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

[Numpsay]

Go back to the top.

1. You don’t have to peel shrimp to devein it
2. I know you don’t peel the shrimp before boiling
3. I have zero issues with deveining my own shrimp

I just don’t want to offend my host.

If you are going to crack the shell in anyway you may as well peel it. Shrimp for a boil should be fully intact preferably with the head on as well. I doubt anybody would be offended if you cleaned your own shrimp before eating. They'd likely just laugh at you honestly.

 

[Sire366]

I feel anything you put in your body, you have a right to consume it however you desire

However, you also will come off as bougie. I’d say, if it bothers you that you write it here, eat it the way you see to do it

 

[King_Kamala61]

I was gonna @ you as soon as I saw the thread title

Yall can close the thread the authority has spoken

The only time you devein shrimp in dishes like Etouffe, Gumbo, Jambalaya and so forth.

No one ever deveined shrimp in a boil, this is why folk in Louisiana don't like outsiders and especially the reason why New Orleans folk can be xenophobic...they be doing too much.

shyt I tell Louisiana folk all the time to geaux to Baltimore for seafood cause they the only ones I know that get down with eating seafood like how we do. But they love crabs too much and got shytty seafood dishes.

 

[King_Kamala61]

A lot of ppl eat the stuff in the head. It’s a delicacy in some countries. I just came back from Asia and brought 4 jars of the stuff.

I love sucking the head of the mud bugs.. shyt is so flavorful and sometimes you can get the mush

 

[King_Kamala61]

If you are going to crack the shell in anyway you may as well peel it. Shrimp for a boil should be fully intact preferably with the head on as well. I doubt anybody would be offended if you cleaned your own shrimp before eating. They'd likely just laugh at you honestly.

They talk shyt and sip a beer and urge him to eat after shelling. And then sip a beer again and laugh

 

[Caca-faat]

If you are going to crack the shell in anyway you may as well peel it. Shrimp for a boil should be fully intact preferably with the head on as well. I doubt anybody would be offended if you cleaned your own shrimp before eating. They'd likely just laugh at you honestly.

So you don’t have to crack the shell to devein shrimp you can pull the vein out from the neck leaving the whole shrimp in tact but that’s only when raw.

This is probably the answer was looking for.

 

[tuckgod]

It’s best not to even think about it, shuga

 

[King_Kamala61]

I'm pretty sure I have never eaten 1 tbh

You gotta come visit me in the Boot and bring that Mary Poppins costume I sent you. a spoon full of sugar ..

 

[Capitol]

If the question is to eat shyt or offend someone.....I really don't get how there is a question

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

i would just eat the crab and corn and potatoes if it's that type of party

 

[Caca-faat]

I love sucking the head of the mud bugs.. shyt is so flavorful and sometimes you can get the mush

So look up Aliguea it’s a crab fat paste that you can buy in a jar, it’s made from the mustard (never heard it called that but makes sense). Very good for adding to dishes for a rich seafood flavour. It’s a phillipino thing but you may like it, try your local Asian grocery store.

You can add it into pasta, maybe with some claw meat and if you’re feeling extra deep fry a soft shell crab and put on top with a lil caviar maybe. When I make it I’ll post a pic on here.

 

[klientel]

I devein shrimp if they are boiled well and not mushy. If the boil is fukked up and they are hard to peel and mushy its too much work to devein, I'll just eat it.

but crawfish I dont bother....

 

[get these nets]

Don't have to apologize for how you consume the food you're putting in your mouth. Peer pressure was funny to me when we were kids and even funnier as an adult.

Discussing this about eating bottom feeders adds another level of humor to the story.

 

[Caca-faat]

They talk shyt and sip a beer and urge him to eat after shelling. And then sip a beer again and laugh

Tbh I don’t mind if they laugh at me, I just don’t want to offend them.

 

[Capitol]

Tbh I don’t mind if they laugh at me, I just don’t want to offend them.

You acting like they are going to put you in the pot