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FauxPas

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I know that @Ann_Thas quite a bit of experience cooking with spot prawns and probably has some good suggestions.

 

Despite living near the docks and able to purchase spot prawns fresh most years, I rarely do. My husband really doesn't like them that much and so we only have them occasionally. When we get them fresh, we cook them right away - just steamed/poached/boiled, heads and all, maybe with some lemon zest, garlic, bay leaf. I know if we want to keep them, we need to remove the heads because of the enzymes. 

https://skipperotto.com/live-spot-prawn/

 

Since yours are frozen @KennethT, I'm guessing the heads have already been removed? 

 

We can get them in local stores, head removed, fresh or cooked but they tend to be pretty pricey. 

 

I know that @Ann_T has purchased from Walcan and I see they have a short video on cooking them, but these are fresh and with heads:

https://shop.walcan.com/pages/recipes

 

More good info from Walcan:

https://shop.walcan.com/pages/bc-spot-prawns

 

FauxPas

FauxPas

I know that @Ann_Thas quite a bit of experience cooking with spot prawns and probably has some good suggestions.

 

Despite living near the docks and able to purchase spot prawns fresh most years, I rarely do. My husband really doesn't like them that much and so we only have them occasionally. When we get them fresh, we cook them right away - just steamed/poached/boiled, heads and all, maybe with some lemon zest, garlic, bay leaf. I know if we want to keep them, we need to remove the heads because of the enzymes. 

https://skipperotto.com/live-spot-prawn/

 

Since yours are frozen @KennethT, I'm guessing the heads have already been removed? 

 

We can get them in local stores, head removed, fresh or cooked but they tend to be pretty pricey. 

 

I know that @Ann_T has purchased from Walcan and I see they have a short video on cooking them, but these are fresh and with heads:

https://shop.walcan.com/pages/recipes

 

 

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