Shrimp is one of the most common marine products in our country, although some eight or ten years ago there was little popularity with shrimp. Today, they are sold in almost any store, hypermarket or shopping center. In this article you will learn how to eat shrimp and with what.
Shrimps are often used to make salads, various sea cocktails, and they also make a good beer snack. We are all sure that we know how to eat shrimp, but still a few tips about this may be useful to someone.
How to eat fried shrimp ? The carapace needs to be removed, leaving it only at the tip of the shrimp tail. It is at this tip that the shrimp is taken to dip in the sauce, and the peeled part of the shrimp is bitten off. If shrimp are a component of a sea cocktail, then they are eaten in this case with a dessert fork.
How to eat shrimp that are not peeled? You can eat such shrimp with your hands. The shrimp itself needs to be cleaned, and the carapace put on a special plate prepared for this. It is also necessary to take care in advance of a cup of water and lemon, designed to rinse your hands. If the shrimp are large, then you can use a special fork for lobsters - it is easy for her to get meat from the tail fin.
If you eat shrimp broth, you can eat them whole, as the broth is usually boiled from small pieces. Large shrimps need to be cut exclusively with a fork; for this purpose, according to etiquette, they do not use a knife.
The Spaniards are very fond of showing off that they have their own way of eating shrimp in Spanish. First you need to cook them according to the appropriate recipe - the shrimps are scalded in a pan in olive oil, then crushed garlic, parsley and hot pepper, finely chopped, are added to them. Then you need to put the tomato paste in a frying pan and boil for five minutes. Shrimp should not float in the sauce, but should be saturated with it. Spaniards prepared in this way are most often consumed with beer or as a snack.
Now let's figure out what shrimp eat. With us, this product is most often one of the components of the salad, but you can find a much wider application for it. Various shrimps and soufflé are made from shrimp. In Italian cuisine they are often added to paella, pizza and pasta.
If the shrimp is served on the table as an independent dish, then as a side dish peas, rice, cauliflower, asparagus and other vegetables with a pleasant mild taste are perfect for them.
Shrimp blends perfectly with avocados, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and other seafood. Shrimp salads are recommended with olive oil or tomato sauce.
The orange and lemon peel in harmony with shrimp are very good, as well as shrimp paste with butter or olive, garlic, ginger. In Indian cuisine, seasonings such as caraway seeds and coriander are an integral part of shrimp; in Japan, fried shrimp is usually watered with soy sauce during meals. The combination of olive oil and chili sauce also adds an original pungent flavor to the shrimp.
Of course, it is also important to know which wines should be consumed with shrimp. Various dry and semi-dry wines are perfect for shrimp appetizers, it is better to cool the wine to 12 or even 8 degrees before drinking. Semisweet wines are also very good with shrimp, they should also be cooled to a temperature of 8-12 degrees. Fortified wines with shrimp are better not to drink, as the delicate and pleasant taste of shrimp will not open and will be interrupted by the taste of fortified wine, and not complemented.