Why do some shrimp taste like bleach?

[djm]

So are owls.

“Omnivorous” happy as when I’m eating chocolate.

See?

djm

[perrins57]

@cowtime

OK, now I can’t eat Chinese food out, popcorn at the movies, or seafood in restaurants.

and I can’t drink bleach without thinking of shrimps from now on.

[Flyingcursor]

I’m glad this came up. I bought some “fresh” scallops from a local store a couple years ago and they were horrible. They had a very strong chemical stench and taste. Now I know why.

[Tyler]

@I.D.10-t

Vegetarians taste better!

Of course they are!
Why do you think there’s no Hare Krishna temple here in Salt Lake?
Same reason Peta protests are rare.

Free range vegetarians taste better, but its so hard to catch em here!

I’m with djm on this one…

I’ll bring the favar beans and chianti.

[Wanderer]

@Flyingcursor

Lemon Zest? It’s grated peeling! It’s a lemon PEEL. What idiot first called it zest? Bah humbug.

Zest is the extremely thin yellow layer of the peel. Pith is the white part of the peel. The zest has essential oils and will add a very lemony aroma to a dish, without making it sour. Pith will add bitterness and not much else.

Lemon zesters and microplanes are ideally suited for scraping off that essential part without getting much pith. I wouldn’t want to eat a cake that had whole lemon peel grated into it

[jbarter]

@Wanderer

Pith will add bitterness and not much else.

Then I shall refrain from making a pithy comment.

[Flyingcursor]

@Wanderer

@Flyingcursor

Lemon Zest? It’s grated peeling! It’s a lemon PEEL. What idiot first called it zest? Bah humbug.

Zest is the extremely thin yellow layer of the peel. Pith is the white part of the peel. The zest has essential oils and will add a very lemony aroma to a dish, without making it sour. Pith will add bitterness and not much else.

Lemon zesters and microplanes are ideally suited for scraping off that essential part without getting much pith. I wouldn’t want to eat a cake that had whole lemon peel grated into it

I can buy that. At least it’s not some made up trendy thing.

[djm]

Relax, FlyingC. I think Wanderer is just taking the pith.

djm

[perrins57]

@Wanderer

Lemon zesters and microplanes are ideally suited for scraping off that essential part without getting much pith.

Really?

[fearfaoin]

@I.D.10-t

It is only the perverse farming practices of today that we feed these animals other animals (man I am sounding like a vegan).

Unfortunately, this is one place where Veganism meets reality.
Adding Srapie-infested sheep brains to Cow feed is what started
Mad Cow disease.

[Wanderer]

@perrins57

@Wanderer

Lemon zesters and microplanes are ideally suited for scraping off that essential part without getting much pith.

Really?

yup

[Chiffed]

And nothin’ beats a microplane for ginger-root! They’re even ok for wood, but don’t try them on the lathe, like one can with regular rasps and abrasives: bad things happen.