Seafood boil etiquette: do ya’ll eat the poop?

[Caca-faat]

Ok so I’m probably over thinking this. But I’m going to Louisiana later this year and will be indulging in seafood boil.

It’s impractical to expect them to clean the shrimp in such high numbers; so what do you do?

Would it be rude of me to clean my shrimp at the table? I genuinely don’t feel comfortable eating it with the poop in the back.

If I’m around white ppl, I’m cleaning my shrimp at the table cos IDGAF about them. But I really don’t want to offend anyone’s family that may be hosting if that’s how they eat it. I don’t want them to think I’m a bougie bytch if I whip out a flick knife and start cleaning my shrimp. Is there a way they clean them that I don’t know about?

Disclaimer: This thread is not meant to offend, this is a genuine question.

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Most people in Nola DO NOT devein no goddamn shrimp. Stop being goddamn boughie and eat that shyt. That sodium holocaust of a sauce will mask it all.

 

[Caca-faat]

It’s not the taste, it’s the texture. Also knowing it’s there makes me shudder.

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

It’s not the taste, it’s the texture. Also knowing it’s there makes me shudder.

Perhaps you need to stay at home with your dry chicken breast Chipotle bowl and your avocado toast.

 

[Elim Garak]

Doesn't everybody?

 

[Caca-faat]

Perhaps you need to stay at home with your dry chicken breast Chipotle bowl and your avocado toast.

I’ve never had a chipotle bowl in my life, nor do I frequently opt for avocado toast. So since you’re so offended I’m going to assume most ppl would be.

 

[Caca-faat]

Doesn't everybody?

I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking.

 

[Harry Sax]

No

 

[Uachet]

My wife does not eat shrimp with the digestive track still in it. She does not care what anyone thinks. I am alergic to shellfish, so I don't eat any of those sea bugs.

 

[Harry Sax]

Perhaps you need to stay at home with your dry chicken breast Chipotle bowl and your avocado toast.

Both of those things are delicious

 

[Elim Garak]

I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking.

I was joking lol.

 

[Harry Sax]

Ok so I’m probably over thinking this. But I’m going to Louisiana later this year and will be indulging in seafood boil.

It’s impractical to expect them to clean the shrimp in such high numbers; so what do you do?

Would it be rude of me to clean my shrimp at the table? I genuinely don’t feel comfortable eating it with the poop in the back.

If I’m around white ppl, I’m cleaning my shrimp at the table cos IDGAF about them. But I really don’t want to offend anyone’s family that may be hosting if that’s how they eat it. I don’t want them to think I’m a bougie bytch if I whip out a flick knife and start cleaning my shrimp. Is there a way they clean them that I don’t know about?

Disclaimer: This thread is not meant to offend, this is a genuine question.

Do you


if they’re big shrimp with the poop in the back I’m not even eating it cleaned or not

 

[Lambent55]

Large shrimp should be de veined

If it was popcorn sized shrimp I would just eat it.

 

[Caca-faat]

Large shrimp should be de veined

If it was popcorn sized shrimp I would just eat it.

This makes sense. The big ones can hold a lot of grit! If I bit into it and the texture is not as expected, I’m going to automatically spit out. Like when you get a bit of shell in your eggs.

 

[ThatTruth777]

if you do that just means you're an amateur at peeling

and I mean dam you don't see it! don't eat that!