meaning they both have ten legs and possess external skeletons. However, that’s where their classification similarities end. Shrimp belong to the sub-order Pleocyemata, while prawns belong to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. - Food & Wine
Scientifically, they are not the same animal.
Prawns have branching gills, claws on three pairs of their legs and second pincers that are larger than their front ones. Additionally, prawns lack the distinct bend in their bodies that is seen with shrimp and each of their body segments overlaps the one behind it in succession.
Shrimp, on the other hand, have lamellar (or plate-like) gills, and claws on two pairs of their legs. Their front pincers are typically their largest. Additionally, shrimp have a distinct bend in their bodies and their second segments overlap the first and third segments. - Food & Wine
CD
I found no credible reference that could make a definite statement as to which is which.
Shrimp belong to the sub-order Pleocyemata, while prawns belong to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata. That seems pretty definitive to me. But who am I to argue with a Google search? Especially if they show a lot of pictures.
Pork Roll and Taylor Ham are two names for the same thing, and people argue over that. Here, we have two different actual scientific names for shrimp and prawns, and people still argue over it.
I give up. Everyone can believe what they want to believe.
CD
The term "prawn"[2] is used particularly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth nations, for large swimming crustaceans or shrimp, especially those with commercial significance in the fishing industry. Shrimp that fall in this category often belong to the suborder Dendrobranchiata. In North America, the term is used less frequently, typically for freshwater shrimp. The terms shrimp and prawn themselves lack scientific standing. Over the years, the way shrimp and prawn are used has changed, and nowadays the terms are almost interchangeable.
In the United Kingdom, prawn is used more commonly on menus than shrimp, while the opposite is the case in the United States. The term prawn also loosely describes any large shrimp, especially those at 15 (or fewer) to the pound[citation needed] (such as king prawns or jumbo shrimp).
You are assigning colloquial identifiers to the scientific names based on what was printed in a foodie magazine. While Wikipedia has been known to be wrong about some things, they agree with most every other source that the 2 terms cannot be assigned to the scientific classification.