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On 1/13/2014 5:53 PM, Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:03:49 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Gene would those things be any good to eat? If so there may be a solution.. (butter, lemon and garlic!)


Probably, but the concern is that they will render all of the local
species extinct....


So then why isn't the shrimp industry screaming bloody murder? Are they
that good, maybe they are an "easy keep" population? Just putting on my
tin hat he)

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On 1/13/2014 7:06 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/13/14, 7:02 PM, KC wrote:
On 1/13/2014 5:35 PM, Tim wrote:
On Monday, January 13, 2014 12:51:17 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:03:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



Gene would those things be any good to eat? If so there may be a
solution.. (butter, lemon and garlic!)





If these are the same tiger shrimp, they are likely to be what you get

in a lot of places (the black and gray ones at the store)

I have to believe, game fish like to eat them. I guess it depends on

where they are showing up and if they are competing with native

shrimp.

I didn't realize these are the same as 'black prawns"

Thanks!


I am assuming they must be quite tastey as "how they are for eating" is
conspicuously left out of most of the reports I am seeing... If they
didn't taste as good as the tiny little shrimp we have now, I think you
would be hearing that...

They taste "fine," but they don't taste the same as the Florida shrimp I
used to net, or the shrimp the Safeway sells.

I love shrimp but after reading about "farm raised" I've given them up.
Yuk.

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On 1/13/14, 7:20 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/13/2014 7:06 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/13/14, 7:02 PM, KC wrote:
On 1/13/2014 5:35 PM, Tim wrote:
On Monday, January 13, 2014 12:51:17 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:03:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



Gene would those things be any good to eat? If so there may be a
solution.. (butter, lemon and garlic!)





If these are the same tiger shrimp, they are likely to be what you get

in a lot of places (the black and gray ones at the store)

I have to believe, game fish like to eat them. I guess it depends on

where they are showing up and if they are competing with native

shrimp.

I didn't realize these are the same as 'black prawns"

Thanks!


I am assuming they must be quite tastey as "how they are for eating" is
conspicuously left out of most of the reports I am seeing... If they
didn't taste as good as the tiny little shrimp we have now, I think you
would be hearing that...

They taste "fine," but they don't taste the same as the Florida shrimp I
used to net, or the shrimp the Safeway sells.

I love shrimp but after reading about "farm raised" I've given them up.
Yuk.



Don't go near tilapia, then. :)

We usually had a several week edible shrimp season in NE Florida. It's
why I bought and finally learned how to use a cast net. Free-swimming
shrimp, not farm-raised.

In those days, the "farm-raised" shrimp were sold to the bait stores.
You could buy a dozen for a dollar. Live. Great bait for the smaller
fish, like whiting, flounder, redfish, porgies, et cetera.

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On 1/13/14, 9:03 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:29:50 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


In those days, the "farm-raised" shrimp were sold to the bait stores.
You could buy a dozen for a dollar. Live. Great bait for the smaller
fish, like whiting, flounder, redfish, porgies, et cetera.

I never saw a farm raised bait shrimp but maybe it is just because
there were always plenty of day boats around selling them.


Most of the live shrimp at the three or four salt water bait shops I
frequented in northern Florida were "serviced" by trucks from the other
side of the state. They had tanks on the back of the trucks and in the
tanks were...bait shrimp. Sometimes baitfish, too...

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On 1/13/2014 9:03 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:29:50 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


In those days, the "farm-raised" shrimp were sold to the bait stores.
You could buy a dozen for a dollar. Live. Great bait for the smaller
fish, like whiting, flounder, redfish, porgies, et cetera.

I never saw a farm raised bait shrimp but maybe it is just because
there were always plenty of day boats around selling them.



I've noticed that most of the pre-cooked shrimp sold in the major
supermarkets are farm raised. I used to enjoy them until I read this:

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/fish/fish-farming/shrimp/health-impacts-of-eating-farm-raised-shrimp-2/

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On 1/13/14, 9:53 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:18:35 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/13/2014 9:03 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:29:50 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


In those days, the "farm-raised" shrimp were sold to the bait stores.
You could buy a dozen for a dollar. Live. Great bait for the smaller
fish, like whiting, flounder, redfish, porgies, et cetera.

