outside 7&w=280&sz=9&tbnid=JbBExDktYGkJ:&tbnh=119&tbnw=86&hl=en&start=51&prev=-images%3F prawns, potted have prawn, experienced lose just then try this one, it should be easier for you.
you can see the difference quite easily. I don't know what you bought in Tescos, but I would be very surprised if it were shrimp. My guess is that it was prawns, prawns are pink, generally, shrimp are brown and a harder textured than prawns. I have never seen shrimp for sale fresh. In the street market in the town where I live, one can clearly see trays of prawns and a trays of shrimp (from Morecambe Bay). Ask for shrimp and you will get the brown ones, ask for prawns....you get the message. Where the confusion lies is with our American cousins, who insist on calling (nearly) everything shrimp, though to be fair, we (the Brits) call langoustine Dublin Bay prawns (they are neither from Dublin nor prawns, the Italians call them scampi, the Americans call them lobsterettes !!!!!)
Gastrofare More like boilinthebagGastrofare? More like boil-in-the-bag The pub menu conjures up visions of fresh produce, the chef's ranting in the kitchen, and the price is rebutturingly high. Everything, you might think, is...
So, my guess is that you bought prawns (if they were pink) and sourced either from America or from an American company.
Gastrofare More like boilinthebag 225Nor is it a new thing really. 20 years ago my then partner and I were dispatched to review a restaurant in Diss that had recently changed hands. Kitchen suspiciously quiet as...
Yes, the English, at least in the North, where they know the difference, do make a distinction. Does anyone care, well obviously you don't, but those who know, do. Now you can sleep soundly tonight. cheers Wazza
