Canned shrimp

Perhaps of all the inhabitants of the seas and oceans in our latitudes, shrimp are the most popular. True shrimp or Caridea belong to the order of crustaceans and live in all seas and some rivers of the world ocean. Fishing and harvesting of shrimp on an industrial scale is carried out off the coast of the following Asian states - Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Thailand. In addition, shrimp are mined in Brazil, Ecuador and Nicaragua.

The northern states also extract shrimp. For example, Canada, Denmark and Norway are considered leaders in harvesting northern species of shrimp, i. e. seafood, which live in cold sea waters. Usually such species differ in their small size. There are not a dozen varieties of shrimp. In addition, in the world culinary tradition there are not a single thousand recipes with this seafood. And what's not cooking with shrimp?

Snacks and soups, gourmet seafood staples as well as light salads. Shrimp is fried, boiled and baked. Seafood is dried and used as a flavor additive. Of course, freshly caught shrimp meat is considered the most delicious. However, on the shelves of domestic grocery stores, fresh prawns of good quality can sometimes not be found that it is difficult, simply impossible. Therefore, recently, domestic hostesses have paid attention to canned shrimp.

In the modern food industry, certain types of seafood are used to make canned shrimp. Canned prawns like Crangon crangon or brown prawns are considered a delicatessen food from which to make true culinary masterpieces that will be appreciated by true foodies and connoisseurs. However, such canned shrimp are quite expensive and not only because of their excellent taste and consumer characteristics.

Brown canned shrimp are hand-picked by hundreds of fishermen at low tide off the UK's Lancashire coast. Interestingly, according to the original recipe for canned shrimp, seafood carcasses are immediately boiled whole in seawater. Only after this procedure, shrimp is sent to a canning plant, where seafood meat is poured with butter, spices are added, usually nutmeg, salt and pepper and preserved. Canned shrimp have found a worthy use in the modern culinary tradition.

The product is usually used in salads or seafood soups. In England, canned shrimp are especially popular. At English feasts, it is customary to serve a snack of canned shrimp, fried onions, pickled cucumbers and lemon. Such an aromatic mixture is served with hot rye toast. It is noteworthy that the famous agent 007 of the British Secret Service James Bond on the pages of the novel often feast on a snack based on canned shrimp.