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mushy shrimp


mrbigjas

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today i bought some wild tiger shrimp.

most of them were good, but a couple of them were mushy. they didn't taste bad per se, and i don't feel like the bite or two i had of them is going to make me sick or anything. but they were mushy and pasty and kind of tasteless.

so my question is: why does that happen?

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While the really mushy ones are old I find a lot of the farmed shrimp to be softer than good wild fresh shrimp. One way to firm them up is to brine them. 30 min in a salt/sugar bath drain and cook. The shrimp get firm and you get that pop when you bite into them.

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The shrimp were dead too long before they were cooked or frozen. Same thing happens to lobster.

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I seriously doubt that your shrimp were either wild or fresh(not previously frozen). Most tiger shrimp are farmed in Southeast Asia in fresh water. Because they are a fresh water/frozen product they are all mushy when compared to a fresh shrimp. We use Gulf of Mexico fresh shrimp from a vendor we trust. The shrimp have not been frozen and are crisp in texture and great tasting. They are also more expensive. -Dick

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i don't think they were advertised as fresh. if i remember right, they definitely said wild on the sign, as compared to the several other varieties of shrimp that didn't. but i wouldn't be surprised either way.

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