Daily Quiz for February 24, 2020

[Mike Nolan]

True or false: Shrimp heads are safe to eat.

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[navlys]

I remember buying shrimp from a street vendor and didn't realize that the shrimp had heads on them until he was bagging them. I walked away with the bag and and got close to my car when I thought "I can't do this". The vendor took them back and I felt like a coward but I just couldn't look those shrimp in the eyes.

[skeptic7]

The first time I ran into a shrimp with heads and legs and tails, was when I was 9 or 10. I just looked at it and looked at it and decided to give it to my mother. This was at a Chinese Student Potluck in Iowa and was considered a rare treat -- it was hard to get any sort of fish much less whole shrimp.
I know eat it quite happily but prefer if someone else has done the cooking.

[Joan Simpson]

I knew this one.

[BakerAunt]

I missed it. I do like shrimp, but I've never had it with the head and legs.

[Mike Nolan]

I don't eat much shrimp because I had a bad reaction to some creole shrimp years ago. I can usually get away with a little shrimp if is is mixed in with other sea foods, but things like shrimp cocktail or fried shrimp (both of which I used to love) are out.

[BakerAunt]

We had a job candidate once who told us that she had loved shrimp, but that having lived in a shrimping area, and having consumed so much of it, she apparently had eaten her lifetime allocation because she developed a serious reaction to it and could no longer eat it.

Another friend had that happen with tomatoes.

[Mike Nolan]

My younger son has developed an allergy to shellfish, and will sometimes react to things made with fish sauce, so he pretty much avoids fish dishes these days.

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