Do you eat the tails of the shrimp? They're actually not that bad

swirlie · 31-35

Shrimp are bottom-feeders, which means a shrimp hangs around on the ocean floor eating whatever falls it's way. The only stuff that falls to the ocean floor is dead matter or fecal matter from fish and aquatic life.

The reason dead matter and fecal matter falls to the ocean floor is because neither contain oxygen once they enter the stage of self-decay during the decomposition process.

What this means is, shrimp eat 'dead matter' and extract from that dead matter the very last traces of life that remains within that decaying matter.

If you believe that "You are what you eat", then you become what a shrimp is if you eat shrimp after it's finished eating what's lying dead on the ocean floor.

emmasfriend · 46-50, F

I eat only the contents of the tail.

Some years ago, the village pub served a "Pint o' Prawns" with crusty bread. They were whole cooked prawns served in a beer tankard.
A "Peel-it-yourself" lunch

I buy (frozen) raw jumbo prawns which have been peeled. I like to cook them in a pan with garlic and parsley.
I defrost some overnight, or if I am in a hurry or have forgotten, I defrost in the microwave before cooking them