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on youtube type in " deep fried shrimp heads" theres a few videos

I've seen on youtube videos of people eating deep fried prawn heads from japanese restuarants. Everyone seems to enjoy eating them even the americans. Are the shells digestable ?

Normally when i cook headless shell on prawns , i remove the shell and gut the veins along the back. With head on prawns , are you supposed to cook them whole , with the shell on ? Obviously you make the choice of purchasing them whole and it seems a waste to dicard the heads. My asian...

Do you pierce the bowel area to drain off any urine prior to cooking ? On male lobsters do they have visibe penises ? I'm not too keen on eating this. Do you gut them like you would with a king prawn ? ie slitting along the back and removing the black stringy yucky stuff ?

I am cooking a dinner a party and there is a jewish couple attending. What dietry restictions do they have , what can and can't they eat ? There is a muslim meat shop nearby , was thinking about substituting their meat portions with halal meat .Is halal meat the same as kosher meat ? Any...

What do i do to them prior to cooking in salted boiling water? Once shelled is all the flesh edible including from the head? I'm using them for lobster salad. thanks

I,m looking for a tomato soup recipe which tastes like tomato but only made from fresh ingediants. Been trying for ages but cant seem to get that intense tomato flavour. I know that tomato paste is used in most recipes , but what did our ancestors use prior to canned tomato paste?

I got carried away in a chinese supermarket , i purchased almost one item of everything , i felt like a young kid at christmas. Once i got home i realised i didn't have a clue with what to do with chicken feet.

I purchased some chicken feet from a chinese supermarket but realised when i got home i don't have a clue how to prepare them. Any ideas in what to do with them , i ideally would like them as a starter to blend in with a european menu.

So what should the core temperature be ? Do we follow guidelines as stipulated by the government or throw them out of the window ?

Are those med rare burgers cooked to the reccommended minimum temperatures for beef , if so they would end up fully cooked.

Burgers are put through a mincer and therefore is likely to be more prone to cross infection , which is why they tend to be fully cooked.

The minimum cooking temperature for beef as reccommended by Foodsafety.gov is 145f , however this would result in a medium steak. A rare steak shouldn't exceed approx 130f , a blue steak would probably be below 120f. Would cooking to 120f present a high risk of food poisoning ? ( all...

Why is it you don't have to fully cook duck yet chicken must be fully cooked ? I personally love my cooked slightly underdone with pink juices running through it . They are both classed as poultry . Are chickens more high risk in terms of food poisoning than ducks ? Or is it just a trendy...

I like to drink tomato juice and orange juice, because of cost i purchase the brands made from concentrate. Do they contain any vitamin C as often there is no mention on the carton. Also i use tinned tomatoes for my chilli con carnes , is there any vitamin c left once i've cooked it for 90 minutes?