Of all the things I’ve lost…………….
I miss my mind……. the most.
lol
And sometimes my friend, I do think I’m loosin’ it!
Take Shrimp from the SuperMarket for example.
Please!
I look at them … some curled up, some straight and think: Is it me? Or do these shrimp, these extra jumbo shrimp look like some are big and some are littler?
At 7 or 8 bucks a pound for wild extra Jumbo Shrimp, I’m thinkin’ …. hmmmm… so that’s how they do it. They call them Jumbo but not all of them are. That’s how they keep the price low.
Mind you, I think Shrimp are a really good value. When you go for extra Jumbo, you can devein, then cut them into 3 or 4 pieces (make ’em look like ‘rock’ shrimp), season and flour them and make a meal (pan sear on the stovetop with garlic, stuff into egg rolls or serve over pasta with added lightly steamed vegetables).
But the real question is: Are they all the same size?
Chef Marian to the rescue! I stripped, deveined and laid them out on the plate to see.
Well……yeeeeaaaah. I would say there’s one jumbo or ‘extra’ Jumbo in that group. No? Now this is NOT a scientific study. I pulled the shrimp at random. And I’m sure there isn’t a ‘one in 5 ratio’ ….. even if that’s how it looks. So let’s not get too huffy about this.
Now, I’m not here to condemn anyone, so I won’t tell you it’s Stater Brothers. lol And I’m also sure if I do the same test elsewhere, I will get the same results. So let’s not take ’em out back and kick the living ‘shirt’ out of them (you guess what word goes in place of shirt. I’m making sure CHILDREN can read this blog)! lol
What I want you to do with what I write is: consider this a ‘helpful hint’. Take a look at what you’re buying. If they look ‘all different sizes’ behind the case, you are not getting Jumbo, if that’s what they are calling them. And at the end of the day, if you’re ok with that, so I am.
I just don’t want to feel like I’m going nuts! (Says one thing, is another). Because it really does say one thing and is another! ha! Write and tell me if you have had similar things happen, will ya?
Happy Eating,
Chef Marian