I never saw a farm raised bait shrimp but maybe it is just because
there were always plenty of day boats around selling them.



I've noticed that most of the pre-cooked shrimp sold in the major
supermarkets are farm raised. I used to enjoy them until I read this:

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/fish/fish-farming/shrimp/health-impacts-of-eating-farm-raised-shrimp-2/

In that regard, the wild caught tiger shrimp might actually be pretty
good. My experience is from those grown in a Thai septic tank.


Ever been to a beef slaughterhouse? I visited a couple as a newspaper
reporter. Blech.

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On 1/13/2014 8:59 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:02:09 -0500, KC wrote:

I am assuming they must be quite tastey as "how they are for eating" is
conspicuously left out of most of the reports I am seeing... If they
didn't taste as good as the tiny little shrimp we have now, I think you
would be hearing that...

Tiger shrimp are fairly tasteless.
They are certainly not as good as wild caught Gulf shrimp but most
people have forgotten what they taste like.
Shrimp usually gets buried in stronger flavors anyway.
It is like Tilapia, a bland white puck of protein like substance but
it gets spiced, marinated and grilled or fried so people don't notice.


Too bad they don't taste good...

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On Monday, January 13, 2014 9:55:02 PM UTC-6, KC wrote:
On 1/13/2014 8:59 PM, wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:02:09 -0500, KC wrote:



I am assuming they must be quite tastey as "how they are for eating" is

conspicuously left out of most of the reports I am seeing... If they

didn't taste as good as the tiny little shrimp we have now, I think you

would be hearing that...



Tiger shrimp are fairly tasteless.

They are certainly not as good as wild caught Gulf shrimp but most

people have forgotten what they taste like.

Shrimp usually gets buried in stronger flavors anyway.

It is like Tilapia, a bland white puck of protein like substance but

it gets spiced, marinated and grilled or fried so people don't notice.





Too bad they don't taste good...

Scotty I'd say that talapia is like what Greg described. They don't cook or steam or bake well and the only flavor it has is what you put on it,

But the wife likes it.

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On 1/14/14, 12:21 AM, Tim wrote:
On Monday, January 13, 2014 9:55:02 PM UTC-6, KC wrote:
On 1/13/2014 8:59 PM, wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:02:09 -0500, KC wrote:



I am assuming they must be quite tastey as "how they are for eating" is

conspicuously left out of most of the reports I am seeing... If they

didn't taste as good as the tiny little shrimp we have now, I think you

would be hearing that...



Tiger shrimp are fairly tasteless.

They are certainly not as good as wild caught Gulf shrimp but most

people have forgotten what they taste like.

Shrimp usually gets buried in stronger flavors anyway.

It is like Tilapia, a bland white puck of protein like substance but

it gets spiced, marinated and grilled or fried so people don't notice.





Too bad they don't taste good...

Scotty I'd say that talapia is like what Greg described. They don't cook or steam or bake well and the only flavor it has is what you put on it,

But the wife likes it.


They're also being sold everywhere...farmed tilapia. Blech.

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On 1/14/2014 12:21 AM, Tim wrote:
On Monday, January 13, 2014 9:55:02 PM UTC-6, KC wrote:
On 1/13/2014 8:59 PM, wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:02:09 -0500, KC wrote:



I am assuming they must be quite tastey as "how they are for eating" is

conspicuously left out of most of the reports I am seeing... If they

didn't taste as good as the tiny little shrimp we have now, I think you

would be hearing that...



Tiger shrimp are fairly tasteless.

They are certainly not as good as wild caught Gulf shrimp but most

people have forgotten what they taste like.

Shrimp usually gets buried in stronger flavors anyway.

It is like Tilapia, a bland white puck of protein like substance but

it gets spiced, marinated and grilled or fried so people don't notice.





Too bad they don't taste good...

Scotty I'd say that talapia is like what Greg described. They don't cook or steam or bake well and the only flavor it has is what you put on it,

But the wife likes it.

The tilapia I have tasted had an off taste to it. I can't really
describe it but I didn't like it. My neighbor cooked up some wild caught
tilapia for us and you could taste the difference (better). It helps,
too, that he's a pretty good cook.