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Admiral Snaccbar @Chris Mench Serving shrimp with the tail still on when it’s already mixed into something (pasta, rice, etc) is insane.

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    2 months ago

    Yeah I’ve never understood if they expect me to just eat the tail, or start playing with my pasta with my hands to pull them off. Certainly not gonna waste like half my shrimp by just cutting the meat where the tail starts.

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      2 months ago

      “Oh yes sure please make my comfort food more difficult to eat thanks”

      I’m right there with you. Serving shrimp tail-on might as well be serving something on a log instead of a plate.

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      2 months ago

      Assert dominance by eating as per normal and when you encounter a tail, spit it at the chef.

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            Oh trust me, I don’t need the extra awkwardness!

            Chef: (Still holding towel after wiping 13 shrimp tail shells off his face) Back again?!

            Me: (Awkwardly hovering in the doorway) Yeah sorry, I was going back and forth on this but I found a shell piece all by itself with no shrimp in it and while I have no reason to put it in my mouth I figured I needed to show conviction to impress my date so… PATOOIE

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        2 months ago

        My dad leaves the shell fully on as a stand-alone appetizer of grilled shrimp, so the shrimp is entirely covered in shell. It took until the third time my ex had dinner there for him to ask why the shrimp was so crunchy and for me to realize I’d forgotten to warn him.

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      Press the very start of the tail with your fork sideways so it’s cut, then pull the shrimp from the tail with the fork and knife.

      Anyway, the post is right, it’s borderline violent insanity.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah but that’s such a fiddly process. I’ve sprayed pasta and sauce all over the table because my knife or fork slipped trying to do surgery on my food

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        2 months ago

        I don’t get when a fancy restaurant does it. If it’s not a Cajun boil or similar vibe, please don’t try to make me look polite deconstructing seafood.

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        2 months ago

        Great! My fork slipped while trying to perform this insane feat of dexterity and my shrimp flew across the restaurant!